Triumph - or not? Advice please

[Cary]

Na, go for a Tiger, does everything

[s8306]

The way it was explained to me is that Triumph have a component manufacturing plant in Thailand as well as sourcing components from japan, taiwan and europe.

The bikes are still made - and designed entirely in-house - at Hinckley.

So would,nt they be assembled at Hinckley as opposed to being made.

[Big Dave]

So would,nt they be assembled at Hinckley as opposed to being made.

Probably - By the same token - who really cares? It's all gone global anyway.

A lot of harleys have Australian Wheels and chinese doohickeys.

The Triumph folks are proudest of the in-house design thing and the 'moderness' of their various factories.

[Bonez]

timorang here's an interesting site/blog about the later Hinkley kit-
http://www.hinckleytriumph.com/

[timorang]

timorang here's an interesting site/blog about the later Hinkley kit-
http://www.hinckleytriumph.com/

Bonez, thank you for that. I have not seen that site.

I did not get to ride the AMPS Speedmaster (they shut at 2 on Saturday), but popped into Holeshot for a look and they have a 08 Speedmaster demonstrator. So when this rain stops.......

[avgas]

timorang here's an interesting site/blog about the later Hinkley kit-
http://www.hinckleytriumph.com/

I found it majorly biased - Yes while triumph are not a mega player in the bike market they are by no means a minor.
Talk of buying a Triumph because its not mainstream is bollocks. MZ, Munch, Voxan and Victory are a few names of "non-mainstream" manufacturers i can think off right now.
This is all Triumph sales pitch about being "different" and "black sheep"....blah blah blah. Where the matter of the fact is they do not like going head on with the competition, and they have designed their bikes so they don't have too.
I'm not saying that its wrong, or that i dislike Triumph for it. I'm just saying i don't buy into that bullshit anymore - cos at the end of the day it translates to 20 pounds to import a fairing quick clip from the UK instead of $5 from China.
Rant over - Buy the thruxton like i said.

[Bonez]

Bonez, thank you for that. I have not seen that site.

I did not get to ride the AMPS Speedmaster (they shut at 2 on Saturday), but popped into Holeshot for a look and they have a 08 Speedmaster demonstrator. So when this rain stops.......

Don't Speedmasters work in the rain?

[Edbear]

Don't Speedmasters work in the rain?

No, timorang doesn't work in the rain... he gets rusty...

[klingon]

I borrowed a lovely blue Bonnie from Holeshot the other day and rode to Wellsford and back. Lovely! I could have kept going to Whangarei no problem - I didn't feel like I needed a break coz it was so comfy (unfortunately Holeshot expected me to give it back. Hmph!)

It has after-market pipes that make it sound very nice and it was a breeze to ride. I'll be test riding a lot more before I settle on one - but I won't be at all surprised if I come back to the Bonnie.

[martybabe]

Don't take this wrong,it's an honest question. I'm a pom and I lived just down the road from Hinckley and I admire the stuff mr Bloor is it? has done with resurrecting the Triumph name. I am however surprised at how popular Triumphs are over here in NZ. With the exception of a few models Triumphs are not main stream in england.There are a few sporty ones knocking about but you won't see an America or speedmaster in a month of Sundays.

I can't quote sales figures or anything but generally if you see one trumpy in a line of fifty at a bike meet,that'll be your lot. It's not uncommon to find half a dozen on a ride out round here.

As I said,genuine question why are trumps common and popular here, when in their country of origin they are quite often overlooked as serious contenders in any class.

Having said all that I think the new Tiger may do really well for them.

[woodybee]

Man I need to win Lotto.................[/QUOTE]Hell yeah me too mate, would buy a plot of land, build a huge garage then the house on top with a glass floor on top of the garage so that I can the following bikes and car I would purchase. Triumph Street Triple in Black, Ducattis GT1000, and my own current Tex the Triumph Bonneville, and Esther the Vespa Piaggio.

So I am a rocker and a mod!!

The car would have to be the New E Type Jaguar, the Beecham, which is sex on wheels.

I would hunt down a gorgeous array of old Triumphs and ducattis and restore them to their former glory and more......the more bling the better.

Anyway off to bed now, night all

Woodybee

[idb]

You took a while to find this thread Woody!

[avgas]

As I said,genuine question why are trumps common and popular here, when in their country of origin they are quite often overlooked as serious contenders in any class.

I heard the driving force is price and performance. However i suspect the made in UK thing only really sells outside the UK.
I noticed the later in China.
There were good quality chinese stuff there, but is seems everyone wanted something Euro. VW's, made and assembled in china are popular as are Audi's (also made in china), BMW (china made) as soon as a car (or anything) had a chinese name....it would fail in the market. It did not matter if it was better quality, it did not sell.

In the UK how many Rovers do you see in comparison to BMW's? How many Japanese cars to british?
Royal Enfeilds and the like are super popular in Japan.

[martybabe]

I heard the driving force is price and performance. However i suspect the made in UK thing only really sells outside the UK.
I noticed the later in China.
There were good quality chinese stuff there, but is seems everyone wanted something Euro. VW's, made and assembled in china are popular as are Audi's (also made in china), BMW (china made) as soon as a car (or anything) had a chinese name....it would fail in the market. It did not matter if it was better quality, it did not sell.

In the UK how many Rovers do you see in comparison to BMW's? How many Japanese cars to british?
Royal Enfeilds and the like are super popular in Japan.

Ahhh, the cloud lifts a little. Thanks mate

[Big Dave]

With the exception of a few models Triumphs are not main stream in england.There are a few sporty ones knocking about but you won't see an America or speedmaster in a month of Sundays.

I can't quote sales figures or anything but generally if you see one trumpy in a line of fifty at a bike meet,that'll be your lot. It's not uncommon to find half a dozen on a ride out round here.

As I said,genuine question why are trumps common and popular here, when in their country of origin they are quite often overlooked as serious contenders in any class.

I can't bring them to hand easily - but last time I looked the market share figures in the UK say otherwise. Doing real well. Bonne's and the 675 in particular.

Why here - NZ is the England of the Pacific is it not?