As motorcycle manufacturers everywhere are struggling to remain competitive, they’re facing cheap Chinese producers making impossible demands on their few remaining profits, leading to outsourced production in China in order to compete, however, a news item this week signals a change may be brewing. Foxconn Technology, a Chinese contract electronics manufacturer making items like the [...]
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After the Cleveland CycleWerks article, many of you were less than pleased to see motorcycles produced in China for far less than could be manufactured here in the US, especially when, for various reasons, the company found production here almost impossible. It’s a complex issue, about which I’ll have more to say later, but it [...]
Scott Colosimo, from Cleveland CycleWerks, sent me a note a short while ago and thought we might be interested in his company. His idea is to build a “working man’s motorcycle,” something built with quality but priced low enough that the average working guy can buy one without breaking the bank. Scott is from Cleveland, [...]
Ralf Waldmann and Martin Wimmer, 2 former motorcycle GP racers, are planning to revive production of MZ motorcycles which, as we reported, ceased operations at the end of last year. They are buying the trademarks and worldwide rights to the brand from the Hong Leong Group which currently owns MZ. The old German factory is [...]
