Received this from Tampa dealer and link to Daily Herald ( UK)

[tdragger]

I'm not buying into this until after mid-August. Sounds like a marketing pitch to set expectations for a big surprise. I was told by a Triumph NA employee to expect an R3 announcement in the first few weeks of August.

 

[Bondysbike]

". . . And your father's still perfecting ways of making sealing wax"

No idea what that means ...But I agree!

 

[Bondysbike]

Had Triumph ever bothered to alert the world to the existence of the R3, they could have kept it around as a flag ship for the brand. Think Corvette.

Totally right!...this is really small thinking..

 

[Bondysbike]

Fred I give you another Great Car name - JAGUAR. Sports cars - big performance land-yachts, right?.

Know which model outsells all others put together? - The F-Pace: a modern "me-too" SUV. And not overly expensive.

Whilst it may distress me - I cannot argue with "what folk want" - it's commercial democracy.

Want another that has lost the plot? - Land Rover. That's why I hope these guys succeed. Projekt Grenadier – Building an Uncompromising 4×4

Yes...and why did they loose the plot ...because they are owned by owners that have no reverence or understanding of what the brand is or stands for. Do you think a ‘real’ Jag lover believes this new model line are Jags? They might be good cars but in my opinion they are not Jags. ( the inherent essence missing...think Porsche...even if you’d been dead 50 years , if you came back today , although totally evolved , you’d still know ‘ that is a 911’. That’s what understanding your brand is about.

Actually to be specific about Jaguar Thier models in the 80’s where changed to make a big assault on the US market. Unfortunately it coincided with a period of appalling quality and this brands lowest point in its history from a quality and reliability aspect...this is what tarnished sales in the US...and everywhere else actually.

 

[Bondysbike]

And quite rightly so, if the big bikes are not making the company money dump them and make bikes that are good sellers, business 101

Really , not sustainability , not identifying new revenue and profit opportunities, not being careful and responsible custodians of thier brand, etc?
I’d call it ‘short termism’ and a complete inept marketing failure as it relates to capitalizing and realizing the potential of this brand in the biggest motorcycle market by a million miles...the USA. (I’m a Brit just in case...)

 

[Bondysbike]

Forget who?

Of course REAL rural riders know the bikes need to be small. @idk

Sorry Fred but the rocket is well known in the motorcycle world, truth is not many people like it, it is a big ugly bike powerful but butt ugly, that is the main reason it is not a big seller.

Sorry...now you are talking nonsense...so much so I can’t be bothered to explain. The Rocket is probably the LEAST known ?

 

[Bondysbike]

So then this may be my first and last Triumph . . .

Yep...me too.

 

[rocketjohn]

While I agree the Rocket is not broadly known...they are hardly ugly. Everyone who saw mine walked round and round and oohed and ahhed. Granted the touring model owes much style wise to the Road King, but that's the basic kind of tourer Americans expect.

 

[barbagris]

Eventually everybody will ride an electric BMW maxi-scooter with 4 wheels. I hope I am dead by then - but don't think I will be.
Qooder

 

[Jag]

Eventually everybody will ride an electric BMW maxi-scooter with 4 wheels. I hope I am dead by then - but don't think I will be.
Qooder

Another no skilled required vehicle!! Perfect for the slacker generation on up!!