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Post by stevegbr on Dec 2, 2015 6:38:46 GMT
here are two more factory shots, first one is kawasaki, second one is triumph.   |
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Post by davefirestorm on Dec 2, 2015 8:01:07 GMT
If only BSA/Triumph etc.had seen what was coming from Japan and taken steps needed to compete but no they just carried on turning out outdated rubbish,they even laughed at what was coming from Japan
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2015 15:43:57 GMT
Without a doubt though - they are both things of beauty in their own rights.
The Japanese took our invention and made it better by listening to the customer and giving them what they wanted when they wanted it.......the Brits were not so good at the listening thing - probably still aren't to this day.
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Post by Harold on Dec 3, 2015 15:41:00 GMT
I think the pace of production shows, the Brits have time to have a leisurely lean and a fag with the bikes miles apart, while the Japanese have the bikes crammed on the production line. I remember watching a programme a few years ago about a Japanese factory where the workers were moved round the production line so that anyone could do pretty much any job on the line, which meant no productivity loss if people were off for any reason. The Japanese work ethic was probably better then too than it was in Britain. I think it was just a case of the Brit manufacturers thinking the Japanese would never beat them at their own game and by the time they realised the threat it was too late. A bit like the time Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson nobody saw that coming either  |
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Post by davefirestorm on Dec 3, 2015 16:56:54 GMT
The Japanese work ethic as we know it was the idea that came from an American admiral involved with getting Japan on it's feet again after the war
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