[Cronos]

I don't think Harley has 1/5th of the world's market for motorbikes -- it's bikes are too top of the line for that. The largest motorbike seller must be either Suzuki, Yamaha or Honda and their largest sellers will be the dinky 100cc bikes.

[samuel_adams_us]

Honda is the largest followed by Kawasaki, Yamaha and the Suzuki.

[Cronos]

To support that, here's a link To HONDA

Honda is the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world. Honda produced 6 million motorcycles in 2000, 2,5 million cars and 3,6 million power products.

Of course that doesn't take anythign away from Harley which makes fantastic bikes which are aimed at a whole different market.

The competition for the Japanese superbikes comes from , ta da, Italians, like Ducati, Moto Guzzi etc.

[harpseal]

I am just going from anarticle reporting on Harley's success in teh world maerket said article was on Free Republic this week.