R1200RS + R1250RS Forum
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Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:00 pm
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Triumph is moving all of its mass-produced motorcycle production off-shore to other countries, such as Thailand and India, while keeping their design and research center and one specialty products manufacturing factory in the UK (at least that is the way that I interpret this article). Perhaps a result of Brexit? https://www.rideapart.com/articles/40040...-line-thailand/
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Most of their bikes have been manufactured offshore for years. In fact, according to the article in question - of the 65,000 bikes they produce each year, only 6-7,000 are currently made in the UK. After this change it will be down to about 4,500. So this is certainly not a massive, seismic shift.
KC100->CB100N->CB250RS--------->DL650AL2->R1200RS
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Zitat von Freddyfruitbat im Beitrag #2 True, but it is the thought that counts. I believe that my 2005 T-100 was the last Bonneville manufactured in England before they moved the production of that model to a new factory in Thailand.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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It's been on the cards for a long time. The bikes have always been a modular design assembled in the UK from parts made elsewhere. In the early days these were Japanese parts from the likes of Nissin & Showa. The Japanese shifted production to China but quality dropped so Bloor, to use a Brexit meme, took back control and opened his own factories in Thailand. |
