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Home Front: Politix
Ryan Warns of 'Escalating Taxes' with Tariffs as Trump Hits at Harley-Davidson
2018-06-28
[PJ] WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said those pushing tariffs have to be mindful of the consequence of escalating taxes as President Trump threatened that Harley-Davidson would be "taxed like never before" for moving some operations overseas.

The company said the move is necessary because of the $3.4 billion tariffs the EU began levying Friday in retaliation for Trump's 25 percent steel and 10 percent aluminum tariffs. Nearly 40,000 Harleys were sold in the EU last year; the new tariffs on motorcycles jumped as high as 31 percent.

"Harley-Davidson maintains a strong commitment to U.S.-based manufacturing which is valued by riders globally," the company said Monday. "Increasing international production to alleviate the EU tariff burden is not the company’s preference, but represents the only sustainable option to make its motorcycles accessible to customers in the EU and maintain a viable business in Europe. Europe is a critical market for Harley-Davidson."
Posted by:Besoeker

#23  #22 - That's a motto that applies to most things in life...including children and spouses.
Posted by: AlanC   2018-06-28 19:51  

#22  #19 - my motto:
always check cheapest failure mechanisms first
Posted by: Frank G   2018-06-28 19:34  

#21  Thanks again (I was afraid it's something serious).
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-06-28 19:15  

#20  A lot of folks talk about the quality issues. Back in the amf days that's true. But Fridays Harley is as good as any bike out there. And with the new motors, they are just as fast.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2018-06-28 19:13  

#19  Fuel or electrical problem then. As Frank said, check the fuel filter and fuel pump.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-06-28 19:09  

#18  Thanks. I hope it's the filter.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-06-28 19:09  

#17  Thanks, not physically just the what you call it - the RPM.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-06-28 19:06  

#16  Probably time for a new F-150 :-)
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-06-28 19:06  

#15  Frank has it at #12 if acceleration and de-acceleration is the issue.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-06-28 19:05  

#14  #12 - I assumed RPMs. B has a good question
Posted by: Frank G   2018-06-28 19:05  

#13  Could be broken motor mount (if you mean it physically moves or shifts in the engine compartment).
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-06-28 19:04  

#12  Fuel filter replaced recently? Fuel pump?
Posted by: Frank G   2018-06-28 19:04  

#11  Since we seem to have a lot of experts here, at Rantburg U, my car's (Mazda Damio) engine starting to go up and down when I stop at red light - anybody knows what it means?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-06-28 18:58  

#10  You can get a used one for $4500-$5500 if you are willing to take care of the previous owner's neglect. Even worse than new cars when it comes to "the value halves when you drive it off the lot."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-06-28 18:47  

#9  My guess is that a lot of the HDs sold in the last 30 years were to Boomers looking to recapture their youth. As they have gotten older the allure of bug spattered teeth has gotten dim.
Posted by: AlanC   2018-06-28 15:48  

#8  A H-D will strand you at the worst possible time. That’s why I ride a Gold Wing.
Posted by: Bigfoot Elmerenter4120   2018-06-28 15:13  

#7  When HD bought the business back from Brunswick/AMF they left quality behind and embraced mass manufacturing standards. So the market was flooded with inferior products.

But America didn't want to buy quality, they wanted cheap.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-06-28 12:35  

#6  The one constant refrain I hear from my Harley riding friends - lack of quality, and they've been saying it for years.
Posted by: Raj   2018-06-28 11:44  

#5  Plenty of 'retired' HDs out there that grandpa is wanting to sell.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-06-28 10:50  

#4  So trump is going after the EU tariffs. He is trying to help Harley our, and they show loyalty by moving production? Harley has a couple of problems. First is bad management. They make terrible decisions. From the outside it looks like family agendas and group think take over. But I'm not on the inside so I don't know. What we do know is motorcycle purchases are down 40% from ten years ago. Not just Harley. The EU is seeing a market growth in bike and Harley has worked hard at capturing it. Moving small parts of production outside the US on focused markets is ok. Harley is planning on making bike in the market for that market. No one in the US want an EU styled bike. So let them. The bad corporate decision was to go public and blame trump for something already in the works. Stupid, stupid.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2018-06-28 10:39  

#3  As Eddie Munster fades into the sunset, he has to keep yammering. I sure hope we get good coverage of whatever lobbying shop picks him up and what companies they work for so I can spend my money elsewhere. Same goes for any boards of directors he winds up on.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-06-28 10:36  

#2  Let's export unemployment.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-06-28 08:21  

#1  Let Harley produce those 40K bikes overseas. Then tax the $340 billion/year of automobile imports at 30% so that production moves to America. Fair trade-off.
Posted by: Chineter McCoy9052   2018-06-28 08:12  

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