Originally Posted by
Doohickie
Those bikes were actually made by Huffy but with parts sourced in Japan/Taiwan. Raleigh was out of the USA at the time but licensed Huffy to produce Raleigh bikes. I just picked up an '83 Raleigh... this one a Marathon which wasn't as good as one of the Racing bikes.
The entirety of the construction was sourced to Japan and Taiwan (parts + frames), yes, but Huffy's involvement with Raleigh began and terminated with the administration and development of new U.S. products for the company - production was not by any means related to the Huffy production plants here in the States at the time (thank god).
-Kurt