Word: honda
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...International Trade Commission hi Washington for import protection against Japanese-made bikes. Since 1978, argued H-D Chairman Vaughn Beals, Harley has lost more than a third of the so-called big-bike market (engines of more than 700 cc displacement), chiefly to Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Honda...
...many cases, the Japanese machines cost less than the well-crafted but expensive Harleys. Since 1977 Harley's prices have gone up about 60%, those for Japanese bikes only 40%. Barley's list price for its top-of-the-tine touring model is $8,655; the comparable Honda Aspencade is $6,998. Prices are being kept down artificially, charges Beals, "to dominate foreign markets." What is more, says Beals, the Japanese have glutted the U.S. market, which is sensitive to unemployment among young males, by exporting far more bikes than dealers could sell during the recession...
Harvard will certainly have to play hard this Saturday when it takes on unbeaten University of Missouri-St Louis in the quarterfinals But, the Crimson seems to be peaking at just the right time With a trip to Orlando Honda for the semi-finals as an added bonus the playoff magic or "emotional intensity" that seems to come with the passing of Halloween, may be enough to boost the booters over the second-ranked team in the country and keep the tradition of tournament success alive...
Dealing with "the same idiot customers" and working for the same boss helped bridge the gulfs between Klingensmith and his fellow pump jockeys. "Our topics of discussion were cars--certainly not my Honda, but the other guys' souped up Nova--and woman, especially the female customers. There was always a fight to see who was going to get the most attractive woman...We sort of lived from one attractive customer to the next...
Danny, a fiery cellist with wild red hair, played soccer like a fiend and took young girls for midnight riders on his Honda-destination always a mystery, Deborah, a violinist, was less flamboyant, but ended up in a tortuous love affair with a boy 15 years her junior. Pianists Sven and Andrew seemed normal enough behind the keyboard but suffered a manic addiction to killer basketball, in which the object was not so much to get the ball in the hoop as to tackle whoever had it while ripping to shreds as much clothing as possible. Others were downright eccentric...