Will they remember that when they go vote?

After all, he's got the BIKERS!!!!!

in 1983 Reagan raised tariffs ten-fold on foreign motorcycles.

How many salvations is this for Harley-Davidson?

https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2018/06/28/harley-davidson-tariffs-reagan-protected-company-foreign-bikes/742273002/

In 1981, an investor group led by Beals bought the company from AMF. That move, and the government protections, were seen as key factors in a legendary turnaround for the motorcycle manufacturer.

Reagan ordered a tenfold increase in tariffs on heavyweight motorcycles, almost all of which were then imported from Japan. In the first year of a five-year program, tariffs rose from 4.4 percent to 49.4 percent on all large highway motorcycles. The duties were then scaled back in successive years to 39.4 percent, 24.4 percent, 19.4 percent and 14.4 percent.

I think 1983.
I had a Honda already, so didn't affect me.
I think mine was a 650, so might not have anyway.

Produced 700's for a couple of years due to the tariff.

Just changed the bit when they bored the cylinders probably!

Getting hard to sell used HDs. Young folks are not into the loud, slow bikes. Their stock has been falling to years.

Those Bikers For Trump are already mad. A week or two ago Harley dropped a dealer in Tenn. for a racist post on FB by that dealer. I guess they are trying to follow NASCAR. Adapt or die.

They hurt my ears, I can't imagine what my dog goes through when they pass—no wonder she barks at them.

I know a Honda rider (and skilled machinist) who will cut stock Harley (or other M/C) exhausts apart, and modify or remove baffles to bring them near legal maximum on noise! Despite the fact that he charges more for for a set of his modified mufflers, that the price of a good aftermarket "pipe".

His "claim to fame" is that the exhaust is NOT more efficient, or freer flowing, when he's had his way with it! Thus preventing the need for carburetor/Injection "re-jetting" or "tuning". Plus it retains the stock appearance, as many states try to keep everything "OEM" in their regulations.

I had a neighbor who the very day he got one, removed any sound barrier and then road it around. Our house was shaking as he drove by.

is their motto. If their loud, car drivers can here them and be aware of their presence.

That said, I wonder how many own a loud bike for safety purposes or just to piss people off.

He had the motorcycle for just over 1 year, and got into 2 accidents—the first requiring 2 surgeries, the second screwing up his face.
The noisy thing now sits in the garage untouched for over a year.

The only motorcycles I hear on the freeway are the ones that sound like loudly buzzing bees as they fly by.

All the Harley bikers do not wear helmets and have loud-ass pipes. If they had brains in their heads to comprehend safety, they would wear helmets. The loud pipes are just to piss people off.

After he sent the protype to HD they said it wasn't loud enough so it got redesigned and lost six horsepower. And no loud pipes are not safer. The danger is in front of you usually and the sound is behind you.

...on his mailbox.

He also has a sign indicating he's a house painter.

I give the guy's house the finger every morning while driving to work. It's stupid, I know, but it makes me feel better.

If you love your motorcycle more than you love humanity, well, I'm sorry, I couldn't care less how much you cry in your beer.

Good luck, workin' stiffs!

And weirdly, instead of being a biker as a form of rebelliousness, it has become a symbol of Trump and police support.