Last year, I purchased a Kawasaki KLR650 motorcycle. After riding it about 3000 miles, things started falling off, and the shifter broke off (on the freeway, no less!) I bought it because it was an established design, and had received a stellar reputation.

When I took it back to the dealer to trade it in on something else, he told me that they had switched manufacturing of this model from Japan, to Bankok, Thailand as of my model year.

Goes to show 'ya!