Now that you mention it, I did see a lot of Japanese on rented Harley's in Hawaii. We definitely felt outnumbered in Waikiki.
-Kyle On Oct 14, 2012 5:23 PM, "Hawaii Sean" <sfox...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hawaii / Waikiki is the #1 tourist destination for Japan in the world. > They love everything about Hawaii. I have a friend who rents motorcycles > in Waikiki. He started with a couple of Kawasaki's and a Harley. He > couldn't keep the Harley in and the Kawasaki's for the most part sat until > he sold them. He now has about 10 Harley's in 4 locations in Waikiki. > They are booked most of the time and 90% of his customers are Japanese. > When he had the Kawasaki's the only people that rented them were not from > Japan. Part of this I'm sure has to do with the whole "Harley" thing. > However, to rent a bike you need a motorcycle license and to demonstrate > some skills - these are typically not novice riders renting these bike. > > Another thing about Japan is that your insurance and required skills are > dramatically higher as the size of the bike goes up. I have an employee ho > lived in Japan for 16 years. He had to go to 6 months of class to get his > license and that was only because his bike was under 400cc's. If it was > higher he would have had to take more schooling. > > So as far as rentals in Waikiki - part if it with the Japanese is that > they get the chance to ride a bike that they would never be able to own in > Japan. Motorcycle registration for any vehicle in Japan is really > expensive and gets higher as the size goes up. We should never complain > about the cost of vehicle registration in the US - just go to Japan or > Europe. > > Sean > > On Friday, October 12, 2012 9:32:05 AM UTC-10, Joey wrote: >> >> All, >> Harley had a huge increase in the Asian market - wonder if that is >> increased sales overall or is it pushing Honda out? >> http://www.businessweek.com/**articles/2012-10-11/made-in-** >> usa-still-sells<http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-11/made-in-usa-still-sells> >> Thoughts? >> -Joey >> >> -- >> -Joey Kelley >> JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online >> JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! >> JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US.
