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Post by joesoap on Feb 1, 2024 19:20:42 GMT
What's the fuss over these new little Indian produced Triumphs? Is it just me that thinks they look totally cheap and nasty? Seeing some grown dare I say old men going gaga over them. I just don't get it. If you like them I don't mean to offend, it just means you see beauty in a different way to me.  |
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Post by drip on Feb 1, 2024 20:38:27 GMT
Bike design lost its way long ago. I agree that these bikes are no oil painting to look at but there are far worse. I would be interested in having one as an all weather commuter if the reliablity gets proven longer term. You can't really go by the 'influencers' on social media who have their own interests at heart, not ours. If there's a local dealer nearby, go and try one for yourselves.
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Post by comstar on Feb 1, 2024 20:43:25 GMT
Let's face it......it's not a Triumph is it? I'll get me coat.  |
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Post by robinbanks on Feb 1, 2024 21:47:56 GMT
Are they even out yet?
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Post by davefirestorm on Feb 1, 2024 22:39:44 GMT
Only Triumphs manufactured in Meriden are “proper” Triumphs😬
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Post by comstar on Feb 2, 2024 0:30:56 GMT
Ouch. I’d stretch that slightly to say anything built or assembled in England up to 2006.
Kind of a modernized version if you like, with less bits falling off. 😳🤪
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Post by buster on Feb 2, 2024 6:48:28 GMT
Ouch. I’d stretch that slightly to say anything built or assembled in England up to 2006. Kind of a modernized version if you like, with less bits falling off. 😳🤪 bits do still fall off though  as witnessed on a recent derbyshire run, nothing fell off any of the superdreams... |
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Post by BritPete on Feb 2, 2024 6:52:50 GMT
Let's face it......it's not a Triumph is it? I'll get me coat. Interesting response - DFS has been dogged by “It’s not really a Honda” about his Valkyrie because it’s made in USA - I’ll see you in the cloakroom |
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Post by davefirestorm on Feb 2, 2024 7:59:45 GMT
To be honest I don’t give a flying f##k where a bike was manufactured.”proper” Triumphs were good in the day and still look good,the Hurricane is the best looking motorcycle ever made 😎
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Post by BritPete on Feb 2, 2024 8:35:14 GMT
To be honest I don’t give a flying f##k where a bike was manufactured.”proper” Triumphs were good in the day and still look good,the Hurricane is the best looking motorcycle ever made 😎 The Hurricane - wasn’t that a song by Bob Dylan |
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Post by davefirestorm on Feb 2, 2024 12:16:53 GMT
Prefer the bike 😬  |
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Post by comstar on Feb 2, 2024 17:48:23 GMT
To be honest I don’t give a flying f##k where a bike was manufactured.”proper” Triumphs were good in the day and still look good,the Hurricane is the best looking motorcycle ever made 😎 So call me old fashioned then if you will but I have this romantic notion that any machine built or assembled with British hands and laying food on the table of a British family still meant something. I know with the advent of 'globalisation' this notion is very outdated. The labour of course has been cheaper in Asia for a very long time, and a guy works for peanuts.....certainly would not prize a British man out of bed for such a lowly wage in this day and age. Interesting timing of this discussion because as you know, I have bought and sold now 10 Hinckley assembled 2001 to 2006 Bonnevilles (one Thruxton sorry) during my time over here. And this very week I have picked up a 2007 which was one of the first to leave the Chonburi plant in Thailand. And I can hand on heart say the build quality is no different, save for a few areas of cheapening down of some of the hardware. It’s just that damn patriotic thing inside me that see's it as 'different'. I know. I have already put one coat on, I'll put another one over the top now......  P.S - yes that Hurricane is sex P.P.S - Thailand plant was set up and run by staff that were trained by the Hinckley people. It remains to be seen if this quality will extend to India with this Baja project, time will tell. Personally I'd rather put my money on a tried and tested older Honda CB500 in this bracket to do the same job and dare I say even look better, but only my opinion, take or leave. |
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Post by comstar on Feb 2, 2024 18:07:05 GMT
Ouch. I’d stretch that slightly to say anything built or assembled in England up to 2006. Kind of a modernized version if you like, with less bits falling off. 😳🤪 bits do still fall off though as witnessed on a recent derbyshire run, nothing fell off any of the superdreams... That’s funny but no doubt down to poor maintenance by the ham fist owner brigade more than likely. (Picturing that old C90 with the carrier hanging off at a meet someone shared recently). 👍 |
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Post by robinbanks on Feb 17, 2024 17:08:37 GMT
All I'm hearing about on SM are problems with these bikes. 'Indian made, rushed to market' is the general consensus.
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Post by currylover on Feb 17, 2024 17:14:52 GMT
All I'm hearing about on SM are problems with these bikes. 'Indian made, rushed to market' is the general consensus. You're never going to beat the quality on a 40 year old superdream in original looked after fettle - times were different then when they made 'em. Cherish 'em. |
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as witnessed on a recent derbyshire run, nothing fell off any of the superdreams...
