This caused American buyers of motorcycles to start switching to Japanese motorcycles. The Japanese companies (Suzuki and Yamaha) from this time until the middle 1980s continued to enter the heavyweight custom market with Harley look-alikesstandard for large touring motorcycles. Harley-Davidson had controlled this segment of the market for years. There was a $2,000 price difference between Harley’s top-of-the-line motorcycles and Honda’s comparable Gold Wing.