and I'd drive one of my cars. way off point, I thought we were speaking of getting the most bang, pun intended, out of your dong fangs buck.
there's a world of other things you can do with an unspecified amount of money.

in fact Japanese bikes are now occasionally produced in China, as well as Thailand I'm aware.
but note I didn't say anything about crap, you did mailman, I said "not as good", which is an accurate assessment of the comparison.
I'm fine with Chinese stuff, got plenty of it.
but if I look at my cast Chinese kit top end and then my japanese originals i know why they perform better.