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Motorcycle USA, apparently report this....just read it on another forum...does anyone get Motorcycle USA, and can any light be shed upon?
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Rod, Rumor has it Mr Bloor told BMW to p*ss off!  Gotta love it. Mike
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Let me see if I am all caught up on the latest rumors...
John Bloor just bought Norton
BMW is buying Triumph
Harley is buying 50% of BMW
Honda bought 50% of Harley
Harley is starting to build motorcycles in China due to selling 50% of the available company shares to Hyosung
Indian Motorcycles will be built in England
Elvis is working at the 7-11 down the street
Soren
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and bsa is back...  cat
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Motorcycles... now part of the global economy. Will be even more riders if The good ol US and Tehran keep rattling swords. Oil will tripple in price. I guess I will have to learn how to balance a tractor tire, chickens, bag a cement and the family on the back of my old Honda CL90.
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OK, that's not even funny!! Don't kid around with stuff like that, it makes my heart go , or stop 
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Elvis is working at the 7-11 down the street
Correct on all but the above. Elvis is parking cars in Pittsburgh.
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Let me see if I am all caught up on the latest rumors...
John Bloor just bought Norton
BMW is buying Triumph
Harley is buying 50% of BMW
Honda bought 50% of Harley
Harley is starting to build motorcycles in China due to selling 50% of the available company shares to Hyosung
Indian Motorcycles will be built in England
Elvis is working at the 7-11 down the street
Soren
Where have you been Soren?? 
You forgot about the Thai Triumphs   .
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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Elvis is working at the 7-11 down the street
Correct on all but the above. Elvis is parking cars in Pittsburgh.
No. no. no.
Elvis is working at a (several) wedding chapel(s) on the LV Strip. If ya come out here, I can show ya.
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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Let me see if I am all caught up on the latest rumors...
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Elvis is working at the 7-11 down the street
Soren
What, you still have 7-11's around?
Al
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Man! You guys are SO misinformed!
John Bloor IS Elvis!!! I thought you guys would'a figured THIS ONE out on your own...like I DID!
Well...okay! I admit it. It was REALLY Luther(the guy in my ward, two beds down to the right) who came up with THIS little theory.
But it makes PERFECT SENSE to ME!
Cheers,
Dwight
(shhhh....here comes the nurse)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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That aint a rumor
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Hey Cat be more forthcoming on the BSA motorcycles, who is now building them and where 
Ray(UK)
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And does this mean we will see the rebirth of NVT?
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Elvis died a fat, egotistical drug addict.
And we put this thief on our national postage? Jeez!
Stan Db
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Until I see press releases or genuine news articles, I have a tendency to not believe much of anything. I definitly am not one of those "It must be true, I read it on the interenet" people. Otherwise, I would belive that Elvis is one of the top agents for the D.E.A. Soren
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Harley is starting to build motorcycles in China due to selling 50% of the available company shares to Hyosung
That's actually one of the most believable, if you know a bit about how Chinese business works. If a foreign company wants to start business in China they HAVE to have a 50% partnership with a local company, or the (communist) Chinese gov't won't let it happen. If General Motors can't get around it, what makes you think Harley Davidson can?
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How DARE you insult the memory of 'The King!' I think I'll have to leave the building now and go get myself a jelly donut (or twelve) just to settle myself down after hearing such sacrelige. Such statements make me sweat like a pig and shoot my TV out with a silver plated .45 ACP!!
JB
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If you want to know what happened with Elvis go out and rent the Bubba Ho-Tep DVD it will explain everything....sort of....
Tom
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I love watching these threads twist 
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I wonder if Elvis ever experienced the tasty delisciousness of a Jaffa Cake. Hmmmm... I posted a few weeks ago that my local Triumph dealer had sold the dealership to the local BMW dealer. I haven't been to the new place since this happened. I'd like to see a photo shop 'what if' picture of what a Speedmaster/America would look like with a BMW boxer engine in it instead of a parallel twin.  Mmmmmmmm, deep fried JAFFA Cakes!!!!!
JB
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Elvis is working at the 7-11 down the street
Correct on all but the above. Elvis is parking cars in Pittsburgh.
No. no. no.
Elvis is working at a (several) wedding chapel(s) on the LV Strip. If ya come out here, I can show ya.
