The number of American, European, and Asian motorcycle companies with partnerships is growing all the time. Here is the current breakdown of who makes what.
I hope that's not a revelation... been like that for a few thousand years.
The reality in most business is the input costs need to be managed. Businesses seek out cost savings not only to drive profits, in many cases its just to be viable in the market.
As a Canadian manufacturer, we deal with this question every day. The chassis for our key product is stamped, welded and plated in our local plant. We could use our Chinese plant to supply the part for 30% of what it costs to make locally- we can't buy the steel in Canada for what it costs to land the finished part from China. By switching to Chinese supply, we would lose manufacturing jobs, but gain jobs in sales, assembly and warehousing. And we would make a lot more money as we could address a much broader , incremental market with a lower cost offering.
I think this is the strategy for Chinese collaboration for the MC makers. For companies/brands in countries with low manufacturing productivity, like Italy and England, this may be the only way.
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