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Originally Posted by flyinlow
Did you know the largest motorcycle producer in the world is the Hero Honda group in India? They pump out a couple million motorcycles a year. Did you know there is a part made in India in almost every mass produced car and truck in the United States and Europe?
I wouldn't worry too much about bikes being built there. I would if they were going to move to southeast Asia or Mexico.
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So they make a few million bikes...are any of them any GOOD? There is a HUGE diff between cranking out a few million air-cooled single cylinder 125's with 9 hp and a Speed Triple! My experience in my "day job" with companies that have gone from American manufacture to far-east production has been that they are no longer viable tools. The only people who benefitted were the CEO & cronies who cashed out.
Just because this type of "globalization" is rampant doesn't mean it's a good thing. The quality of Triumph products took some time to get where it is now; still not to where Japanese bikes are. Lets hope they don't take a step backwards.
