Before this Harley-Davidson thread totally veers off into a discussion of the How's and Why's of Triumph's collapse and rebirth, I'd like to address somethin' you've said in it here, Michael....
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Yet another moco sheeple trolling thread. It woud have been more accurate to say that hd lives or dies on the sales of there branded merchandise. Lord knows they go to the bank laughing al the way from getting the sheepe to pay good money to advertise the moco name. There marketing is certainly brilliant even if there bikes are less the brilliant.
...and that would be to ask why your immediate response seemed so "defensive" in tone? Yep, right from the get-go you labeled OP's thread as a "trolling" one, as if you think any mention of this company which DOES produce some very fine motorcycles, though yes admittedly only one type of motorcycle, "Criusers", but still for what they're primarily designed to do they do pretty darn well while looking the part, is somehow an apparent "offense".
Now, you may disagree with my assessment of The Motor Company's product, but why did you feel the need to come out with guns a blazing at just the mention of their name? Remember, the title of this forum's section is "Other Bikes", and thus OP's thread IS appropriate placed at this Triumph website, right?!
And, while you and I and many motorcyclists know that many purchasers of H-D's products are "blinded" by their "mystique"(read: R.U.B. here) and thus buy their H-D primarily for some sort of "associative factor"(read: they think they're buying into some kind of "cool" thing) I will never understand why this sort of "knee-jerk" reaction seems to come about whenever their name is mentioned around here.
