this is very very much worth a read...https://www.superbike.co.uk/article/norton-was-it-a-fraud-from-the-start
What I don't get, is why didn't he just play it straight? Decent bikes, albeit niche, at a premium price. Plenty of orders from the US.If CCM can make a go of it. Why do the con man?
Meanwhile Triumph has announced this week that they are moving the remainder of their production out of the UK.Triumph is no longer a British manufactuerer.
Quote from: VNA on 22 February 2020, 10:26:17 amMeanwhile Triumph has announced this week that they are moving the remainder of their production out of the UK.Triumph is no longer a British manufactuerer.One of the first casualties of........ yep you guessed it the B word, there'll be a good few more...........
One of the first casualties of........ yep you guessed it the B word, there'll be a good few more...........
Just gazing into the crystal ball again
No, you 'guessed' it was the the B word. And guessed wrong.
Quote from: YamFazFan on 22 February 2020, 09:02:15 pmQuote from: Gnasher on 22 February 2020, 11:37:53 amOne of the first casualties of........ yep you guessed it the B word, there'll be a good few more........... No, you 'guessed' it was the the B word. And guessed wrong.Nope, the UK manufacture will slow and then stop, development only even that could well go.
Quote from: Gnasher on 22 February 2020, 11:37:53 amOne of the first casualties of........ yep you guessed it the B word, there'll be a good few more........... No, you 'guessed' it was the the B word. And guessed wrong.Nope, the UK manufacture will slow and then stop, development only even that could well go.
And that's all directly a result of Brexit?.
Quote from: YamFazFan on 23 February 2020, 10:49:47 amAnd that's all directly a result of Brexit?.The complete withdrawal of manufacture from the UK yes, as I think you'll find Thailand already has a deal with the EU, so imports from their are like for like or pretty close and labour a fraction of the cost of UK.
I know people from there and regardless of what's said officially, it is Brexit, they aren't willing to make the future investment in the UK.
The complete withdrawal of manufacture from the UK yes, as I think you'll find Thailand already has a deal with the EU, so imports from their are like for like or pretty close and labour a fraction of the cost of UK. If we don't get a deal anything from the UK will cost more, some industrial bodies are quoting 20% or more. Within the next few years much of our manufacturing will disappear if we don't get a good deal with the EU. The likes of Mini (BMW), Toyota, Nissan, whats left of Vaxuhall just vans now I think will go, Honda in Swindon we already know about. I know people from there and regardless of what's said officially, it is Brexit, they aren't willing to make the future investment in the UK. Wait till the financial sector takes it's hit if we don't get a deal! Anyway enough of the B word, we'll all find out very shortly.
It will be in your interests to do it, just as in the same way we ran down the coal and steel industries