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Originally Posted by ninjaone
I'm not going to say one is better then the other, but it seems quite strange to me how people can assume that two entirely different companies would produce the same quality of stuff just because they operate in the same country, as if the only variable that matters in a bike's construction is the factory worker's place of birth.
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Reading comprehension fail. Just re-read what you quoted of mine, and you'll see the factors that lead to similar products.
Honda doesn't outsource production to Thailand for any different reasons than Kawasaki does. It's cheaper to build bikes there. And both companies have decided to outsource the production of their least expensive, least polished bikes to that environment because a comparatively lower quality fit/finish/overall quality is more acceptable in this market segment. Honda doesn't build CBR1000RR's or ST1300's there for the same reason that Kawi doesn't build ZX-14's or Concours there.