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oneijack
Yeah rigth dude have that printed up on a freaking card and mail it to me.
Give me you mailing addy, and I’ll send it special delivery
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bobu
Sightglass, I DID however purchase my '04 T100 because of where it was Made/Assembled. I bought a Triumph because I like the heritage and history associated with the brand. Which in my mind means I'm purchasing a British motorcycle that was assembled in England. I am well aware that many of the parts on my bike were manufactured elsewhere in the world ... that wasn't my point. My point is that it isn't a British motorcycle any longer in my opinion. It is now a Thai motorcycle being sold under a British brand name. No thanks.
Can you actually tell me what tie vintage Triumph, and new Triumph have besides the name, and styling of a line of bikes. Bloor could give a rats arse about history, to the point they had the logo changed to reflect the new company. Their only care for the past is the Marquee name. They also own the naming rights to all that was BSA, so they can use names like Rocket III, and a few that may come down the road in a few years. They don’t support the vintage bikes and want nothing to do with them.
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Adey
You hit the nail on the head there friend .. it's down to the £ at the end of the day.
Sad fact is, they can assemble the bikes cheaper in the Far East.
Triumph is a business and they're out to make money.
During the factory tour last week, the guide told us that profits are pumped back into the company (John Bloor obviously earns PLENTY from his building company ) so I suppose, in a way, saving money on labour costs but charging the same for the bikes means more money back into R&D etc ...
I don't think UK jobs will be at jeopardy because Triumph plans to build more bikes - more of the same plus new models along the way.
Triumph couldn’t keep up with the demand for bikes, and needed to open other plants instead of going the way Harley does with low supply keeping the demand up.
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satxron
Thaiumphs suck. They are not cool. They simply put a British worker out of work for the sake of profits. There will never be a Thiumph in my garages. They should not have the right to park next to a real Triumph "Made in England".
And another thing! For the Americans on this site. For many decades now, our greatest friend is Great Britain. Where we go they go etc. We have died for them and they have died for us. After 9/11 they played our anthem at Buckingham Palace. You may not know what kind of gesture that is. It ain't small, trust me. They brought me to tears with their support for us. We should not repay them by buying a bike that shipped jobs out of their country to a third world country for the sake of profit.
That Thailand plant means Brits not working. It means jobs and money shipped out of England for the sake of a bottom line. That is not cool. We need to not buy Thailand built bikes for the sake of the British worker. We need to also not buy them because they are not cool.
No brits have lost their jobs because of these plants opening. If anything it ensures that the company they work for will thrive. Get you facts straight before you get on the soap box. Ya, the Brits are great folks, and do support us in times of need. Playing our anthem was a wonderful gesture, but it doesn’t bring back the 13 friends I lost on 9-11, nor did it help their families recover, or their children understand why dad isn’t coming home anymore. So what does either of our statements on 9-11 have to do with where the bikes are being assembled ?
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Pes
Sightglass, I just checked the MSRP of an 07 America on the Triumph website. I'm not seeing that $1,000 lower price you are talking about. $8,199 for the two tone versions, which is a $200 or $300 increase over last year
I got the info from my sales department, and I will check into it tomorrow at work. If my info was wrong, I will gladly rescind the statement. They may have meant that dealer cost has gone down 1K, and I mis understood.
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Canyonwlf7
Better listen up Triumph!!! Sounds like you will be losing sales if this continues.............
I haven’t laughed this much in a week. Thanks
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Heneryhawk
The Thai ( Siamese ) people are not Chinese, nor is this plant one that uses slave labour like China. This is a capitalist nation, Triumph ADDED capacity in Thailand, they didnt take it from UK. They could have gone the ultra low cost way, and gone to RED China, they didnt. It the quality is there, the designs remain cool, then I will consider Triumph again, and will still recommend it to anyone.
For all that are screamin' about this, ever stop to ask why the assembly plant isnt located in the USA? Or even Mexico ( whose labour rate is four times that of China )? Would we rather that Triumph produce in low numbers, not have the capital to grow the line, and maybe not stay solvent?
The voice of logic and reason. You have some set of nads bringing that into this discussion.:)
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satxron
Not everybody that owns a Triumph wants the non-existent 1500cc mini-rocket. You may be surprised how many Triumph owners have been riding big bikes for a very long time and don't need Triumph to build them one.
Triumph already knows that too with their more comprehensive focus group. Thats why they don't have one, they can't sell it in America in any volume and they know it.
We saw the plans for the bike at the dealer expo this past sept. You may want to tell that focus group that they have their heads up their collective keasters. The bike is due to hit the streets in 08.
It’s so funny to me how people can get all bunged up over stuff like this. If you go to most of the auto and motorcycle plants in Germany, where the “best†products in the industry are made, you find a majority of Turkish workers building cars and bikes. They call them White “Schwartzers†there. You want to talk slave labor......
How about the new G series 650 BMW’s made in Italy at the Aprillia plant. German or Italian ? You don’t see BMW owners throwing hissy fits over it. You don’t see Ducati owners pissin and moaning that the famous “trellis†frames aren’t being made in house. They trust the powers that be to continue to produce a quality product. BMW actually cares about heritage, and support their vintage bikes as best as they can to this day. Wish I could say the same for Triumph. I grew up on Triumphs, and don’t want to see the company go down the crapper again.
The heritage everybody speaks of is boiled down to parallel twin engines, and a hand pin striped tank. They build these retro bikes to play on peoples sentiment for days long past, and there’s nothing more to it. If there wasn’t a market for it, the line would be dropped in a second. Their market share grows every year in the US, and are the # 1 selling street bike down under. I have faith they know what their doing.
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