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Info The revival of Triumph motorcycles

Discussion in 'The Pub' started by Grasshopper, Nov 1, 2014.

  1. Grasshopper

    Grasshopper Well-Known Member Dirty Wheel Club

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    A most interesting story. I for one am pleased to see the revival of a great brand, the old company (Triumph ) had lost it's way as had many European motorcycle firms. Some are under new ownership and are making head way, again good to see.
     
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    The Brit bikes at the time were on their knees but the Japanese finished them off

    Bloor got the rights to everything except the logo ...... if u look closely at the original and his, they are different.
    but they have certainly succeded in the market place .....theres some butt ugly models but also some damn fine ones

    Heres the Japanese Triumph .....reliability , no oil leaks and no "prince of darkness' electrics

    The Bonnevilles though were considered the best handling bike of the time

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    Ill even go as far as to sit on one .....

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    If I was to ever buy a 'large' sports bike the Daytona 675 triple would be a likely choice .....

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    I'm with you Grey, that is the only Triumph that gets me going :thumb_ups: It looks fast standing still, I could be tempted :cool:
     
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    Definitely .... big enough for a bit of stick but light enough to throw it around corners

    And that exhaust is :Drool:

    3 into 1 into 2 under the seat :lolsign:


     
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    Yeah looks like an awesome bike... I believe it gets rave reviews also...
     
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    Not on the internet, but saw this and had to stop and take pics

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    Cool...
     
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    I wonder what the newer Bonneville's are like compared to the older ones.....
     
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    First and foremost is they don't leak oil anymore:lolsign:
     
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    Did you hear that Land Rover are making their own computer? It wasn't successful because they couldn't get them to leak oil.... LOL
     
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    But the headers still turn blue :thumb_ups:
     
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    I owned a few Landys in my day .... drove one around Australia back in the day before 4WDs were used for soccer transportation

    My first car was a 63 LWB Landy .... it had a special built in oil level feature
    If u wanted to check the oil on the run u just braked hard at a red light and as there was no baffles in the sump , if the oil light came on u know u needed to top up.

    British vehicles dropping oil on the ground was actually designed like that because the sight glass or dipstick hadn't been invented yet back then .... so it was the only way to know if there was oil in the engine.
    (actually ...I just made that up ...the first story is true though )
     
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