| When Japanese motorcycles first started to appear in | | | | elsewhere in the world are using them to build their |
| the UK they were heavily criticised for being poor build | | | | bikes. China now builds more motorcycles than any |
| quality and very low standard 'cheap' machines. Those | | | | other country in the world, especially Scooters. They |
| in 'the know' said they would never catch on and | | | | now produce scooters for Italian, French and |
| people should stick to buying British. These Japanese | | | | Japanese motorcycle companies which are still |
| bikes are now regarded as being some of the highest | | | | branded and sold as being from the companies home |
| quality, highest standard motorcycles available in the | | | | country. If you are prepared to live without the 'label', |
| world. They now come with a much higher price tag! | | | | you can have an almost identical or very similar |
| Now is the time for the Chinese Scooters and | | | | machine with a much smaller price tag. |
| motorcycles. In recent times they have suffered the | | | | This is why I say 'Chinese Scooters are the way |
| same criticisms that the Japanese bikes received | | | | forward'. They have worked very hard to meet our |
| nearly 30 years ago, accused of being of poor build | | | | demands, and they are now producing some excellent |
| quality and mass produced to a low standard, but | | | | machines of their own. The Chinese scooters and |
| times are changing. With the demands of the Great | | | | bikes that are now available in the UK are built to a |
| British public being that much higher, wanting well built, | | | | much higher standard which is always improving, more |
| reliable machines that are going to last, the Chinese | | | | and more dealers are supplying them and the spare |
| factories have had to improve the quality of their | | | | parts are more readily available than they have ever |
| motorcycles in order to find a place in our market, and | | | | been. Why would anyone looking for excellent value |
| they can do this at a fraction of the cost of their | | | | two-wheeled transport look anywhere else? |
| worldwide counterparts. This is why companies based | | | | |