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Originally Posted by Tbirdnz
Triumph have a wide range of bikes, this is a particular niche bike so 20% is reasonable, not good, but it doesn't seem to be attracting most Triple riders which is to be expected.
....and it's early days, this is just a marketing release, no one has seen the full specifications yet and not necessarily what the final bike may look like. It's designed to be customized.
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I think when you market a niche bike, you look at the motorcycling public as a whole, not at a niche within Triumph riders specifically. Triumph has 1.64% of the US market. 20% of that ain't nuthin, particularly considering you won't get 20% of Triumph customers to buy it.
The Bonneville, as a retro/classic, is a niche bike. Yet it likely enjoys over 90% approval from the Triumph buying public. If this new thing can't get a decent response with extremely partisan Triumph fans, it bodes ill for sales.
