Triumphrat

Tankman · 06-27-2009, 06:17 PM

Today I went into the local Trumpy dealer and was told that he was shutting down the Tasrat's for a few months and would start it again but only have Trumpy's on rides. I was pretty gutted by this. I have been a Tasrat since it started here in Tassie in 05 and there are a lot of non Trumpy owners who have turned up every month on every ride and supported the Tasrat's.

I find it very ironic that in twelve and a half months I haven't seen the local Trumpy dealer or any of his staff turn up for so much as one ride with us. Also at the Tasrats christmas party he didn't bother to turn up and say thanks for all the support we gave him for the years past. He also said that he had a meeting with the Trumpy Aussie boss who was concerned that more non Trumpy's where coming on Rat rides and wanted it shut down.

Well I say ******** , the Tasrat rat rides will stop only when the the people who put the effort in and do the rides say so. Not when some penny pinching piece of crap says. What these fools fail to see that every non Trumpy rider who comes on a ride is a possible buyer.

The Tasrats will continue to do there monthly rides and if we have to change or name to the Riders Association of Tassie then so be it. The Tasrats will still welcome anyone no matter what they ride including anyone from interstate. It doesn't matter what you ride what counts is the person not the machine.

Cya The Tankman

gusco · 06-27-2009, 08:48 PM

Hi Tankman,
I live on the northwest coast & have recently purchased a S3, are you talking about the dealer in Ulverstone?

Gusco

Tankman · 06-28-2009, 04:31 AM

No mate I am talking about Motorworks in Hobart.

Cya The Tankman

Tankman · 06-29-2009, 02:55 AM

Today I had a meeting with my local dealer. He said he didn't understand why people where canceling stuff and that we had misunderstood what he had ment.

The long and the short of it was that the Tasrats rides will continue to happen each month no matter what brand of bike comes along. This means we have won the first battle in the war. But I don't think it is over yet. I told him that we will support Motorworks and the Triumph brand for now but we the customers will not take **** anymore and in this economic climate it is our spending power that will dictate what happens within the Rats.

He also mentioned that the Rat organization was concerned and that they wanted the Triumph brand represented properly. I said to him when the Rat mob got off their collective bums and did something real for me the customer, then I would sit down and give them a hearing, and I don't think that is going to happen very quickly. So the Tasrat rides will go on as usual until we the riders decide otherwise. Lastly i would recommend that all of you remind your dealers that you are the customer and that is is because of your dollars that keep these people in business and they should alway remember that. The power is in your hands and wallets. Cya The Tankman

welshrob · 07-03-2009, 04:27 AM

I hate this attitude in dealerships, I really do. This is why some dealers thrive and others go bust.

Triumph supply a "Pack Leader`s guide" this is mine, I have run the gold coast pack since 2003.

In section 2.5 about RAT events and activities, it states clearly...

"Owners of other marques may be welcome, but the event itself should have strong Triumph and RAT branding and character."

By promoting the social side of Triumph and letting all riders come on our monthly rides, we have had LOADS of Jap and other European brand riders convert to Triumph. How can you possibly promote the social side of Triumph if you don`t let other brands come along on rides?

It sounds like your dealer doesn`t want to make sales and isn`t concerned about alienating his existing customers. It won`t cost him anything to run a ride once a month or even bi-monthly, other than a tank of petrol and dragging his lazy arse out of bed on a sunday morning.

I run a ride on the first sunday of every month, with anywhere from 15 to 40 bikes turning up depending on the weather. Usually 30% of them are other brands. Moto Arena, our local Triumph dealer, open the shop from 7.30 to 8am on the sunday of the ride and put on free coffee. This is possibly why they are always in the top 3 Triumph dealers in Australia for sales, despite not being located in a State capital.

PM me and I`ll email you the Pack Guide.

Tankman · 07-03-2009, 08:15 AM

Thanks Rob. Our dealer couldn't even open the shop on our monthly rides. For this reason we moved the run start to Richmond where at least we could get a coffee and use the public toilets. As far as Tasrats name goes, I have registered the name so I now own it so from now on it will be me and the other riders who will decide who we ride with.

Thank you for your offer to send me the guide and I may take you up on that in the future. Like you we maintain a pretty strong Trumpy present on our runs but we are more interested in the riders and not what they are on.

A little lesson that all dealers take from this is this! One of the guys who rides with the Tasrats wanted to buy his wife a Street Triple but he said if the local dealer was going to pull this type of crap then he didn't really want Tasrat's as customers so he bought her a CB 400 instead.I also know off several tasrats that are cancelling spares orders because of this.

One thing about Tassie people is that we are used to people crapping on us but once we have had enough we really have had enough. We put up with clowns coming over here telling us what dams we can built or what trees we can chop down but as far as Triumph telling us who we can ride with then they can well and truly go jump!

Cya The Tankman Tasrat always!

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