Triumph Bobber Has Arrived

[TriumPhil]

Guys, you gotta' work on your attention spans and powers of concentration!

These are meant to help you practice those skills, but, I warn you, they could make matters worse...

My affliction began when I first heard this song by THe Fugs in 1965 at the ripe old age of 12...

 

[D04011]

Phil - You're bringing back memories. I saw The Fugs play in Greenwich Village in 1965. I saw one of their albums in a used music store in Seattle several years ago. Thought about picking it up but it was $50...

 

[IMFASTTOO]

55HP.. this should be banned on any R3 forum.

THE BOB JOB is an instant success and is a HARLEY KILLER for sure I cant wait to modify that 1200cc engine an kick some HD azz

 

[LAS VEGAS DAVE]

I think that this new rash of retro-bobbers can more accurately be called faux or false bobbers. almost by definition, these factory fresh bikes accnot be considered true bobbers as the "bobbing" must be performed by an owner or his agents post-production, sale and delivery to the end user.

Phil is so right. He nailed it, but todays manufacturers are marketing experts. The bikes will sell and those that buy them will have d-mn near the same pride as those that designed and built them themselves. The marketers stole the name and the people could care less. They will make the payments and feel cool. It will be a good bike but just another mass produced fake, like a new 32 FORD replica or a new INDIAN CHIEF replica. It won't hold a candle to the new Bonnies with functional suspension or some of the other Triumph models but it oozes COOL to the masses and the other models don't do that. We live in a different world today then when I used to build Bobbers. Today bikers have money, and today everyone wants stuff right now, the marketers know it and satisfy it.

 

[Seanii Plunkett]

Couldn't care less about it. I'm an old codger and I want a Bonneville to look like the new T120....but still have a 360 degree crank and sound like a proper Bonneville...not some half arsed Ducati.
Buying a Bobber off the shelf is not customising.
I know...maybe the hipsters can start a new reverse customising trend. Buy a bobber then reverse engineer it to a stock Bonneville.
Did I mention I'm a grumpy old bald fat guy?

 

[EasTexRIII]

Generally my wife (agent) performs all the post production "bobbing" in the house and after 37yrs I can honestly say she is not one of those faux or false bobbers you speak of!

Well, there ya go. Ya beat me to it

 

[EasTexRIII]

Kept being distracted by your avatar, all this talk of false bobbers, true bobbers and bobbing performed by the owner...

So that's it....... @TriumPhil is now @BobberPhil

 

[EasTexRIII]

Guys, you gotta' work on your attention spans and powers of concentration!

These are meant to help you practice those skills, but, I warn you, they could make matters worse...

My affliction began when I first heard this song by THe Fugs in 1965 at the ripe old age of 12...

HEY! Where'd @BigNorm Go???????? NORM! NORM!

 

[EasTexRIII]

They have even already replaced the Metz with an Avon Cobra front for ya!

 

[saddleup]

Take a good look at the advertisement. No middle aged or better folks to be seen. Young slick looking characters only. Forget the fact that the fifty and over crowd has the money to spend. Image over substance, starting to sound like the other motorcycle company out there. At 58 and looking for a second bike the Rocket X advertisement got my blood going. Now if it was advertized with a bunch of little butts in tight jeans I may not have been so impressed. Wake up TRIUMPH. I fit in with the majority of members on this site. A little over fifty with a good income and a little bit of knowledge of motorcycles. Most of us that ride a Rocket have owned other bikes in the past so we pretty much know what to look for when purchasing a new bike. Would a updated Rocket sell? YOU BET IT WOULD.

Officially 100% of their marketing is directed to millennials. I beleive they use the term "new gen 40". Here's why... Millennials surpass Gen Xers as the largest generation in U.S. labor force

This bike is the epitome of the hipster movement. All the fake parts in the world that save no purpose other than to make it look like something it's not. I am glad my Bonnie is an '06 because in my humble opinion, Triumph has totally lost it with the Bonnie since '08. This bobber abomination is the ultimate pretend bike.

It's all about the look for their target audience. They don't buy the bike unless they see a pic of themselves sitting on it first.

The concept seems to be spreading.

This one came first and in the flesh is actually okay. Less pretentious than the Triumph.

I think that this new rash of retro-bobbers can more accurately be called faux or false bobbers. almost by definition, these factory fresh bikes accnot be considered true bobbers as the "bobbing" must be performed by an owner or his agents post-production, sale and delivery to the end user.

You know once the factories catch on and start producing their own versions of a underground trend it's officially the start of the end.

I can't get past the seat from a tractor look. The Bonneville gas tank does not gel with the rest of the bike. How long can the retro fad continue without becoming a caricature of it's self?

There is no revised or updated Rocket III or Thunderbird coming from Triumph. Their target audience has no desire for those bikes.