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clintd01

G'day everyone,

Please find below a link to an article I found I quite a reputable Australian bike website talking about possible new models in the future. I know there has been a lot of talk about this around here in the past, but I just thought I would throw this up for comment. If they bring out this big cruiser it is going to leave me in a hard position of what to do, keep the Speedy or get a new one, hmmmm, I might start saving.

Also attached is another link that talks about triumph sales.

Demps

New Triumphs

Triumph Sales

sweatmachine

cool! I'll take one of each!

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Silverado57

From that article...

Mark Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer of Triumph Motorcycles America, said of the sales figures, "Now we're all going to focus on breaking Triumphs all-time US sales record of 28,500 units -- which was set in 1967 -- within the next five years."

You know what? Between the 675 and a big cruiser, they just might do it.

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Brooksie

675 Naked has been spotted.

Now if Triumph makes a big bore twin cruiser, can the Super Twin be far behind? Fuel injection, liquid cooled would get it past EPA(ECU) standards. Bring it on!!

DrEnglish

1600 cc vertical twin, eh?
That'll be interesting.

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McQueen

It's times like these I wish the US had tiered licensing. In my book, bigger ain't necessarily better.

I wish Triumph would ditch that liter twin nonsense in favor of a 500cc single Bonnie. Or even a 350cc bike. Now those would be fun little bikes.

[ This message was edited by: McQueen on 2007-01-18 18:46 ]

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tba-golfer

A 350 single would be mine in a flash!

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Olderyoungster

If that 1600cc twin isn't made trendy to attract the lemmings, has triple disc brakes, sane mid-controls, and done in a way to appeal to a 52 year old traditionalist who likes to ride fast.....
then I could be interested.

But likely it'll be some gayass cruiser designed to steal from the HD sect. How sad.

Now a naked 675? I would be in jail within a week. Please let it be as tall as the current Daytona so I can't swing a leg over it.....

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tba-golfer

Isn't the big twin concept the one that has Daz salivating?

I hope it comes to fruition for him, and us, so we can sit back and regale in his enjoyment and quest for perfectly planned add ons.

He's got the eye...and the Dremel.

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dazco

Hee hee......yeah. :-D actually, theres a girl at triumphtalk who swears up and down that she has a contact at triumph and has already got a deposit down for one of the first ones off the assembly line. The rumor is it's gonna be around $12k list and sport 100 HP. Yeah, you could say i'm salivating alright ! You wanna know what the biggest attraction is for me? It's the fact that with 100 HP i can leave the engine bone stock ! I hate loud pipes, but w/o them on my speedy i'm just not happy with the power. Even with them and my mods i'm a bit underwhelmed. Granted, if it's got the sewing machine sound i'd want it a BIT louder, but only about 1/2 as loud as my thunderbike pipes. I also think the stock bike is in the best form for perfect running and idle. The only things i'd do to it would be cosmetic. Then i can spend my time riding and beating the freakin %$#@ out of harleys instead of wrenching. :-D :-D :-D

Now i just gotta convince myself i can justify throwing out another 5 or 6 grand after selling the speedy!

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