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Age profile of Triumph buyers.

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#1 ·
Just wondered about the age profile of Triumph buyers. I am 58 and for me my recent T120 purchase was me doing what I would have liked to do when I was 16/17 and buying one of the nice bikes available in the early 70's. So I love the retro look of the T120. Around here (in south west Ireland) you had to pick either a Honda or a Yamaha. Never liked Yamaha's but loved most of the early 70's Honda's but all I could afford was a Honda 50 scooter.
 
#3 ·
59 years old and have a 2017 T120. My second Triumph, had a 2010 T100 before this one. I am the same, growing up always had Hondas as they were cheaper and easier to get and work on. First one was a 1972 CL70. Always dreamed of having a Triumph Daytona 500 in the early to mid-70s when I was in high school. The T120 is the best bike I have had out of the 11 I have owned over the years. I cannot think of anything I would change on it. Takes me back.
 
#5 ·
Aged 64 and arrived at a Thruxton R over the last 5 years via a 350 Royal Enfield, 886 Harley Sportster and aTriumph America. Joined the Institute of Advanced Motorists IAM and took and passed an Advanced Motorcycle qualification in order to stay alive and enjoy driving bikes more. Used to drive BSA twins when I was younger. Done 5000 miles on the Thruxton since November and it just gets better and better. Off next Friday on a 1800 mile trip to N Wales, N Pennines and Cumbria.
 
#6 ·
I'm 68 in a few days. I just bought a 2010 Bonneville standard a few weeks after having sold a 2007 Yamaha V-Star 1300 and a 1964 Honda CA77 Dream. I still have a 1964 Honda CB77 Superhawk, which I'll keep. The Superhawk inspired me to buy a modern standard because I enjoyed riding it far more than my cruiser. The Bonneville is my first non-Japanese bike.
 
#7 ·
I am 56 and have had the T120 for a year now. I rode bikes from my teen years all the way thru to my early 30s. Mostly Honda because of their price point, reliability and performance. But I did have a BMW K75S and even a 1960 BSA for a while. I found the BSA was not reliable enough to travel far from home. and the BMW was just blaaah.
While my kids were growing up I went without motorcycles but they have always been a passion. Now that kids are in their twenties I figured I had better get a bike now before my body won't let me ride.
As soon as I heard about the new generation of Bonny's I knew I had to have one. My heart was saying Thruxton R but my head was saying T120. If money was not a restricting factor I would have both.
Before I was born and for a few years after, my dad owned a 1959 Bonny (see my pic to left) and my mom did a 24 hour rally on the back of that bike while she was 2 months pregnant with me. So I have been riding for more years than I am old. I guess you could say it is in my blood.
 
#13 ·
58, Street Twin.

Started riding at 10 (trail bikes). First street bike, '72 CB350. First real street bike a '74 Suzuki GT 750, followed by a Yamaha SR500 :)surprise:), then settled on a '80 Suzuki GS850g...for the next 3 decades.

Most recent bike (pre Triumph) was a Royal Enfield Continental GT. The most fun I've ever had on a motorcycle that was THAT SLOW!
 
#21 ·
With Triumph becoming the sole supplier of Moto2 engines next year, there may be an influx of younger riders - that sport is watched by millions and the presenters are already talking about anticipating the awesome sound of the triples.

Me? 65, do I.T. stuff at Oregon State, and have one of the first Thruxton Rs sold in the U.S. (Apr 16, 2016). My first bike was a 16th birthday present almost 50 years ago! Even though I was very clear I wanted what all my friends had - HODAKA , I got a Honda CL90, not the little proto motocrosser I was hoping for but glad as all get-out to have it. Now it comes with the Cache of being purchased from Jimmy Johnson's grandpa's Honda shop, right down the street from Don Vesco's Yamaha shop! That was one of my 13 bikes. I still have a '98 Daytona (955cc Triple) that needs to be put back together and my brother-in-law's '48 Nimbus which I'll be working on now that all my little mods to the Thruxton are done. At my age, the Thruxton will certainly be my last bike and that's ok. It's perfect !
 
#22 ·
I'm 50 and I have a 2017 T120. I grew up with early 80's superbikes but I lusted after the T-Bird triples of the nineties.
 
#25 ·
I was 48 when I bought a Harley Road King. I had fun with it but as time went on it wasn't my style.
Then I went to a bike show and saw the 2014 Bonneville T100 Black. I was hooked.
There is much aftermarket stuff out there and armed with a Haynes manual, well you know how the story never ends.........
 
#27 ·
my God.....am I the oldest? 66!!!!
I had about everything on wheels starting from Velosolex ( who remember it?) passing on Vespas Lambrettas, Honda ( even Goldwing) Suzuki, Morini, Ducati CZ ..........last before my actual Bonnie T120-2016, was a "Bad, bad" Honda VFR Dct ( dual clutch) 1200 cc with Bazazz ecu, Akrapovich, etc etc for an interesting amount of HP...only problem was that the Empire forbidden to me to exceed Warp 1,5 within the Solar system.........out of that....free!
Now this baby seems to me a toy, but it is sure that I love her more than all my previous fiancee.


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