A look inside the Znen scooter factory in China

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 4:00 am

Thought this might be an interesting view inside the workings of a Chinese scooter factory. I'm not approving or disapproving China made scooters, just sharing. Having said that, look at the questionable weld quality on the frames at the beginning of the video. And I get the distinct feeling that the uniforms the employees are wearing were handed out to them just before this video was made then taken away afterwards; they look just a bit too new and crisp. Just my opinion though.

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Dooglas · Post by **Dooglas** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:13 pm

In fairness, I think there are Chinese factories and there are Chinese factories. The Chinese are capable of building cheap stuff to a price, and you can see quite a bit of that at Harbor Freight. They are also capable of building to defined quality standards. Scooters built in China for Japanese or European brands can be quite good as evidenced by the 3V Piaggio Fly 150, for example.

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 3:15 pm

Dooglas wrote:In fairness, I think there are Chinese factories and there are Chinese factories. The Chinese are capable of building cheap stuff to a price, and you can see quite a bit of that at Harbor Freight. They are also capable of building to defined quality standards. Scooters built in China for Japanese or European brands can be quite good as evidenced by the 3V Piaggio Fly 150, for example.

Agreed. They, like any other manufacturer in the world build to a price point. If one wants a $1 widget, they'll make a $1 widget - or they can make a $1000 widget. The only thing that is of concern is consistent quality control, but they are making good strides toward that goal.