Triumph Bobber Has Arrived

[saddleup]

You know what? I work in a big shop that sells Triumphs and could spend hours here giving you examples of why I think the company sucks. Even though the Rocket is an awesome motorcycle Triumph is not the be all, end all motorcycle manufacturer people around here seem to think they are.

I read with humor comments towards HD like BIG PIG V TWINS. Don't doubt for a second that Triumph doesn't have wet dreams of becoming as big and popular as Harley. The difference is HD earned their place in the world, Triumph is trying to buy their street cred with marketing and using Hollywood actors. I find their whole marketing approach comical. On a Triumph you are just so **** cool as long as you have a beard from the civil war and a haircut like your grandfather's.

Don't get me wrong I love my Rocket III, it's amazingly fast, handles well blah blah blah. I'll admit to anyone that it does not stir my soul like my Sportster does though. It's relatively inexpensive to make a Sportster put out the power at the rear wheel that Triumph claims at the crank for the new 1200cc Bonneville/Bobber. It might be hard to make a HD big Twin truly fast, not so the Sportster which the Bobber is aimed at. I would feel like a twat riding around on a factory bike called the Bobber to be honest. It's such a pose, just like their marketing

I don't look down at other riders on different brands just because my Rocket makes more power. People don't make their Harley's faster to compete with your Rocket. They do it to make a faster Harley.

 

[LAS VEGAS DAVE]

The BOB JOB is a cool factory custom and a lot better than the sloppy home built junkers and it has very nice suspension and a liquid cooled 1200cc engine that makes it a bad azz and a great engine to modify to torture all those BIG PIG V TWINS double the power and half the weight its a winner

You know what? I work in a big shop that sells Triumphs and could spend hours here giving you examples of why I think the company sucks. Even though the Rocket is an awesome motorcycle Triumph is not the be all, end all motorcycle manufacturer people around here seem to think they are.

I read with humor comments towards HD like BIG PIG V TWINS. Don't doubt for a second that Triumph doesn't have wet dreams of becoming as big and popular as Harley. The difference is HD earned their place in the world, Triumph is trying to buy their street cred with marketing and using Hollywood actors. I find their whole marketing approach comical. On a Triumph you are just so **** cool as long as you have a beard from the civil war and a haircut like your grandfather's.

Don't get me wrong I love my Rocket III, it's amazingly fast, handles well blah blah blah. I'll admit to anyone that it does not stir my soul like my Sportster does though. It's relatively inexpensive to make a Sportster put out the power at the rear wheel that Triumph claims at the crank for the new 1200cc Bonneville/Bobber. It might be hard to make a HD big Twin truly fast, not so the Sportster which the Bobber is aimed at. I would feel like a twat riding around on a factory bike called the Bobber to be honest. It's such a pose, just like their marketing

I don't look down at other riders on different brands just because my Rocket makes more power. People don't make their Harley's faster to compete with your Rocket. They do it to make a faster Harley.

WELL SAID IN MY OPINION,

 

[Trirocket3]

The difference is HD earned their place in the world,

What on earth does that mean, and an HD fan calling a Triumph a pose,
You really should consider becoming a stand up with lines like that.
Didn't HD call one of their bikes Bob, fat or wide or something, but that wasn't a pose?
I am not anti HD, just maybe I'll buy one when I am old, as long as I don't have to wear a blah blah chapter waistcoat.

 

[LAS VEGAS DAVE]

HD is also a pose, they have just been that way longer. They HAVE earned their place in the world be it bad or good and so has Triumph. They both occupy different places and TRIUMPH being a company is in business to make money and would like to
be in the same place HD is in the earnings category. The problem is TRIUMPHS place has been with genuine motorcycle enthusiasts who like all the technical and riding aspects of their bikes. That place is crowded with many of the same type of customers for many manufacturers so each
piece of the pie is smaller. Now they will try to enter HD's place and get the segment who want to be cool and perceive the way to do that is to ride a bobber along with the look and the attire. HD has thru marketing excellence managed to make any
model they sell be COOL just because its a HD to a huge segment of possible riders and their wives who also want to be COOL people, not necessarily enthusiasts who demand more than being cool in the eyes of someone else and understand that you can't buy COOL.

