Are the newer Harley Davidson motors made in Taiwan?

When you say made I asume you mean starting from nothing. Here's the short answer. About 85% of the parts that are assembled to make the bike are American made. Things such as the lights, sometimes the brakes, sometimes the front forks...come from Japan or Asia. The reason is the less regulated environment laws and because the Japan seems to be better at building precision brakes and forks. I'm sure why HD can't imitate the technology. Starting in this year the new HD Street 500 & 750 will have motors built in India AND the US. If you purchase your bike in North America you will get a US motor. This is a guess...HD is avoiding the tariffs from shipping the motors to the US. I think you can get a complete list of where each part is made from HD themselves. Either on their website or call the plant in KC. They don't hide anything. It's a global economy man...things change...guess we have to also.