S.O.S. Big Dave n PC

**tri boy** · 19th March 2008, 08:35

Guys, Triumph magazine desperately need you.
The image of this fine marque is at a tipping point between coolness, and crossing over into the realms of effeminate "boy bitch" land.

It's breaking my heart. Check out the latest official Triumph magazine, Spring addition as soon as poss.
Inside cover, fecking Ewen Mc Cocksucker flogging off perfume for boys

Inside back cover, some pretty boy holding up his "Hopoate" digit with a smile, in a Tissot watch ad.

And articles from around the planet using words like ubercool, and spring collection. AGHHHHH!!!!! it's all too much.
And finally, on the back cover, of a magazine held as the representation of Triumph worldwide, is a ad for Gibson f**king guitars! With Slash from guns n roses looking more camp than a scout jamboree.
Please guys, submit something 1/2 real world to these guys.
Please.

Theres even an article on a scrambler, posing around Berlin back streets. AGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Grub** · 19th March 2008, 08:39

Originally Posted by tri boy

Inside cover, fecking Ewen Mc Cocksucker flogging off perfume for boys

Take it easy ... thats really good perfume youre rubbishing!

**007XX** · 19th March 2008, 08:42

Originally Posted by Grub

Take it easy ... thats really good perfume youre rubbishing!

Besides, I'd hit Ewan...

...easy on my fantasy here please!

Don't know about Slash though...

**Swoop** · 19th March 2008, 08:45

The mantle of "GHEY" passes from Honda to Triumph.

**Big Dave** · 19th March 2008, 08:52

Nice to start the day with a laugh.

Mr McGregor is popular with the ladies, his work under my radar and I don't watch his stuff, but at least he is a rider.

I talked to them when they were here. The Long way down people approached Triumph to do their rides on a Tiger, but Triumph and subsequently KTM both declined to supply bikes - BMW were their third choice.

You and I are old school T men - and a dying breed. They need the young Euro metrosexuals to embrace the brand for it to prosper in the next set of 20 and brand positioning is obviously how they are setting about doing it.

I'm not going to bag the mag - I'm currently trying to get them to fund me riding a new Rocket III tourer around the South Island.

**Big Dave** · 19th March 2008, 08:55

Originally Posted by Swoop

The mantle of "GHEY" passes from Honda to Triumph.

I'll pass it on to the enormous HAs that ride them.
PM me your address so they can thank you for the advice.

**YellowDog** · 19th March 2008, 08:56

I'd stay quiet about all that and hopefully it will blow over.

Be careful not to rebadge yourself OR ME for that matter. If all goes well today, I will be ordering an ABS Tiger by the end of the week :-)

**007XX** · 19th March 2008, 09:00

This is where I do love the fact that the "GHEY" mantle really doesn't concern me.

*sighs* (dreaming of a Street Triple)

**Crisis management** · 19th March 2008, 09:02

You triumph gay boys better keep clear of my bikes then, I suggest special parking areas on the next ride Tri-boy, real bikes to the front and the trumpys getting in behind......

On second thoughts, maybe not.