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Triumph ques.
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Are the new Triumphs truly an English product or an eclectic gathering
of parts from around the world?Do they use Lucas electrics assuming
Lucas is still around?
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Another Hardly Abelson? ;-)
I think that more and more manufacturing is subcontracted out
and that internationally. There is no reason to increase
unit cost if another specialty manufacturer has the correct
item or can provide correct item at a competitive cost.
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I think out-sourcing components has been the rule for decades, with
only the frame and the actual engine (sans electronics) being made by
the primary manufacturer.
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I like it like that.....The Aprilia has a Rotax designed motor, Ohlins
suspension, Brembo brakes, OZ wheels, Japanese 'Tigcraft' exhausts
(aftermarket).......get all the best bits and make a bike out of them!
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Isn't that what they now call, "Made in America"?
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yeah I got no problems with that.
Just keep making triples please!
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How do they do the timing, crank journals are spaced 120
degrees apart?
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I would presume that the Lucas electrics are a thing of the
past. My lights actually work. Everytime. Honestly.
They do seem to have a different character though.
Honda/Yamaha/Suzuki seem to have very similar characters.
BMW and Ducati are different. Triumph is similarly
different. It's not something you can really pin down -
all the brands are technically similar at the same price
points - but they all have a slightly different "feel".
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Good to hear - I've been preoccupied with Triumphs (Legend and
Adventurer 900) on Ebay, and wondered how one might hold up. I dig the
standard look, kinda prefer the Adventurer over the Legend. For more or
less $5000 I might seriously consider one.
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Find a Thunderbird from like 99 - 2002.
Jaw dropping.
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Did a little research as I wasn't familiar with the T-bird. Triumph
sure got a lot of mileage out of that frame/engine combination -
Legend/Adventurer/Thunderbird. The three are identical except for minor
details. I like the bobbed rear fender on the Adventurer though, that's
the one I'd look for. As I've only owned metric bikes, not sure how a
used Triumph would hold up long term.
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Well Triumphs are metric bikes.
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Yeah, gotta be wary of those Whitworth Hinckley Triumphs.
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I looked for references to W-H Triumphs and couldn't find any (on Wiki,
anyway) Was that their equivalent of Harley Davidson when owned by AMF?
Spotty quality and such? How long did that period of ownership last?
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Quick! Set the hook, Mark.
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Aaaccckkkk!! ow, ow, Ow, OWW.... Tho, you theem to know thumthing
about Triumph motorthycles, huh?
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Hinckley Triumphs are the lastest incarnation (from 1991 on in Britian
and from 1995 on in the US). They last quite well and ride nicely.
I've had mine three years and 20k miles (grand total of 39k so far)
and it just gets better every day. I seriously considered selling it
to buy a K1200GT, but the blasted thing got it's hooks in me good.
It's not going anywhere for the time being. Mine is one of the first
100 imported into the States back in 1995.
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Okay, so they're nothing to be 'fraid of then, eh?
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PS: Whitworth is the term for British standard fasteners.
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And to close the circle completely, my wisecrack about Whitworth was in
response to the OP setting the Triumph apart from 'metric' bikes, when
in fact the Hinckley Triumphs are every bit as metric as any Ducati,
BMW, Voxan, Cagiva, Moto Guzzi, Laverda, Vespa, Moto Morini, MV Agusta,
KTM, Munch, Husaberg, Husqvarna, Amazonas, Hyosung, Aprilia, Horex, NSU,
Nimbus, or any of the many other less well known metric bikes.
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OTOH, my BSA, as British a machine as ever made, had only a few
Whitworth fasteners on it.
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For cages, perhaps on carburetors?
I remember when everyone in US had only an SAE socket and wrench
set. Then the foreign imports from Japan and Europe changed
that. I remember buying a metric socket set in high school to
work on imports. One was a 1960's vintage Renault Dauphine, an
odd water cooled rear engine 4 banger with something like 850
cc's. However, didn't UK stuff in 50's, 60's require SAE,
metric and Whitworth?
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Yes, I had a mid 60's Triumph Bonneville that bumfoozled me while
trying to change the handlebars to pullbacks. I ended up buying a
whitworth wrench and socket set to do that job. Some of the other
work used SAE standard wrenches and others were able to be worked
using metric stuff. Needless to say, I cursed the Brits over that
more than their abuse of inflicting Lucas electrics on unsuspecting
Americans.
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Standard fasteners for a standard bike? I get it...
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sleazy
1995 Triumph Trophy 1200
1984 Honda GL1200
1991 Yamaha Virago 1100
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These snipe hunts are no fun when the snipe are jumping in the sack
unaided.
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Good thing you're a catch and release kinda guy.
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