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[grandpadoc]

Suspension = Japan
Voltage regulator = Australia

I'm sure there is a lot of other sourced parts too.

...and the shark fins 

[Chief]

...and the shark fins 

Well there ya go, our first documented Taiwanese part. 

[iski]

Here's a link to some Harley parts made in China:

http://www.b2bchinasources.com/China-Manufacturers-15288/Harley-Davidson-Motorcycle-Parts.html

[iski]

Another company - says they make the stators and a variety of electrical components:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/203072224/stators.html

[iski]

Another:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/203076768/starter_motor.html

[cuttinhorse]

FYI, A whole bunch of Lockheed_Martin aircraft electrical harness assemblies are made in Mexico.

[sportygordy]

Well there ya go, our first documented Taiwanese part. 

I saw that coming 

[ice6900]

i still have a "made in taiwan" sticker on my front brake disc, cant take a pic as the bike is currently at the stealer this week.

[mrmagloo]

Hmmm, I must have been living in a cave not to notice this, but I'm having a hard time reconciling this with the entire Baseball, Applie Pie, Harley made in America garbage we've been spoon fed. 

[sportygordy]

Hmmm, I must have been living in a cave not to notice this, but I'm having a hard time reconciling this with the entire Baseball, Applie Pie, Harley made in America garbage we've been spoon fed. 

Yea, we've been spoon fed that made in America garbage a bit too long.. more truth on the table. I actually heard about the Taiwan Crank from Sacramento Harley wrench.. I can say that now, cause he don't work there no more. I think Charlie will attest to that too. Charlie,, are you out there,, can you confirm Cranks made in Taiwan or not???

[grc]

Hmmm, I must have been living in a cave not to notice this, but I'm having a hard time reconciling this with the entire Baseball, Applie Pie, Harley made in America garbage we've been spoon fed. 

More like "assembled in America with imported parts", and I wouldn't be surprised to see the "assembled" part change in the future.  There are still plenty of untapped dirt cheap labor markets out in the 3rd world, ripe for exploitation.

I would love to see the same domestic content labeling that's required on autos also applied to Harley, so we could all see just how little "America" remains of this "American" icon.  And don't look at labels on any of the boots, shirts, jackets, chrome parts, etc. unless you want a real wake-up call.  Even the little American flags they sell aren't made in America.

Jerry

[sadunbar]

Hmmm, I must have been living in a cave not to notice this, but I'm having a hard time reconciling this with the entire Baseball, Applie Pie, Harley made in America garbage we've been spoon fed. 

Kind of like the American automotive companies "BUY AMERICAN" "MADE IN THE USA" "BASEBALL APPLE PIE CHEVROLET" slogans of years past.  If you go into a Japanese assembly or powertrain plant and all you see are Japanese made machine tools...go into a German assembly or powertrain plant and all you see are German made machine tools...go into an American assembly or powertrain plant and you are hard pressed to find an American made machine tool.

But the car companies like to portray someone who buys a forgeign made car as Un-American, Un-Patriotic slobs...  If they practiced what they preached, maybe there would be a few more surviving American machine tool companies...  GM actually has a requirement for machine tool suppliers to use a minimal percentage of "third world - low cost content" in their machine tools, such as from China, Hungary, Chech Republic or others....   They have a better term for it then that, but that is essentially what it is....  

[spydglide]

Kind of like the American automotive companies "BUY AMERICAN" "MADE IN THE USA" "BASEBALL APPLE PIE CHEVROLET" slogans of years past.  If you go into a Japanese assembly or powertrain plant and all you see are Japanese made machine tools...go into a German assembly or powertrain plant and all you see are German made machine tools...go into an American assembly or powertrain plant and you are hard pressed to find an American made machine tool.

But the car companies like to portray someone who buys a forgeign made car as Un-American, Un-Patriotic slobs...  If they practiced what they preached, maybe there would be a few more surviving American machine tool companies...  GM actually has a requirement for machine tool suppliers to use a minimal percentage of "third world - low cost content" in their machine tools, such as from China, Hungary, Chech Republic or others....   They have a better term for it then that, but that is essentially what it is....  

It's truly sad to me that our great American companies don't feel that they can be competitive w/o shopping out the parts & labor.    aaaargh.  spyder

[Chief]

It's truly sad to me that our great American companies don't feel that they can be competitive w/o shopping out the parts & labor.    aaaargh.  spyder

It's not just manufacturing jobs either, but tech jobs too. For a long time, we've been exporting blue-collar assembly jobs, but now, white-collar jobs are going away too. Personally, I have been chased out my last two software development jobs by outsourcing to India. I'm starting a new job in two weeks because everything I was working on now is being developed and maintained in Mumbai. It's a very short-sighted proposition.

What are we saying to the geeky kids that would major in computer science degrees at Georgia Tech or other good engineering schools? For years, you graduate with a CS degree and you build software for a couple of years before moving on. Now, these kids won't be able to get a job unless they're ready to work for what the Indians on the H1-B visas are working for, and that ain't much.

Where does it end? A lot of X-rays are read in India. We all know how well shipping customer support to India has worked out. It ain't pretty, and until the companies, like the world's largest soft drink maker, wakes up and sees the negative long term impact of their cost hunting and lowest cost proposals, the only jobs left in America will be for those wearing mesh hats and plastic name tags.

[sportygordy]

Im surrprised Harley hasnt farmed their 800 number to India yet.