Where was your bike made?
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Where was your bike made?
Interesting article from Bennetts Bikesoical...
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/n ... -bike-made
Scroll down a bit and there's a long list of where current models are manufactured.
I know the Fronch like Yamaha's, but I had no idea some were made there.
It seems like almost everything is made in Thailand these days.
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/n ... -bike-made
Scroll down a bit and there's a long list of where current models are manufactured.
I know the Fronch like Yamaha's, but I had no idea some were made there.
It seems like almost everything is made in Thailand these days.
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Re: Where was your bike made?
All over the shop;
the brakes and clutch are imported from Italy, the engine pistons are made in Austria, the bike suspension comes from Japan, and other electronic components originate in Mexico and China.
And then I assume put together in Murica
And that looks tidy
the brakes and clutch are imported from Italy, the engine pistons are made in Austria, the bike suspension comes from Japan, and other electronic components originate in Mexico and China.
And then I assume put together in Murica
And that looks tidy
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Re: Where was your bike made?
One was nailed together in a damp shed by miserable Brummies, one was hammered together by rednecks in a shed in Milwaukee and the other efficiently screwed together by hard working punctual fellows in Kobe
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Re: Where was your bike made?
Japan,it would seem.
Surprised to see how many Beemers are German made,I was blaming other countries for the poor quality....
Surprised to see how many Beemers are German made,I was blaming other countries for the poor quality....
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Re: Where was your bike made?
Triumph didn't have a factory - or a damp shed even - in Birmingham. Your bike was nailed together in Meriden
One of my bikes was haphazardly thrown together in Bologna, the other was carefully assembled in Hammamatsu
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Re: Where was your bike made?
Everywhere north of Banbury and south of Newcastle is Birmingham
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Re: Where was your bike made?
Or Newcastle Co.Down.
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Re: Where was your bike made?
From what i can see here is the address if it helps as its not a Thai made one
Via Antonio Cavalieri Ducati, 74/5, 40132 Bologna BO, Italy
As for the auld 600 Fazer it was probably made in Iwata Japan as its 20 years old and before they started outsourcing to cheaper countries
Via Antonio Cavalieri Ducati, 74/5, 40132 Bologna BO, Italy
As for the auld 600 Fazer it was probably made in Iwata Japan as its 20 years old and before they started outsourcing to cheaper countries
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Re: Where was your bike made?
The TDR and the R1z are both Japan made AFAIK. The XR125L is Brazilian, it says so on the the sprocket cover.
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Re: Where was your bike made?
I've owned a Honda 1000 Varadero and 700 Transalp, both made in the Honda Montessa factory in Spain.
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Re: Where was your bike made?
Likewise, though I believe the later 790s are being made in Thailand. Owners pages have reported annoying quality niggles on the early models so I don't think there's any particular advantage to "European workmanship". Outsourcing manufacture doesn't appear to present any problems to other manufacturers and no doubt the QC of the bikes is strictly controlled by the parent company. Hence the only real difference is the cost of assembly, which benefits the owners.
IIRC Olly on TRC had a Honda Innova and the Chinese domestic model assembled in the same factory. The Honda was everything you expect a Honda to be and the Chinese domestic model (Wuyang?) was as shoddy as you expect a Chinese bike to be. Only the engine was the same. Same factory, different standards, different bikes.
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