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Pinky
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 Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:52 pm Post subject: Motorcycle fans- need your help! |
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Hey gang,
I'm working on a project and need a list of all of the motorcycle manufacturers that are currently selling their product in the US.
I'm just looking for the big boys and am ignoring the smaller customisers as that will be getting in too deep.
I know just about ZERO when it comes to the motorcycle world, so I apologize for my ignorance.
Here is Ebay's list of motorcycle manufacturers- would yall mind filling me in on which one's currently sell in America, which ones are considered more of a custom builder than a manufacturer (which ones to kick from the list), and if there are any that need to be added, to pipe up?
Thanks in advance, here's the list:
American Ironhorse
Aprilia
Big Dog
BMW
Boss Hoss
Bourget
BSA
Buell
Bultaco
Desperado
Ducati
Harley-Davidson
Honda
Husqvarna
Indian
Kawasaki
KTM
Moto Guzzi
Norton
Royal Enfield
Suzuki
Titan
Triumph
Ural
Victory
Yamaha |
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grimace007
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this is what i know of.. that consist os street legal bikes..
Aprilia
BMW
Buell
Ducati
Harley-Davidson
Honda
Husqvarna ( i think they make a couple dual sports but no pure bred road bike)
Indian
Kawasaki
KTM ( make road bikes contrary to popular belief)
Suzuki
Triumph
Yamaha |
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Pinky
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Awesome- Thanks Grimace!
Yeah, I forgot to mention that I'm looking for street legal bikes only that are currently being sold in the US.
Any other comments would be appreciated if anyone has some manufacturers to add or subtract from the list. |
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Pinky
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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| croscoe wrote: |
| exile choppers |
Are they a fairly large manufacturer or a custom shop?
About the smallest I need to go would be the motorcycle equivelant of Lotus sized...
Thanks for the input!!! |
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bgs
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Just for your info, the Boss Hoss brand are scoots
with v-8's in them. They'll pull anything you
have in mind with ease..I saw the 502. Jezzz
that thing was flat serious. What a monster. >
http://www.bosshoss.com/products.asp?CID=935074103.44780
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GeorgeL
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: Motorcycle fans- need your help! |
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American Ironhorse - specialty
Aprilia - sells in US
Big Dog - specialty
BMW - sells in US
Boss Hoss - custom maker
Bourget - custom maker
BSA - Used to sell here, not sure now.
Buell - sells in US
Bultaco - used to sell here, not now
Desperado - not heard of these
Ducati - sells in US
Harley-Davidson - sells in US
Honda - Sells in US
Husqvarna - Sells in US, made by Cagiva now
Indian - sells in US
Kawasaki - sells in US
KTM - Sells in US
Moto Guzzi - Sells in US
Norton - used to sell here, don't know now.
Royal Enfield - used to sell here, don't know now
Suzuki - sells in US
Titan - not heard of these
Triumph - sells in US
Ural - Sells in US, but probably grey market
Victory - division of Yamaha, IIRC, sells in US
Yamaha - Sells in US
Others:
Husaberg - sells in US
Chang Jiang - BMW copy, probably grey market
Gas Gas - sells in US |
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Lidpainter
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: Motorcycle fans- need your help! |
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| GeorgeL wrote: |
| Bourget - custom maker |
Roger Bourget is a custom builder however I do believe he does (mass)produce small quanities for dealers. I have seen them around a few bike dealers along with Iron Horse models. |
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Pinky
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: Motorcycle fans- need your help! |
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| Lidpainter wrote: |
| GeorgeL wrote: |
| Bourget - custom maker |
Roger Bourget is a custom builder however I do believe he does (mass)produce small quanities for dealers. I have seen them around a few bike dealers along with Iron Horse models. |
So would you consider those builders that GeorgeL marked as "specialty" to be in the same boat? Customisers that mass produce small quantaties for dealers? Do any of the ones marked as custom do this as well?
Thanks a million yall!!!  |
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blarneyman
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Could you imagine tipping that over! When was the last time you picked up a 1300# bike 
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bgs
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| blarneyman wrote: |
Could you imagine tipping that over! When was the last time you picked up a 1300# bike |
I hear that..I think I'd have to pull out my 45
salute it, and shoot it cause I sure ain't lifting
it up ! 
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doubledoor64
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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non street
Gas-Gas
ATK |
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GeorgeL
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:55 am Post subject: Re: Motorcycle fans- need your help! |
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| Pinky wrote: |
| Lidpainter wrote: |
| GeorgeL wrote: |
| Bourget - custom maker |
Roger Bourget is a custom builder however I do believe he does (mass)produce small quanities for dealers. I have seen them around a few bike dealers along with Iron Horse models. |
So would you consider those builders that GeorgeL marked as "specialty" to be in the same boat? Customisers that mass produce small quantaties for dealers? Do any of the ones marked as custom do this as well?
Thanks a million yall!!! |
After checking his site, I'd call him a specialty manufactuer. He does build standard models in small quantity. Kind of a baby Buell... |
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58758
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I noticed the lists do not include Bimota. Are they not in business anymore?
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Ozzie
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vw60bug
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Titan - They make custom american motorcycles
American Performance Cycle (APC)-Make custom american motorcycles (choppers)
Both are manufactures that have distributors thruout the country. |
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scottyhoffo
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject: For our Brits... |
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BSA and Norton aren't in business any longer - from what I understand they went out in either the late 1970s or the early 1980s.
Royal Enfield motorcycles are currently made in India. I've heard that they're not bad. I knew a couple of civilian contractors in Iraq who owned and liked them. They looked pretty sharp.
I looked into getting one - it looks like their dealer network here in the 'States is very small.
Avoid MZ if you see any around -they're old East German bikes.
(unless you're related to Erich Honecker and want to keep the dream alive  )
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retrowagen
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: For our Brits... |
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| scottyhoffo wrote: |
Avoid MZ if you see any around -they're old East German bikes.
(unless you're related to Erich Honecker and want to keep the dream alive ) |
MZ is now MuZ and their bikes are actually well designed and powered by quality Japanese-made Motors... the blue smoke, 2-cycle 50-cc days of Comrade bikes are over from them.
The made in India Royal Enfields are pretty crude bikes. Some of them are diesel-powered!
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young5o
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: Motorcycle fans- need your help! |
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| GeorgeL wrote: |
Victory - division of Yamaha, IIRC, sells in US |
I thought Victory was a division of Polaris. They sell the Vegas Jackpot which was designed (don't know how much) by Arlen and Cory Ness. |
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GeorgeL
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: Motorcycle fans- need your help! |
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| young5o wrote: |
| GeorgeL wrote: |
Victory - division of Yamaha, IIRC, sells in US |
I thought Victory was a division of Polaris. They sell the Vegas Jackpot which was designed (don't know how much) by Arlen and Cory Ness. |
I stand corrected. I was actually thinking of Star Motorcycles, which is the "ersatz Harley" division of Yamaha. |
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i_want_a_pre_49_ratbeetle
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:09 am Post subject: |
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well had a weird thought.. scooters.. many different manufactures of them & street legal... & larger ones do have to be licensed & tagged as motorcycles... first one that comes to mind is the Stella from genuine scooter company http://www.genuinescooters.com/
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