Kawasaki Japan Plant Tour

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Found these pics interesting..... 8)
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Interesting...........
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interesting............. :lol:
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mmmm...
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..cool

Can i have a couple..???? :lol:

but what is very interesting is that in one of the pics
the bike has an 'ABS' sticker on the front guard :?
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Great find. It seems the process is still "hand made" (=good!)
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thats cool... interesting to see how its done...
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Smitty wrote:..cool
Can i have a couple..???? :lol:
but what is very interesting is that in one of the pics
the bike has an 'ABS' sticker on the front guard :?
Would that be the US/Euro-spec GTR1400?
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hope they dont ride far in that "safety" gear...
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javaman wrote:It seems the process is still "hand made" (=good!)
I'm suprised that people still feel that way. Hand made cannot match the levels of accuracy that robotos are able to reach. Not only that, but at the end of the day, or after a shitty weekend, or a bad sleep the night before, the human workers output levels will start heading towards second rate. The robots will still be producing the same quality work.
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I love the OGK stackhats!
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