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Originally Posted by triumph900
This is what the fields mean:
POS 1 - 3 Manufacturer
POS 4 - 6 Model
POS 7 - Engine
POS 8 - Power Output
POS 9 - Check Digit
POS 10 - Model Year
POS 11 - Assembly Plant
POS 12 - 17 - Sequence Production Number
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Yes, this is well documented info. If T has nothing to do with the Thai plant, I'd like to know why it didn't start showing up till they got into production mode.
Personally, I don't care where a bike is made as long as it is given reasonable quality control. I realise times have changed and in order to be competative, manufacturers have to go to areas of the world where overhead is cheaper. It doesn't make my bike any more or less whether a Welshman, Scot, Thai or 3 eyed irradiated freak from Chernobyl was on the assembly line as long as the QC was properly done.
I bought my Thrux because I like the lines, I can work on it and it's a size I'm comfortable with. Half the fun of owning a bike is wrenching on it, cleaning it and afterwards sitting back in the lounge chair, drinking a cold one and just looking at it. A bike is a piece of art and shouldn't be hidden by bodywork. I refuse to ride a sewing machine wrapped in plastic.
My 2 cents
