IMFASTTOO
Living Legend
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THERE ARE NEW 2017 ROCKETS FOR SALE AND IN DEALERS NOW
Rocket Scientist
Grand Exulted Poobah
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F_ck YA ! We could could rename them "Victory" ! Oh, wait a minute...............
1K9
No'mo Rocket 4 me
Rick Morris
"Have you seen Junior's grades?"
martym52
Supercharged
Rocket III Touring | Triumph Motorcycles Even the Touring in the U.S.
baadactor
Supercharged
If'n you look to the Triumph site, there's literally zero difference between model years '16 and '17 except a $200 bump in price, for both the Roadster and Touring. The time may have arrived, regardless of new "2017" bikes in showrooms. When they're gone.....?
DaddyRabbit
Turbocharged
Soooooooo........ how long will they produce parts or are they done!
baadactor
Supercharged
Must produce parts for 10 years? That's commonly thought of as law, but there's a local guy I heard about who punched a hole in his early model oil pan and had to get it welded, for the oil pan design had changed and he couldn't get a stock replacement.
rocketjohn
Top Fuel
One must hope that a new Rocket is so close that it makes no sense to make any more of current kind. They must surely be tooling up for the new one. Faith Rocketeers, Faith!
Joesmoe
IMOKUR2
Like most things cost is king . . . tradeoff between support, cost, reputation, and so on.
Remember the efficiencies of scale manufacturing and typically they make an educated guess at how many will be needed, make those, then sell them to folks who have a warehouse in the desert somewhere where inventory is not taxed and can afford to let stuff sit on the shelf forever (or ten years, whichever comes first). I have NO/NO idea what Triumph will do -- one would hope they have over-produced parts for this scenario. I mentioned in the "clock" thread that I ordered mine from Hermy's in Pennsylvania and when it showed up, it appeared it had been on the shelf (of a dusty place) for ten years.
I really like the china set (Wedgwood) we got for our wedding many moons ago, and thought it would be nice to have two sets, one to hand down to each daughter. The pattern was discontinued a few years later (Runnymede Blue) and turns out there's a place in North Carolina that has the old stock of a number of manufacturers and we were able to obtain a set.
Remember the efficiencies of scale manufacturing and typically they make an educated guess at how many will be needed, make those, then sell them to folks who have a warehouse in the desert somewhere where inventory is not taxed and can afford to let stuff sit on the shelf forever (or ten years, whichever comes first). I have NO/NO idea what Triumph will do -- one would hope they have over-produced parts for this scenario. I mentioned in the "clock" thread that I ordered mine from Hermy's in Pennsylvania and when it showed up, it appeared it had been on the shelf (of a dusty place) for ten years.
I really like the china set (Wedgwood) we got for our wedding many moons ago, and thought it would be nice to have two sets, one to hand down to each daughter. The pattern was discontinued a few years later (Runnymede Blue) and turns out there's a place in North Carolina that has the old stock of a number of manufacturers and we were able to obtain a set.
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