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When Triumphs Go Bad
#398514 08/10/2010 11:31 PM
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Check out this article. It's really interesting.

http://www.motorcycle.com/how-to/when-triumphs-go-bad-89854.html


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Missannies #398515 08/11/2010 4:06 AM
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Thanks, i agree very interesting


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ogri #398516 08/11/2010 6:50 AM
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Neat, I still like that Garage company bike. It was on Ebay, didn't sell, wonder what they eventually got for it. "If it ain't long, it's wrong!"


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Missannies #398517 08/11/2010 11:18 AM
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Darn good read... thanks Kathy!


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Missannies #398518 08/14/2010 8:29 AM
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my only complaint is they alwaysw leave out that vital 7yr period between 1983 and 1990 ... alot of Trumpet Stuff happened during that time...I gues you could compare that period to HD's AMF bowling ball years.....

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hill8586 #398519 08/14/2010 10:56 AM
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Beautiful bikes all of them!!


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hill8586 #398520 08/15/2010 10:50 PM
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my only complaint is they alwaysw leave out that vital 7yr period between 1983 and 1990 ... alot of Trumpet Stuff happened during that time...I gues you could compare that period to HD's AMF bowling ball years.....




Yeah, I need some help as to what happened in those years, how does one respond to "yeah, they went out of bussiness..."


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my only complaint is they alwaysw leave out that vital 7yr period between 1983 and 1990 ... alot of Trumpet Stuff happened during that time...I gues you could compare that period to HD's AMF bowling ball years.....




Yeah, I need some help as to what happened in those years, how does one respond to "yeah, they went out of bussiness..."




http://www.triumphconnection.com/History.asp

Even though Triumph filed bankruptcy, John Bloor rescued the company. He contracted Les Harris to continue building Bonnies, in order to stay in continious production (Since 1902!)


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