03-01-2014, 02:46 PM
I am going to side with Flyrider on the marketing approach. If Honda released the bike we want, it would probably cost $14000US dollars. But a $9999 motorcycle is more approachable, even if we end up spending $5000 in upgrades. Call this the $0.99 marketing strategy. One I don't agree with. Why can't retailers give us the amount with tax included? That is for another topic.
Now! here is my theory. NO validity whatsover. But what if? Honda is sticking it to the Americans for what Ronald Regan did to them back in 1983? Lets play that tape...
"WASHINGTON, April 1, 1983— In an unusually strong protectionist action, President Reagan today ordered a tenfold increase in tariffs for imported heavyweight motorycles."
http://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/02/busine...ycles.html
Unfortunately this theory is hard to prove since Japan and America now share a strong bond. But as Arsenio Hall would say, "things that make you go hmmm..."
Now! here is my theory. NO validity whatsover. But what if? Honda is sticking it to the Americans for what Ronald Regan did to them back in 1983? Lets play that tape...
"WASHINGTON, April 1, 1983— In an unusually strong protectionist action, President Reagan today ordered a tenfold increase in tariffs for imported heavyweight motorycles."
http://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/02/busine...ycles.html
Unfortunately this theory is hard to prove since Japan and America now share a strong bond. But as Arsenio Hall would say, "things that make you go hmmm..."