Motor Company Finds Partner to Create a New 338cc Motorcycle
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That said, I saw the BMW 310 and the build quality was very good, considering, although I wasn't in the market for a small BMW (the S1000RR is a VERY hard act to follow!). I hear good things about the Royal Enfields, too, although I haven't seen one in person. It looks like India is a better choice for outsourcing manufacturing, motorcycles at least. MoCo, take note.
All the major manufacturers are building in Asia. British bike maker Triumph has been mocked for years for selling Thairumphs, Triumphs built in Thailand. Honda's #1 best-selling model in the world is made in Thailand. Kawasaki and Ducati and Yamaha all build in Thailand. KTM, Royal Enfield, and BMW build bikes in India, and so does Harley, Yamaha , Suzuki and Honda. Harley just opened a plant in Thailand. Benellis are all built in China. Honda, Yamaha, Ducati and BMW also build in Brazil.
As far as China specifically, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, and KTM all have manufacturing plants in China.
Harley has entered into an agreement to co-design (by, apparently, picking pieces and parts out of an existing catalog) with the company that owns Benelli. The little Benelli TNT135 is a hell of a bike for the price. The 338 will probably be a quite good little motorcycle for the Asian markets.
#15
North American mentality cracks me up always needing more power and larger displacement engines. Try two up or even three up riding on a 1988 Honda Super Cub and get back to me. lol
Last edited by TimmyPage; 02-06-2020 at 05:32 AM.
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1969 350 cc Sprints
The smaller powered bikes are very popular in the Asian countries, India and even some middle eastern countries. There's a large population to tap into that they haven't been able to touch yet. If that's what it takes for them to turn things around, I'm all for it and I hope its suscessful. Its a changing world and those companies that don't change with the times, well you know what happens to them.
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Gotta do what you gotta do, I guess.
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