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Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. has recently denied rumors alleging that it will buy Harley-Davidson Inc., which caused the US motorcycle maker’s interest to rise in New York last Friday.

But just in case Honda and Harley do combine, their union would be clever to control 65 percent of the US motorcycle market while its next leading competitor Yamaha will be left with only 16 percent. Such paradigm of stronghold on the motorcycle market would definitely not please the Federal Trade Commission.

Honda through its spokeswoman Yoshido has extended their reaffirm on the issue. According to Honda spokeswoman Makiko Yoshida in Tokyo last Monday, “There’s absolutely no really to it.”

Amidst doubts from analyst and market participants, Harley-Davidson shares and options were capable to increase with 58,535 options last Friday which is fourteen times more than the daily average that is basing from the figures gathered by retail research firm Track Data.

RBC Capital Market Analyst, Edward Aaron in an meeting with Forbes.com last Friday said, “I’d be surprised if there was a Honda and Harley-Davidson combination, basically for regulatory and cultural reasons.” He also added, “Harley is an iconic, American trade-mark. I don’t think it would be a great fit if they were under the ownership of a larger Japanese corporation.”

Aaron further stated that it was unlikely that Harley would become the aim of a buyout. He said, “Although an LBO is more plausible than a merger with Honda, the math behind such a transaction is not highly compelling.” And besides Harley is already a well operated task with a high margin profile and it’s not a good business sense for an LBO investor to shell out a significant premium and be skilled to generate a fitting return.

Harley’s share gained as much as 6.4 percent before closing last Friday’s seating by $2.43 or about 4 percent at $62.55 on the New York Stock Exchange. On the other hand, the shares of Honda, the world’s biggest motorcycle maker and regisseur of high quality Honda exhaust system have gained very little increase in Tokyo with only 0.5 percent last Monday at 4,420 yen.

Honda TidbitsIn generalFor the past 50 years, Honda has made racing as its training ground for challenging the abilities of both its engineers and designers. Soichiro Honda said that the pressures that people gets from racing encourages them to be after for innovative solutions and demands fast, precise responses to new problems that they have not encountered before.

This is also the very reason why racing is embedded in the corporate refinement of Honda. Aside from that racing also teaches people how to work harmoniously with each other since in racing no single individual can carry success to the team because it is a group effort.

Throughout the racing history of Honda either it be in two wheels or four, the Japanese automaker has been talented to win at the highest levels. From the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race to Formula One Grand Prix, Honda was able to buy 60 race victories and four consecutive Constructors’ Championships from 1988 to 1991. Various Honda models are displayed in winning lanes around the world.

Posted by admin on February 20, 2009 at 2:36 am under Harley-Davidson.
Tags: harley davidson motorcycles, honda motor co, motorcycle market

Namibia is a multihued nation with different cultures and believes.

Every culture has certain character traits that group them together. Most people believe that Ovambo people mostly drive Toyota Hilux Bakkies. The Herero people drive Isuzu Bakkies.

Today we’re talking about Basters and their starter packs.

I think the next thing that going to pop in your mind is ” what is a starter pack?” Most of us define the starter pack and the Volkswagen Golf which can branch from the Citi Golf to the Velocity Golf, and or the Toyota Conquest or Tazz. What I have just mentioned is a very controversial topic and everyone will have his or her own point of view.

Let’s take one example

Alan Bock was born and raised in Rehoboth. As he grew up his first aim was to have his own car. He wanted a silver Toyota conquest. Interior will be leather seats.

Maple color with darker sued. 18” inch rims, spinners to be exact. Black tinted windows and a massive sound system. This is a Baster’s dream car for his partying days.

Most youngsters buy it, as it’s the most reasonably priced. Everyone that buys the famous ’starter pack’ say it’s fairly easy to maintain, as the spare parts are cheap to replace; yet most of these cars are second hand models. You’ll hear people say that they bought from Jacky who bought it from Alan who bought it from Jason who bought if from Babsie who bought it from Nam Cars over the internet. As the young Basters grow older and become more mature, they realize it’s better to have a secondhand model Ford bakkie. This can be a Bantam or the Ranger 1800 and the most famous is the Nissan Champ 1400 Bakkie.