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I asked the rep for Southern Cal this question a month ago and he said the decision had not yet been made. (Why am I taking to him in Seattle? A long story, and not very interesting)
My guess would be it will be a no go. They say they have put the money saved (figure a cool million for the entire series) into an expanded demo truck program, and into the RAT Pack program. If the money has gone into the RAT program it has found a dark hole. What RAT Program? What magazine? Also, there have been some accidents with the demo truck visits this year, including a fatality (not at ours, I hasten to add - and I am grateful) so that program might be under review as well. I would imagine all of these topics are being hashed over in depth.
Having said that, it is little secret that sales of all brands of street bikes are down all over the country (not for us with Triumph, I hasten to add again, and happily) and that will be a consideration as well.
I should also include a bias. At the Seattle show, we will be the only Triumph dealer represented with a display, so if there will be no official Triumph display - ours will be the only one, and I am not too sad about that. We will have several interesting things to look at, including our own world's fastest Bonneville champion Rocket III.
As for Ducati, they are always bankrupt or near to it, so I do not take too much stock in their marketing genius. Genius motorcycles? For sure. No disrespect to the brand intended.
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Dave Preston
Public Relations, etc.
Cycle Barn MotorSports Group
Lynnwood, Washington
USA
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