All good points there, Ade.

I don't think that many people start out on a small bike anymore. In today's motorcycling world...well...heck...just look at one of our newest members here, Julie, who's just picked her very first bike, a Speedmaster. And, I don't think the Buell Blast did all that well selling as a "Beginner Bike" either just a few years ago.

Yep, I think if anything, a small Triumph such as this might only go over well in the Asian market.

And as you also infer, the profit margin on each unit of a smaller displacement machine is usually also smaller than on larger machines.


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)