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Originally Posted by AnTyx
Some of them look like they are getting there - I have heard very positive first-hand testimony from CFMoto owners.
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I suppose one could point to Enfield as some sort of evidence that developing nations don't build good bikes without big-brand western backers pulling their strings, but even that venerable brand has vocal supporters. Equally we could look back 50 years to the taunts of "Jap Crap" from British bike owners... it only took about 10 years for the Japanese to wipe out the British bike industry, so why should anyone think the Chinese aren't willing or able to establish themselves as suppliers of motorcycles to rival anything on the market now?
OK they have started with a low cost mindset which does lead to corner cutting for the domestic market, but other Chinese products are already competing with the world's best (they are becoming dominant in the auto market outside Europe, let's not even get onto phones and IT) and they are technically capable and motivated to make something that occupies profitable "high end" markets not only the cheap end.
Write them off at your peril, and in the meantime a wise man will assess their products for what they are, not where they're built.
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