Harley Davidson is the number 1 street bike in Australia followed by the Honda VT750 and the Yamaha XVS650. Honda has the highest market share and Yamaha is number 2 with Suzuki 3rd. Anyhow Triumph is 7th overall in Australia and not close to the #1 street bike. (You must have been told about the #1 street bike thing with the big 1500cc twin.)
I never said they were not going to make a bigger bike Sightglass, I said many of us don't need them to make us a bigger bike. Many of us don't want anything that even resembles a Rocket. No disrespect intended to the Rocket or its owners. To date, it is a non-existent bike. A rumor and a plan is not a bike. They are not going to build a 1500cc twin cylinder bike. I hope you know that, I really do because if you don't you are very mistaken.
If you don't think jobs are lost to overseas factory construction and you don't understand trade deficits and how it changes the global markets, I can't have a discussion with you. Its economics 101.
Thailand has been a manufacturing hub for 40 years. Huge factory facilities making literally billions of dollars in product every month. Its still awash with poverty and corruption. Why is that? Global markets don't work is why. Business finds 3rd world countries, they exploit the corrupt politicians with money and favors who in turn exploit their people for cheap labor for their business buds. It works so well, they make sure the 3rd world countries never emerge from that status.
When you build factory facilities outside of your own country you don't lose money, your country does along with all the jobs you didn't need for the local factory. You also lose jobs for the companies that do other things like transport, security, HVAC, etc.
I take it you have never been to Detroit and you are not aware of the 40 plants GM has in Mexico. Ask Detroit if they lost jobs.
Remember this thread 5 years from now when the Triumph building is converted to offices because all bike construction from frame to final shipping happens in Thailand.
