You make a lot of good points Matt.(you whipper-snapper, you)
I think some of the resistance to this idea of the "siamese twins" is exactly because of the so-called "heritage" of this brand of motorcycle, which only H-D can also proudly boast, and which many of us older farts still put somewhat of a premium on when it comes to major purchases.
Secondly, when this talk of how much the same products costs in other countries, I sometimes think back to all the recent articles that I've read which state that an american can purchase a Corvette all day long for about $50,000....and yet, if a european or an asian wished to by this very same Corvette(or any "american" automobile....or even a H-D, for that matter)....SOMEHOW MAGICALLY the cost, after the currency conversion is calculated of this very same american product is about 50 percent higher than it would have been in the U.S.
So this tells me that is supposed "free-trade" that america has entered into these last 30 years, "kind'a/sort'a/maybe looks to be a one-way street, wouldn't ya say?
Yep! Let's dump all of these asian-made products in the good ol' U.S. of A, but for heaven sake, let's not make sure that there is a recipricating "open market" going the other way, huh?!
Hummm....What WAS that lastest dollar figure I saw recently about the trade imbalance between the U.S. and the rest of the world(especially China), anyway?
Was that really in TRILLIONS, with a "T", of dollars???
But I guess, seeing as how the american working stiffs purchasing power and his salary(subtracting of course for inflation) appears to be wanning, I guess all the new Walmart shoppers out there DO have to find someplace where they can afford to clothe their families nowdays with cheaply made chinese manufactured goods, huh?
Cheers,
Dwight
