I am not saying Triumph is infallible, just that they have a track record as good as any other manufacturer. My brother has a newer Yamaha and a good buddy has a newer Honda, both of them have had their bikes in for repair a couple of times. I have several friends that ride Harley's and their bikes have had even more and/or bigger problems. I have had both the America and Speedmaster respectivley and had no problems with either model other than going in for regular maintaneance or to fix something I screwed up all on my own. To be quite honest it pi55e5 my buddies off.