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You know you're on a Triumph board when every discussion reverts back to 40 year old bikes. Fossils



Well OB, this might be because we "fossils" tend to have been riding motorcycles for a long long time and have owned many a motorcycle over the years. And thus, tend to have an appreciation and knowledge of a wider selection of brands than it seems those who are new to the sport and/or who jumped on the Harley-Davidson "bandwagon" early on in their riding years.

Take for instance the thought that I've seemed to have noticed after attending the Hanson Dam British Ride run by the Norton Owners Club of Southern California every year for the past 22 years and now days attended by some 1200 riders annually. I've noticed over the years that almost all of the attendees who ride into this rally, and on almost every brand of motorcycle regardless of nation of origin(Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.S.) are very knowledgeable people and enjoy discussing the rich history of all the various brands and vintages of motorcycles which are ridden into it.

(...and then on the OTHER hand, I've noticed that H-D rallies seem to primarily be attended by people who have a mindset such as "If it ain't a Harley, then it ain't no real motorsickle, and that especially goes for that 'jap crap'", OR just show up to drink beer, get drunk and party!)



You are full of assumptions. While in Sturgis for the 2013 rally I was walking into a saloon in Deadwood SD and an old quintessential bearded biker stopped me and pointed at my Triumph T-shirt nodded and said "Great bike!" As I recall I never heard a Harley Davidson rider say anything negative about my Triumph and the Sturgis rally is pretty big with Harley Davidson fans. As a matter of fact when I traded in the Triumph the Harley Davidson dealer gave me top dollar for it, far more than the Triumph dealer offered and they sold it within a month.

By the way I hear Triumph riders are "hands on" and often buy used bikes but Triumph Motorcycle Company would very much appreciate it if more of you would invest in a brand new Triumph, you know to keep the company in business and all.

My first fossil post was just a joke in case you missed it.



Sure OB, it's pretty much common knowledge that many older H-D riders and such as the one you received kudos from at Sturgis have a soft spot for the Triumph brand, as many of them owned an old Meriden-built Triumph back in the day. In many cases a Triumph might have been their very first motorcycle in their youth.

However, you might recall in my earlier reply to you that I mentioned that it's always seemed to me that in general the riders who attend the aforementioned SoCal's Norton Club's Hansen Dam rally every year and which draws riders astride motorcycles manufactured from not only England and the U.S., but also from Italy, Germany and Japan.

And so, while you might think I'm "making assumptions" here, I'm still going to suggest to you that the likelihood of those who attend THAT rally are generally going to be more appreciative of seeing a guy ride into the Hansen Dam rally astride, say, a really nice old Ducati bevel-drive 900SS, and really nice old BMW R90S or EVEN a really nice old Honda CB350, 450 or 750(AND btw, would be FAR less likely to ascribe the tired old epithet of "Jap Crap" to the latter listed) than would the predominately H-D crowd who attends the Sturgis rally.

And because once again, I can not begin to tell you how many times over the years I've run across die-hard H-D riders who wouldn't know and really don't care about any brand of motorcycle other than those manufactured in Milwaukee.

(...and I have a feeling you have GOT to have run across more than a few of those types over the years too, now haven't you?!...be truthful now, dude...SURE you have, huh!)

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)