Harley is no doubt one of the worst for buying on the cheap in China and then selling for premium prices here, but they are definitely not the only ones. How about all the folks standing in line like sheep at the Apple stores every time Apple farts, with hundreds of dollars in hand to buy a product that is 100% made in China for a pittance? Unfortunately it is the ignorance of the consumers that makes the gouging by companies like H-D and Apple possible, and the lemming factor of course. There are alternatives in both cases, but then the alternatives usually don't come with the "look at me, I'm cool because I spent way to much" cachet offered by H-D and Apple.
Harley is successful not because they make a superior product, they are successful because they've convinced the public that Harley's are "cool" and the much more competent competition is not. That is a model emulated by more than one company, and it's rather telling when some of them spend more for advertising than they do for R&D. Bitch about it all you want, but ultimately those who keep buying are the ones truly to blame for the situation.
Jerry