Such competitors as Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki are siphoning off leftover business, building handsome and solid Harley look-alikes.
For years Honda and Yamaha had the market largely to themselves.
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This will help Harley improve its U.S. market share that stood at 58% in the third quarter over peers like Polaris Industries, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki and BMW that control a major chunk of the remaining market.
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After switching from Yamaha to Honda, he won two races at 'the Prix' and but for the intervention of heavy rain, it could have been more.
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Onto the main protagonists and I see this season being a titanic battle between Honda's Dani Pedrosa and Yamaha's Valentino Rossi.
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Riding in the colours of Round Tower Racing, Vitrans Honda, Klaffi Honda, MV Agusta and JMF Millsport Yamaha, he enjoyed considerable success, including three Irish championships and podium places at the North West 200, Isle of Man TT and the Ulster Grand Prix.
Harley Davidson competes with other major motorcycle manufacturers like Honda Motor Company, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Yamaha Motors.
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BRP, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, Star, Suzuki, Triumph and Yamaha will be represented at each stop on the tour, while BMW, Victory, Indian and Zero will only participate at limited locations.
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Dani Pedrosa was third quickest on his Repsol Honda, while the in-form Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), Pedrosa's Italian team-mate Andrea Dovizioso and Spanish rider Toni Elias completed the top six.
He managed to hold off a late challenge from Andrea Dovizioso, his replacement at Repsol Honda, while American Colin Edwards came home in fifth on his Monster Yamaha Tech 3.
He edged out Dutchman Frans Verhoeven on a Yamaha by a single second with Pablo Quintanilla of Chile third for Honda at five seconds.
Stoner on his Repsol Honda left it to the final moments to snatch first on the grid ahead Yamaha's Ben Spies and his own teammate Dani Pedrosa of Spain.
German rookie Stefan Bradl was fourth for LCR Honda in his best qualifying performance, while Britain's Cal Crutchlow was fifth and his Yamaha Monster tech 3 teammate Andrea Dovizioso was seventh.
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The Spaniard failed to qualify on the front row of the grid at the circuit for the first time in his career, with Yamaha's 2010 world champion finishing fourth fastest ahead of American teammate Ben Spies and San Carlo Honda Gresini's Alvaro Bautista.
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