TL;DR - If you live in a place that sucks, ride a bike that sucks, too.

You been to India, Sean? Have you spent time on the ground there, coped with their cars, dealt with their infrastructure, hired services in person there? Have you seen how business operates, how work is divvied up, how management has to operate to get things done?

The potential for a quality motorcycle is there, of…

Oh my god, that is too funny. But seriously, have you left this country on anything but a nice chartered vacation? Go out and see the world a bit.

I’m not going to argue against your very valid point that the OEM in question has a lot to due with establishing quality control. It’s a very good point, proven in lots of…

Oh, Sean... you’re so cute when you play devil’s advocate. But you’ve ridden this stuff, just as i have. Don’t play dumb.

Would you trust a Royal Enfield going over the I-5 Grapevine in heavy rain? Would you rather do an eight-hour endurance race aboard a Ninja 300 or an RC390? Would you sooner drive a Tata or a…

Go to Thailand. Go to India. Spend time in both.

That’s what i’ve done, and based on what i learned about work in those cultures, i will gladly buy Thai goods... and do everything i can to avoid anything made in India.

That. That is what’s wrong with India’s build quality. That’s the O2 sensor bung out of the factory on a stock Royal Enfield. (Photo courtesy of: http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/build-quality-… )

India’s build quality with BMW Motorrad’s management - what could possible go wrong?

Sorry, i meant ‘right.’

What could possibly go right?!

If you calmed down on the gawker esque tone and rewrote this entirely you might actually convince people with some valid points.