Just so happens I will be in Vegas all next week. I will keep my eye out for Elvis.
Danny
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I'd like to see a photo shop 'what if' picture of what a Speedmaster/America would look like with a BMW boxer engine in it instead of a parallel twin.
Since BMW have just started producing bikes with parralel twin engines, I wouldn't imagine they would install a boxer engine on a Triumph, if of course the rumours were true.
Bedouin.
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Since BMW have just started producing bikes with parralel twin engines, I wouldn't imagine they would install a BOXER engine on a Triumph, if of course the rumours were true.
Geeez! Come on Bedouin! I've just chastised Larry for further "hijacking" this thread, and now YOU wanna start talkin' 'bout....Muhammad ALI, or somethin'????
Cheers,
Dwight
(I know...I know...sorry)
(BTW...the order is IN. I was advised over the phone to call back this afternoon to their offices to make sure everything was copacetic)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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BMW sure cleaned up the Cooper Mini. I just don't think Triumph needs that treatment. For all the bitching we do about Triumph the corporation, I think we all love Triumph the motorcycle.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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If this is true than it wont be too long before we cant afford to buy a new triumph. That was a big selling point for me, quality, indivdaulism, and a great price.
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I'm trying to remember, doesn't the price have to do with Britain not going to the Euro or something? Hurray for the Pound!
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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That was a big selling point for me, quality, indivdaulism, and a great price.
You are definitley not alone with that.
Soren
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I posted a few weeks ago that my local Triumph dealer had sold the dealership to the local BMW dealer. I haven't been to the new place since this happened. I'd like to see a photo shop 'what if' picture of what a Speedmaster/America would look like with a BMW boxer engine in it instead of a parallel twin.
Same thing happened here Naults Windham, Honda Triumph had Triumphs PULLED BY Triumph and Second Wind BMW now has all of their inventory...verrrry interessssttting!
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Ray, just kidding, but there was supposed to be a start up in england but i think it fell through. there was even a site with a pic-- it had a 1000cc twin and i think the motor was a yammy.
cat
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Hey Cat Bloor would only buy BSA anyway, then he could say he has the british bike industry in the palms of his hand... You certainly got me going though....
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Maybe Elvis is buying Triumph  And Bedouin are the new BMW 800 twins really BMW's since their engines are made by Bombadire-Rotax? I do like the SportTouring model though. Ooops.... I should be sent w/o my supper to the Other Bikes section. 
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I'm with ya TBA Rider, My dealer picked up the BMW line a few months back. Service used to be decent. Since he brought in the beemer line service sux. Guess us ole triumph boys just don't have the money to spend like the BWM geeks.  That's OK Triumph of Chattanooga is only 1 hour and 45 min ride. They probably sell bikes cheaper than anyone in the south. I'm sure he will be glad to take a little more business from his competition!
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I've already been working on my bike to be ready for this. Should the rumors be real, I've developed a pivot mount, so that I can roll my engine over on it's side to look like an old airhead Beemer (complete with fake left cylinder) Then I can go to Chys rally one weekend, flip the motor and go to the Beemer rallies as well....
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I read somewhere about triumph trying to possibly aquire the rights to the Norton name.
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And Bedouin are the new BMW 800 twins really BMW's since their engines are made by Bombadire-Rotax?
PES,
Good point.
There is no way I can claim any specific knowledge regarding the development of the 800cc P-Twin engine BMW are now using.
However, I would suspect that Bombardier-Rotax were given the manufacturing specs and design by BMW (therefore outsourcing the manufacturing etc.) as was the case with the Aprilia Mille 1000cc engine (on one of my other bikes).
I can't see Rotax designing and developing an engine for their own sales purposes as these powerplants are both brand and bike specific.
So, in this sense, I would say Yes, these engines are BMW's.
Rotax may have retained the rights to build and sell these engines to another brand (as was the case with the single 650 engines used by both BMW, Aprilia and a certain one-off Norton model which was made in Germany) but somehow I don't think BMW would allow their efforts to be diluted, especially in this unique engine capacity segment (800cc water-cooled).
Bedouin.
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Could BMW be buing Triumph automobiles ?
After BMW aquiring Mini, and being sucesful, I won't be suprised to see a new roadster join the Mini in the showroom.
Blue '03 TBA, Made in England. (50+ mpg).
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