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

[scot in exile]

Remember "You meet the nicest people on a Honda"?
That ad campaign at the time was said to generate more bike sales than any other campaign.
I do not watch TV and listen to little radio. However on line and other medias have seen ads for the most popular brands of three wheelers.
So I know they exist and it generated some interest.
Can not remember seeing a Triumph ad. In fact did not even know the Rocket existed till I was looking for a Harley and just for the heck of it stopped at a Triumph dealer. Mostly stopped out of loyalty as I bought my first Triumph in 72.
Image the interest an ad campaign and test ride program in the US would generate. Corvette did it with great success.
I believe there would be more Rocket sales if more people knew about them and test rode them.

Rick

The progressive insurance ads has helped the Rocket more than triumph has helped it.

 

[Claviger]

Problem is, all the pissing and moaning by owners of a small brand will scare non-owners and potential owners away. So not only will those of us who are pissed be protesting their choice with outback money, so will others who we know.

Good luck Triumph, you’re going to need it if things don’t change quickly.

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

I 100% disagree with the direction they're going and want nothing to do with it, I don't want to be associated with the bar hopping "lifestyle" group of tirds.

Triumph is dead to me now, no Daytona, no Rocket, nothing but a sea of little bikes fit for drunkards and hipsters.

Dude what happened to this?? Thought you were placing a deposit in July?

REAL New Model news

 

[rng3]

Well maybe more symbolic than real but I will take the time to write Triumph.
"Better to light one candle than curse the darkness"

Rick

 

[scot in exile]

Well maybe more symbolic than real but I will take the time to write Triumph.
"Better to light one candle than curse the darkness"

Rick

Whoa that is some deep thinking we are simple people on this site

 

[rocketjohn]

Well, I got it from my nephew...he will ride with me on whatever I am riding....but for his own ride, he would prefer smaller bikes. I wondered is this because that might be all he could afford in the foreseeable future? And should his means improve would he pick a large bike? He did not have an answer, meaning he'd never thought in those terms. He did realize that whatever he would buy it would be everything he needed consistent with his purchasing power, and that more money might well mean more bike...but at his age he only knows for sure what he could want now. He loves Sportsters and I am building him one, he does like the Indian Scouts as well, and he might well appreciate a Bonneville of some kind. It's going to be a long while before his generation has the means to think about big bikes....I don't what is going to happen in the meantime....I am going to age out sooner rather than later.

 

[1olbull]

Just as an aside - I actually counted the number of 2-wheelers today on the way to work. Commuters. So real bike riders - not week-enders.
2 maxi-Scooters, Two "nekeds" (a BMW Nine-T and a sporty looking Kwacker) and two "adventure" (A beemer and something red/white).
If I remember - I'll count bikes on our run to the coast for the weekend.

Chris,
I truly hope you do not really believe commuters on motors are the "real bike riders"???
In fact, most commuters on motors are doing so to save money & time; similar in fashion to the car tire aficionados.
The true bikers are those who choose to spend their personal leisure time astride a motor riding through and sensing our great countryside!

 

[scot in exile]

Chris,
I truly hope you do not really believe commuters on motors are the "real bike riders"???
In fact, most commuters on motors are doing so to save money & time; similar in fashion to the car tire aficionados.
The true bikers are those who choose to spend their personal leisure time astride a motor riding through and sensing our great countryside!

If I may add on to this, also without a windshield, bags or a watch.

 

[1olbull]

If I may add on to this, also without a windshield, bags or a watch.

Mostly agree, but bags are a must if riding cross country!

 

[instant]

I commute on Burgman 650 scooter (larger than most Triumph bikes these days) and I know many real bikers commuting on scooters, even on 125cc Just in my (european) office we are 4 commuters of which 3 are real bikers.

I do not have to commute to save money.. none of them has to actually. I like to ride and I save lot of time. I have used scoot as replacement to my car in the season (April-Oct) for about last 15 years. I probably did slightly more milege on my scooters than on my bikes in the last decade. On the other side, I WOULD NEVER COMMUTE ON SCOOTER / MOTORBIKE IN U.S. - PROBABLY NOT EVEN IN CALIFORNIA.