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Harley-Davidson asks government action against Japanese manufacturers I • • =s t WASHINGTON . D.C. Harley-Davidson Motor Co . . Inc. has filed a petition with the U.S . Treasury Department ac cusing Japanese motorcycle manufacurers of illegally " d u J.T1 p i ng·~ hundreds of th ousands of motorcycles in the United States. The petition said that H onda . Yamaha . Kawa saki and Suzuki a re, to varying degrees , selling motorcycles il} the United States at prices as much as 58 percent below those being charged for the same motorcycles inJapan and Europe. Such practices are prohibited by the Antidumping Act of 1921. Harley-Davidson. th e onl y American motorcycle manufacturer and a subsidiary of AFM Incorporated. said Japanese dumping practices had seriously affected the company by unduly eroding its share of heavyweight motorcycle sales in the United States and by effecti vely preventing it from establishing U.S. production of lightweight and middleweight motorcycles. . The petition compared prices of 1977 Honda . Yamaha. Kawasaki and Suzuki motorcycles in Europe and Japan with those in the United States and showed consistently lower U.S . prices by differences of as much as $737 per unit. John A. Davidson. President of Harley-Davidson, told reporters that Harley-Davidson is seek ing healthy international trade and competition . not protectionism. " W e believe our motorcycles are competitive. in quality and perform ance with those of Japanese manufacturers." he said. • (Continued from page 4) M ore Baja I have just read the June.,22, 1977 . issue of Cycle News. Of particular interest to us was the write-up on the Baja International event. It mentioned o u r PJI Lubricants entry. piloted by Al Baker and Johri Hateley. Unfortunately. we were also given credit for the Gene Cannady and Gary Drean entry. which was really the illustrious offerings of the infamous Long Beach Honda clan . Long Beach Honda's reputation for preparing some of the first off·road racing motorcycles in the world is undisputed . and we feel therefore. they and Bill Bell truly deserve the credit for supporting such a professional team of riders. crew and machinery. Finally. you might like to know our rider. AI Baker. is back working at his prospering company. Al Baker Racing & Development. recovering fom his unfortunate mishap during the event. P.]. HARVEY . President PJ1 Corpora tion Encino. CA Cannady and Drean weTe listed in the SCORE program as sponsored by PJ! Lubricants . . . Ed . ; C'C'O"l ...... - O"l C'.J 11.) C ;j ~ Mt. Morris,Pa.-250cc National New,Orleans, La. ~AMA Supercross· Dunlop's long history of success at major AMA Championship road races and motocross events tells you why more cycles ride on Dunlop than any other tire in the world. At Dunlop, we believe that a motorcycle is only as good as its tires. That's why we offer a full range of race-proven tires for all types of motorcycles and motorcycling. Available at your . motorcycle dealer.. Tbe Tire Pros F:f:!DUNEOP • Dunlop Tire and Rubber Corporation. p.o Bo, 1109. Buffalo. New York 14240 Afore motorcycles ride on Dunlop tires than any othertires in the world ~THE AFFORDABU LS....-.... Introducing an all new price schedule on current 1977 model Bultacos. ~ot leftovers, but the very latest models at a tremendous savings. 21