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Here's an offer to any and all US guys that want a Hinckley bike .... PayPal me the money for the bike, shipping and a flight out and I'll ship it to the US and ride it to your door

Just how GOOD am I to you?

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I was gonna offer to do that...

But seriously, I can see what you are all saying, but you really have to remember to those making the decisions at Hinckley, it is just a business. Blaming the unions is not gonna help (I'm in a union and while I'm not a great union person they do watch my back for me, just in case). I could turn round and say it's the minimum wgae that we have here (but don't ask me how much it is - I get paid far more than that..!) but I don't want to be political, mainly cos I'm not.
It's just coming down to the fact that the cost of living in the UK is so high that to take on the extra workers to make the bikes that are being demanded is not going to financially viable. Remember the posts that were applauding the fact that Triumph sales were one of the fastest growing in the bike markets. Well I hate to say it, but we are gonna pay for that success. And those for the rest of the world outside Europe are paying the most.

Those of us with British built bikes are gonna be like those with pre fire bikes are now...