As a101960 said..... "selling off the family silver". That says it all. Why can't we see the value of our own historic brands ? Why do we need to other countries to buy it cheap only to sell products back to us as "British heritage" top dollar prices !!!
For instance, it doesn't just stop at motorcycles. Even motorcycle clothing. Just check out the prices of Belstaff jackets now, another Brit company run into the ground, bought by Europe, manufacturing shipped to China and products sold back to us at unbelievable cost. I know we have higher wages in the U.K but as it's sold as a premium U.K. Product ££££, can we not justify sucking up the higher manufacturing cost to have it produced here ???
On another note, a few years back a young lad I work with said to me he'd just completed his full motorbike test and had bought an AJS. Obviously I was very impressed that he even knew the Marque, and was looking forward to seeing it. When he turned up, I couldn't believe what a pile of crap it was. It wasn't genuine, It was a new, made in........... yes, you got it, China model. As if it wasn't bad enough been a chopper look a like, it was a 125 rattler wearing the iconic AJS brand. Aaaarrrgggghhhhhh !!!!
Rant over now !!
