Last year we said Harley Davidson was looking at India as a new potential market, all they had to do was get some agreements on tariffs, which are extremely high, plus figure out how emissions would be regulated. US Trade Representative Susan Schwab will be visiting India in April and in what looks like a goodwill gesture before the visit, India seems ready to allow Harley … [Read more...]

We have all seen the images of the streets of Vietnam, packed with scooters and small displacement motorcycles, but those images may be changing. According to a recent article, sales of motorcycles in Vietnam are dropping while sales of cars are on the rise, not really surprising but something to keep in mind for a variety of reasons. It looks like there is a transportation … [Read more...]

Another SE Asian country looking to ramp up motorcycle exports is Vietnam. We've written about the Vietnamese scooter rebuilding companies trying to make a name for themselves with varying degrees of success, but Vietnam is moving into building and exporting brand new motorcycles, too. It's not a big industry yet, but you can be sure it will be. They're aiming at $300 million … [Read more...]