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Originally Posted by postnote
After all Triumph are there to make a profit, unlike the short sightedness of Meriden!
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Sorry, but Meridan wasn't short sighted, just cash strapped. They were making a motorcycle that many wanted in principal, it was just missing reliability, and power, but it had the looks. I think a very good indication of this it the popularity of the Hinkley twin range.
I'm also sure that Meridan would have increased models and types if they had the $$$$, but they couldn't compete with Japanese companies that sold bikes for a half to 2/3 of the price and had smaller learner bikes as well.
Now that the cost of living in Japan has increased, their production costs are closer to other manufacturers, so they have seen that competetive edge erode. The big threat is surely going to be China - if Japan and others don't watch out, China will be selling good quality motorcycles for half the present $$$$, they are already doing what Japan did when it started out, they are copying everything in site and selling it heaps cheaper.
Japan could well be the new Meridan in the battle for world domination..................
