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DELHI, INDIA (WPR) Milwaukee-based Harley Davidson says the time is right to start selling motorcycles in India. More than a billion people live in India, and many ride motorcycles. Given economic conditions there, the company thinks people will want to up-grade to a Harley.

The company has officially opened a sales and marketing subsidiary, and is now looking to sign up dealers in India’s major cities. Speaking from Delhi, CEO Matt Levatich says there are already 100-million motorcycles in that country, but most are like scooters. He says some members of the country’s growing middle class are already shopping abroad for Harleys, and are willing to buy them despite tariffs.

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