Quote: Let's be honest, Triumph of Hinkley is not Triumph of Meriden, and that's a good thing. The "old" Triumph failed just like BSA, Norton, Indian and scores of other manufacturers due to a weak product and/or bad management in a competitive market.
A lot of guys can still claim "I rode a Triumph back in 19XX" but there are VERY few riders today that have any claim to a connection with Indian that went out in 1953.
VERY few.
Triumph, unlike the others you mentioned, never never went completely out of business and has produced motorcycles every year. They restructured, yes ,but even then bikes were being produced under license. BSA, Norton, Indian and many others went out completely and have been gone for years. Just because they were no being sold in the US doesn't mean they were gone.
I stated in my last post I think it is going to be a cool bike no matter what they call it but not a real Indian.
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