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Hootis29
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 10:09 am: | 
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Honda Motor Co. plans to stop producing motorcycles in the United States next year and will transfer production to Japan, the automaker announced Wednesday.
Honda currently makes motorcycles at its plant in Marysville, Ohio, employing 450 workers.
Honda said there will be no layoffs when production ends in spring 2009. The workers will remain with the company, helping produce cars, trucks, engines and parts and filling other jobs at Honda's other operations in west-central Ohio, the company said.
The motorcycle plant opened in 1979 as Honda's first U.S. plant. Last year, it produced about 44,000 Gold Wing touring and VTX cruiser bikes.
Honda said motorcycle production at the Marysville plant and at the Hamamatsu factory in Japan will be consolidated at a new motorcycle plant in Kumamoto, Japan, in 2009. It is part of a global plan to produce certain larger motorcycles, Honda said.
"This move allows us to improve the competitiveness and appeal of our products by applying the latest technologies and production systems at one efficient location," said Akio Hamada, president and CEO of Honda of America.
Honda currently employs about 13,000 workers at five plants in Ohio - two in Marysville and one each in East Liberty, Anna and Russells Point. Besides motorcycles, the employees make the Accord, Civic, Element, CR-V, Acura TL and RDX sport utility vehicle |
Miamiuly
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 10:24 am: |
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I'd swear this guy (in the picture) and his friends posted this on zx10r.net about a year ago after the ride.
If I remember correctly, he was faking it using a bottle of water.
Certainly looks like water. |
Chadhargis
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 12:47 pm: |
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quote:Honestly, I can't remember the last time I had my ass kicked by a 62 year old dentist.
Oh God...that's the quote of the year! LOL!!!
Ain't it the truth.
I've never understood the "haters" either. Ride what you like. I have a couple of friends who won't ride ANYTHING other than a Honda. I happen to find Hondas rather boring and sedate with no "soul", but that's just my opinion. Doesn't make my friends wrong for their choice. |
Uglyhawg
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 12:53 pm: |
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(Message edited by uglyhawg on April 30, 2008) |
Johnboy777
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 01:17 pm: |
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"Honestly, I can't remember the last time I had my ass kicked by a 62 year old dentist."
Damn, that's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time!
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Danger_dave
| | Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 09:05 am: |
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http://www.bmcycles.com/harleyVShonda.swf |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 10:41 am: |
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Damnit Dave! I just choked on my sandwich! |
Johnboy777
| | Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 11:02 am: |
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Ft_bstrd
| | Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 11:21 am: |
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Nice! |
Chadhargis
| | Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 11:25 am: |
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Now that's technology!
Those other two bikes have to have oil changes. The Harley does it automatically. You just add in what it automatically drained out for you!
It's a feature folks!  |
Adrian_8
| | Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 11:51 am: |
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I hate to bust your bubble but Harley's don't leak anymore..2006 ULY and a 1999 FXDX.. the Harley is my favorite...go figure... |
Prowler
| | Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 12:49 pm: |
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The Harley "oil leaking" thing is about as old as the Japanese bike "20k mile throw-away" thing. |
Johnboy777
| | Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 02:18 pm: |
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Caddypat
| | Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 05:53 pm: |
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hi all,i think all the hoopla about some guy peeing on that sign is just silly. the picture is funny as hell and i have rode hd for 30yrs and currently own a gold wing too. i am also very proudly american as you will understand when you see my tractor/traler rig.red/white/blue with big us flag and thank you veterans in big black letters. that sure as heck wasnt cheap. just my 2 cents. pat |
Chadhargis
| | Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 10:20 pm: |
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I know they don't leak...I'm just being funny.
My Gixxer 600 has 32,000 miles on it...not thrown away yet. |
Pherris
| | Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 04:53 pm: |
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I was on the uly yesterday when a guy on a vulcan pulled up and started talking to me. I thought it was a fat boy at first glance. I asked if he was the guy at the gym on the fat boy, I had just left the gym and saw the fat boy parked behind my uly. He said "I can't pay that much for a bike to be in the shop all the time". I said whatever dude, I have a road king with 65K miles that has never seen the inside of a shop except to get new tires. People should ride what they like and give up the complex. |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 08:26 pm: |
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>> give up the complex.<<
I have 'no-syndrome' syndrome. |
Onemanclan
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 08:49 am: |
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I'd rather eat worms than ride a Honda... |
Johnboy777
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 10:00 am: |
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"Me Too!"
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Hugie03flhr
| | Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 09:05 am: |
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I have own both HD & honda and you know you have a problem, when the honda parts guy says that part is not available (carbs, staters, switches, ect... |
Ulyranger
| | Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 04:49 pm: |
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Not trying to slam HD, but I find extremely amusing that the riders with the biggest, roughest stick shoved firmly up their backsides on the road are the HD riders. Nearly every other flavor and genre of motorcyclist will wave back at me on the Uly(or my Kawi for that matter) except about 40% of the "other American motorcycle" riders. Pretty sad. I hope it's just an anomaly of late. I like to think we two wheeler pilots are different, but alas a large segment are cagers at heart with a display bike to go with the display house, display SUV and the look-at-me lifestyle. |
Johnboy777
| | Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 06:00 pm: |
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Waving?
All this waving is a pain in the A$$ to be honest.
Who the hell invented this waving sh*t any way?
I have people waving at me across a five lane road, AND on the opposite lanes of freeways...no, no, no! Stop it!!
Now, of late, actually, I only wave if I am waved at first - so I have to be quick as hell on the draw.
Sometimes I even pretend like I'm gonna wave, then pull back, quick like ... god that's funny ('cause he was waiting for me to wave first).
And another thing, do you give them the open hand, the peace sign, the single digit point, the low open hand, like you're petting a dogs back... what??
This waving thing is driving me CRAZY!
Serenity, Now! Serenity, Now!
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Dick_stilton
| | Posted on Friday, May 09, 2008 - 02:55 am: |
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This waving thing is driving me CRAZY!
The whole lame practice started in the past as a 'No cops ahead' signal. Like you Johnboy I find it a real pain in the ass and chances are if you are gawping at the on-coming rider waiting for his wave and deciding if you should return it you just might not notice the kid about to run out in front of you. Just a thought. |
Johnboy777
| | Posted on Friday, May 09, 2008 - 09:19 pm: |
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