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Here's the deal.... whether or not a Triumph motorcycle was assembled in England or Thailand does not matter. They are all Hinckley designed and engineered and the quality control is exactly the same as well. It's not like bikes assembled in Thailand are Chinesse knock-offs of the original. They are hard working people that take pride in what they do.



Thanks for saying this, although it's also fair to say that the Chinese-assembled Piaggio scooters use parts manufactured in Italy.

I just don't want any Chinese crawfish, drywall or baby toys in the house.



And in the sixties Vespa had a plant in England.

According to a Triumph tech on another forum Chrome improved when Triumph moved it all to Thailand and in 07 when all the Bonnie variants began assembly in Thailand customer complaints went way down.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. H. L. Mencken