"For this reason, we have decided to procure the single-cylinder engine for the G 650 Xcountry from a Chinese supplier"
see here for more
Chinese quality with bmw prices - could you ask for anything more?
"For this reason, we have decided to procure the single-cylinder engine for the G 650 Xcountry from a Chinese supplier"
see here for more
Chinese quality with bmw prices - could you ask for anything more?
Well that just torpedoed that range.
Marketing Suicide.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Hmmm....
Will stick with me 'K' I think
Next event...
Aussie - Melbourne - Perth - Darwin - Alice - Melbourne... April-May 2011
a pipe
some slippers
and a bowl of rice
The pipe will explode with the first use, the slippers will drop their soles on the third step, and the rice will be a plastic replica of a bowl of rice.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
The frame of my F650 was built by Aprilia and the motor by Rotax. But both are world class brands.
The motor of my current Aprilia is built by Minarelli (an Italian Yamaha subsidiary). I'm happy with that.
But a Beemer built in China?
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Good find there marks!
Bling!
Not sticking my hand in the fire for the BMWs fellas but from experience (moving production to china) I can tell you that chinese quality control can be as good as a manufacturer set it to be. The quality control of chinese manufacturing line depends strictly on how meticulous management was when setting it all up... if it was good then they would catch all te rejects early... clockwork orange style
Now, the cost should seriously drop ....!![]()
Windboy.
I guess its a bit like all those Holden Commodore lovers
Some of them are made in Korea, I always thought they were crap, but this reinforces that
In reality I don't care too much as most of the parts for most mechanical things are made there now and have been for a number of years, I remember when my day said "Don't touch those bloody Japanese cars, they are crap"
Now look how far they have come![]()
Dusty Butt 1000km - We knocked the bugger off what next?
Snigger snigger snigger, at least in a year or two, it will be a level manufacturing playing field.
Those Zongshens will stand proud next to Beemers, Honda's, Triumphs.
Can't wait until Ducati finally make a similar press release, Bwahaahhaaaaa![]()
Yep, I think you'll be right there, even the japs would make shit if they didn't have the quality control in place, I reckon BMW will be onto it enough to not accept any duds, after all, the chinese have been making small bikes for the big 4 for a few years now, although we don't get them besides the GN250, so can't really comment on the quality.
You'll be lucky to see BMW drop there prices though!
"I came into this game for the action, the excitement... go anywhere, travel light,... get in, get out,... wherever there's trouble, a man alone... Now they got the whole country sectioned off; you can't make a move without a form."
Paved roads are just another example of wasted tax payer dollars.
Korea is a bad analogy. Daewoo and Hyundai build ships. Making cars is an afterthought.
The Japanese entered the world market fully intending to improve product and service.
The Chinese literally don't care what we think of them or their product once they have the cash. The Japanese don't really either, but they ARE committed to superior product and always have been. Look at what Datsun did with the BMC A, M, and O series engines.
Chinese quality control IS an issue. There are no laws to compel them to meet any sort of International standards within China or for their export customers, hence they can cut corners once the design principle signs off on the production "Standard". BMW's own quality control has been slipping, especially with the latest GS1200 - breaking gearboxes, stripping drive splines, and electronics that mysteriously go on the blink are not a good look for German Manufacturing.
BMW are trying to break into a younger market with the new 650 series. All it takes is one batch of engines to get through the system with pig-iron cams instead hardened steel and BMW's youth gamble is over.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
There's your answer right there. I haven't seen a Chinese GN over 12 months old (except Buckbuck's) that hasn't shown signs of serious corrosion on anything that is chromed or plated. Wally Simmond's Japanese GN was 21 years old and had a bit of fur on the alloy that had discoloured it a little. It had enough marks and dings to have rendered a Chinese GN and unrecognisable pile of rusty rubble. The rims had no corrosion. I've seen 2005 GN alloys that look like they've been chewed by a small mammal with big teeth.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Not that I know anything about these things other than the Marshin Cheeter 200 with a blown gearbox in the garage (1400kms from new), with the full quote from the press release.....
..... and what Windboy said.......Originally Posted by BMW/Husky Press Conference
.......we can only hope that quality is retained or improved (I wont become a guniee pig though).
As for the price issue this don't look good!
Cheers ROriginally Posted by BMW/Husky Press Conference
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." - Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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