While the United States is HOG's most important market, the company sells motorcycles in many other markets worldwide. ... From Japan, the "big four " manufacturers include: Honda Motor Company, headquartered in Japan, is the world's fifth largest automaker and largest motorcycle producer by recent standards. Suzuki Motor, a Japan-based manufacturing company. Yamaha Motor, which is the world's second largest producer of motorcycles after Honda. ... This was a sad state for Harley Davidson who, had failed to create cheaper alternatives like its competitors: Honda and Yamaha. ...

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