Short Vacation to Japan

[jpen.ed]

I took these pics almost a decade ago,,, :)

Old school bike
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1844/oldschoolbikeld7.jpg

Big Bikes
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5866/3blindmiceuc3.jpg

HD
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7560/roadsterbc1.jpg

[Dodsfall]

Those are really nice pictures. I have heard that due to high tariffs, It's extremely expensive to buy a HD in Japan. I don't know if that's still the case today or not.

[grappler]

Very nice. I have always wanted to go to Japan, maybe in a few years after I buy a house...

[jpen.ed]

Those are really nice pictures. I have heard that due to high tariffs, It's extremely expensive to buy a HD in Japan. I don't know if that's still the case today or not.

It's true,,, it's still expensive to buy HD in Japan. Anyway, is the third pic [Roadster] the same Roadster serie as yours Dodsfall?

Very nice. I have always wanted to go to Japan, maybe in a few years after I buy a house...

Cool,,, :) But the cost for living is higher than US I guess,,

[grappler]

yeah the cost of living is Japan is MUCH higher than in the US. I mean in a few years when I get a stable job and save up a bit to put a down payment on a piece of property here in the states.

[jpen.ed]

Oh, I see,,, hehehe sorry for my bad English,, :D

[Dan631]

I spent a year in Okinawa Japan:) Never made it to the main land but from what I was told it's completely different than Oki. I would still like to go some day.

[jpen.ed]

Whew! I was hoping if I had a chance to go to Okinawa,, Great place with magnificent beach view,,,

[Dodsfall]

Is the third pic [Roadster] the same Roadster serie as yours Dodsfall?


That looks like an older model. The newer ones have a bigger gas tank on them.

[jpen.ed]

I see,,, thanks

[hansen_jw]

I'll bet Harleys are really CHEAP in Japan now, because of our declining currency. At least it helps out exports.

[Dodsfall]

I heard they put some really ungodly-high tariffs on imports that nearly doubled the price of the US bikes to protect their home auto and motorcycle manufacturers. I always thought we in the US should reciprocate the exact same percentage of tax that other countries put on our goods. Unfortunately, it just doesn't work out that way.

[pockketz]

sweet bikes

[boober]

japan is the top of the list of countries to visit.

[Wannagofast83]

WOW...its hard to think of a HD in Japan

[roadster]

WOW...its hard to think of a HD in Japan
Yeah, wonder what the Japanese call the HD's "Oil Burners"

[Badlands-4-2]

Yeah, wonder what the Japanese call the HD's "Oil Burners"

With all the Ethanol, more appropriately US bikes are corn burners.

[rockone]

used to live in japan for 5 years, and i loved it... it's absolutely true that HD's are expensive there. i haven't been back in almost a decade, but even with the exchange rates, i sincerely doubt HDs are cheap by any stretch of the imagination.