If you have a V8 bike there are less than 8 dealers in the whole United States. The good thing is they are simple and easy to work on, also they require less maintenance than any other bike made. Any NAPA or AUTO ZONE has 90% of the parts. If they aren't involved in an accident they will last a lifetime. Tires and brake pads are about all that gets used up regularly. Oil changes are done at home, new radiator fluid every few years, battery about every four years, an alternator from Napa or a set of plugs every fifty thousand miles, pretty simple stuff. I think Triumph makes a whole line of great bikes but they do need mechanics that are more skilled than a guy who can work on an old chevy. I live near a great shop with good mechanics and there are more in the Los Angeles area as a back up but I can see that for many who live in other states it aint as easy. The only shops that have consistently good mechanics are Harley dealers. The engines and transmissions are basically the same forever, there are hundreds of MC Mechanic schools that churn out mechanics for those shops and they break so often that its easy to become familiar with them quickly. Harley has the money to equip their service departments as good as the showrooms in many cases and they charge each customer a fortune once their bike enters that service department. I don't know about how the Japanese bike dealers are but I imagine they at least have more and better than Triumph, maybe I'm wrong. I've heard many complaints about BMW dealers and their prices, also many complaints about the bikes needing something all the time. One good thing about Triumph is they seem to have less problems than many others.