H.O.G.s hit highways: Meet the Chinese Harley-Davidson fanatics

by Kathy Vitale

When Jim Rice and his Chinese friends traveled from Shanghai to eastern Mongolia and northern China in 2010, they stuck out like proverbial sore thumbs.

This was not because of Rice's American stature, but because of the gang's transportation -- three shiny, massive Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

?No one had seen motorcycles when we got there,? Rice laughs. ?We were like escaped zoo animals.?

H.O.G. explores China

California-native Rice is the head road captain for the Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) Shanghai Chapter.

The irony of the American culture in China is that people are willing to pay three times more for a bike. That?s how much people love it.

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