That's quite a list !

It seems India has become quite the achiever in the manufacturing sector . A look down this list shows some surprising Company names.....................( including motorcycles )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vehicle_plants_in_India

I thought the list was a bit long to post up in its entirety.
 
And then there is also this report 

http://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/two-wheelers/motorcycles/suzuki-plans-to-sell-india-made-sports-bike-gixxer-in-japan/46845487

Would be very interesting to know the final labour cost for a motorcycle in one of those plants.   Cheers Paul.

If you want to be 100% sure where your bike (or car) was built, the 1st 2 digits of it VIN tell you exactly that

for example, if it starts in the range MA-ME it was built in India, LA-L0 it was built in China, any vehicle with the VIN beginning with a 6 is Australian built

The 2nd digit of each of these refers to the Manufacturer of the vehicle

The Full list by regions is:

A–H = Africa
AA-AH South Africa
AJ-AN Ivory Coast
AP-A0 not assigned
BA-BE Angola
BF-BK Kenya
BL-BR Tanzania
BS-B0 not assigned
CA-CE Benin
CF-CK Madagascar
CL-CR Tunisia
CS-C0 not assigned
DA-DE Egypt
DF-DK Morocco
DL-DR Zambia
DS-D0 not assigned
EA-EE Ethiopia
EF-EK Mozambique
EL-E0 not assigned
FA-FE Ghana
FF-FK Nigeria
FL-F0 not assigned
GA-G0 not assigned
HA-H0 not assigned

J–R = Asia
JA-J0 Japan
KA-KE Sri Lanka
KF-KK Israel
KL-KR Korea (South)
KS-K0 Kazakhstan
LA-L0 China
MA-ME India
MF-MK Indonesia
ML-MR Thailand
MS-M0 not assigned
NA-NE Iran
NF-NK Pakistan
NL-NR Turkey
NS-N0 not assigned
PA-PE Philippines
PF-PK Singapore
PL-PR Malaysia
PS-P0 not assigned
RA-RE United Arab Emirates
RF-RK Taiwan
RL-RR Vietnam
RS-R0 Saudi Arabia

S–Z = Europe
SA-SM United Kingdom
SN-ST East Germany
SU-SZ Poland
S1-S4 Latvia
S5-S0 not assigned
TA-TH Switzerland
TJ-TP Czech Republic
TR-TV Hungary
TW-T1 Portugal
T2-T0 not assigned
UA-UG not assigned
UH-UM Denmark
UN-UT Ireland
UU-UZ Romania
U1-U4 not assigned
U5-U7 Slovakia
U8-U0 not assigned
VA-VE Austria
VF-VR France
VS-VW Spain
VX-V2 Serbia
V3-V5 Croatia
V6-V0 Estonia
WA-W0 West Germany
XA-XE Bulgaria
XF-XK Greece
XL-XR Netherlands
XS-XW USSR
XX-X2 Luxembourg
X3-X0 Russia
YA-YE Belgium
YF-YK Finland
YL-YR Malta
YS-YW Sweden
YX-Y2 Norway
Y3-Y5 Belarus
Y6-Y0 Ukraine
ZA-ZR Italy
ZS-ZW not assigned
ZX-Z2 Slovenia
Z3-Z5 Lithuania
Z6-Z0 not assigned

1–5 = Nth America
1A-10 United States
2A-20 Canada
3A-37 Mexico
38-30 Cayman Islands
4A-40 United States
5A-50 United States

6–7 = Oceania
6A-6W Australia
6X-60 not assigned
7A-7E New Zealand
7F-70 not assigned

8–9 = South America
8A-8E Argentina
8F-8K Chile
8L-8R Ecuador
8S-8W Peru
8X-82 Venezuela
83-80 not assigned
9A-9E Brazil
9F-9K Colombia
9L-9R Paraguay
9S-9W Uruguay
9X-92 Trinidad & Tobago
93–99 Brazil
90 not assigned

Hammy wrote:Would be very interesting to know the final labour cost for a motorcycle in one of those plants.   Cheers Paul.

Just one bowl of rice per bike