Word: yamaha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Spectators love the spills and thrills, but as one young fan said during the pre-race parade of Miss Toyota. Miss Yamaha and local disc jockey Charles Laquidera hamming it up. "Christ, I just wish they'd get on with it. Motocross fans image is almost as bad as that of the racers themselves Promoters insist it is as inaccurate...
...calls himself "the world's best fat-man water skier." He has padded around the Governor's mansion in bunny pajamas. He drives a Corvette and a pick-up truck and, while Governor, has been ticketed for speeding on his Yamaha 1100 motorcycle. He presides over an annual birthday "sock hop" in a greaser's T shirt. But most of Janklow's constituents look beyond the quirks. Admits Frankenfeld: "He's given South Dakotans a sense of pride in their state they haven't felt before." -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by J. Madeleine Nash/Sioux...
...imposing the tariff, Reagan was following the recommendation of the U.S. International Trade Commission. In January, the I.T.C. agreed with Harley that the company needed temporary relief from the big wheels of Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Honda. Since 1978, H-D has lost more than a third of the big-bike market (engines of more than 700-cc displacement) to the Japanese. According to Harley-Davidson Chairman Vaughn L. Beals, 1982 sales of about $200 million were down 20% from the preceding year. One reason for the Japanese success is pricing: Harley's top-of-the-line touring model...
...officials pleaded with the U.S. 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...
Anyone who is considering purchasing a piano or organ will be misled by your article. Foreign imports such as Yamaha and Kawai are not better values than the Wurlitzer. I have sold Wurlitzer products for 20 years, as well as more than 40 other brands, including Japanese and Korean models. No other manufacturer has maintained the consistent high quality of Wurlitzer...