 

[IMFASTTOO]

IMFASTTO, you got to have GOOD IMAGINATION if you think any of the Triumphs would beat the V8 Chopper. The SPRUNG HUB I mentioned only because it was a lousy suspension just like the Bobber Triumph is likely to be. I had a sprung hub on a bobber I built in the fifties. The new Triumph Bobber suspension is like a SOFTAIL HARLEY that you're so fond of. There is nothing wrong with the 1200cc power plant, its good but its 1200cc about 74 cu inches. It is great in the Bonnie. I think TRIUMPH will sell many more of them than the ROCKET because its easier to buy than to build that type of bike. Once there are lots of them the COOL factor diminishes and you just have another one of many. Bobbers were unique to each owner not a mass produced marvel. You were always a racer type guy, bobber type guys are completely different. Here is another V8 Chopper I just bought back from a guy I sold it to many years ago. Its a little smaller than my other one, it still has 400 HP and is fun to ride. Its a 2007 and I'm going to sell it. I just had it detailed in this picture.

FUNNY I had a sprung hub on my 1949 TRIUMPH BOBBER and I was building all sorts of customs back in the 60s Triumphs,VINCENTs,HARLEYs, BSAs etc. And Im sure the BOBBER is going to be a good handling and comfy bike and having thousands of Harley customs out there doesnt seem to diminish the COOL factor and i would love to race that V8 with the first modded BOBBER we get sounds like fun win or lose lets do it . How much ya want for that bike I have a buddy that wants to buy one

 

[IMFASTTOO]

HD is also a pose, they have just been that way longer. They HAVE earned their place in the world be it bad or good and so has Triumph. They both occupy different places and TRIUMPH being a company is in business to make money and would like to
be in the same place HD is in the earnings category. The problem is TRIUMPHS place has been with genuine motorcycle enthusiasts who like all the technical and riding aspects of their bikes. That place is crowded with many of the same type of customers for many manufacturers so each
piece of the pie is smaller. Now they will try to enter HD's place and get the segment who want to be cool and perceive the way to do that is to ride a bobber along with the look and the attire. HD has thru marketing excellence managed to make any
model they sell be COOL just because its a HD to a huge segment of possible riders and their wives who also want to be COOL people, not necessarily enthusiasts who demand more than being cool in the eyes of someone else and understand that you can't buy COOL.

SO if you buy a HARLEY your COOL now thats funny stuff DAVE LOL

 

[IMFASTTOO]

You know what? I work in a big shop that sells Triumphs and could spend hours here giving you examples of why I think the company sucks. Even though the Rocket is an awesome motorcycle Triumph is not the be all, end all motorcycle manufacturer people around here seem to think they are.

I read with humor comments towards HD like BIG PIG V TWINS. Don't doubt for a second that Triumph doesn't have wet dreams of becoming as big and popular as Harley. The difference is HD earned their place in the world, Triumph is trying to buy their street cred with marketing and using Hollywood actors. I find their whole marketing approach comical. On a Triumph you are just so **** cool as long as you have a beard from the civil war and a haircut like your grandfather's.

Don't get me wrong I love my Rocket III, it's amazingly fast, handles well blah blah blah. I'll admit to anyone that it does not stir my soul like my Sportster does though. It's relatively inexpensive to make a Sportster put out the power at the rear wheel that Triumph claims at the crank for the new 1200cc Bonneville/Bobber. It might be hard to make a HD big Twin truly fast, not so the Sportster which the Bobber is aimed at. I would feel like a twat riding around on a factory bike called the Bobber to be honest. It's such a pose, just like their marketing

I don't look down at other riders on different brands just because my Rocket makes more power. People don't make their Harley's faster to compete with your Rocket. They do it to make a faster Harley.

NOW thats a crock of S--t the Sportser is now considered a girls bike so no doubt you feel like a TWAT riding that and your playing bad guy and wish you had a FAT BOB OMG thats funny LOL

 

[1olbull]

The Guzzi looks like a blacked out standard motorcycle with a "bobber" label!

Missed you in Texas, mate.

 

[Manic_Mechanic]

This is my homebuilt bobber from 2010. pieced it together from parts on ebay over a two year period. R-3 head and tail lights.
Used old license plates as side covers.

 

[Manic_Mechanic]

This is my homebuilt bobber from 2010. pieced it together from parts on ebay over a two year period. R-3 head and tail lights.
Used old license plates as side covers.