Retro or Fake

[kmoney_imp]

Paulb, i share your sentiment. I'm torn about the FI disguised as carbs too. I love the Bonnies and the new T120s seem to be great (power specs unconfirmed still) but sometimes Triumph rubs me the wrong way. The bikes are assembled in Thailand, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's just they don't appear forthcoming with that fact and they market the British aspect of it like there's no tomorrow. That's 2 fakes right there and 1 more strike they're out.
Also, Ducati scramblers are assembled in Thailand too and not in Italy. I won't be buying one of those either.

I don't really like this either, but sadly it's just the status quo among modern vehicle manufacturers. There probably isn't a car on the road at any price point that doesn't have a component, if not a major sub-assembly, made there.

All the manufacturers never really speak of it commonly, at least not to the general public. I remember when the floods happened in Thailand and pretty much all the OEMs got outed when they ran into massive parts shortages that they had to explain.

Honda makes bikes there and Harley makes the Street 750 there (and elsewhere) and I've read they're looking to increase what parts are built there.