I am brand new to the site. I used to be a Triumph owner! I Had a 1996 Trophy 900, got the wife a 2000 Legend TT, both bought here, at the same dealer in the Albany NY area ( 1.5 Million people) the only dealer we had. They closed because they found it hard to deal with Triumph! Went back to doing BMW as a service location not selling bikes and "stuff". Wife still has her Legend ( but maybe for only a few more weeks). I road her bike a few years ( I ride daily, have only owned 5 bikes - 3 Harley's, Triumph Trophy, and now a Victory Cross Country 8 Ball). I DO NOT and WILL NOT own non American "Stuff" if it can be helped ( British is - in MY opinion american after all we were " The American Colonies"). But back to the point! Sold my Trophy in 2002 with 130 K miles on it, The each of my Harley's also made a 100 K plus a bit, but it was a lot of work involvedto get them there, the Trophy only needed a pick-up coil! I rode her Legend while I waited. Wanted a Rocket Tour but keep waiting for them to make it a "touring bike" with a top trunk or at least an optional oneavailable from parts. Mean while they got the local Harley shop to take on Triumph ( the had just dumped Aprilia ) couldn't sell them- Daaaaa! As no one went to a Harley shop looking for sport bikes. They took on Triumph ( found out a year after - as they had no advertising of that fact), walked into the showroom and was treated like a second class citizen for even mentioning the word Triumph. " OH we only have one person that deals with them and he is not here today". So I heard about Victory, found the dealer in the area and visited. We had some medical issues ( wife and I )that spent some of our money which put bikes on a back burner - still had her Legend though. The Victory Dealer wanted and was trying to talk Triumph into letting his dealership take their bikes on ( they were already a multiple dealer), but his brother was the VP of Victory so they said no, REASON - he could give away all Triumph's secrets. Which of course all magazines do even before the bikes hit the streets, because motorcycle manufacturers give that info away freely. Then they started selling Indian's for Polaris and now Victory is Gone ( hole nuther story). Wife's bike has only 11,000 plus miles and she wants bags and stuff for it, to make it easier for daily riding and of course longer rides.
I found a dealer in Green River 90 plus miles away ( the closest) to get some parts needed , but what we wanted ( saddlebags,crash bar - for aux. lighting etc., is no longer availible almost anywhere) they had a America LT on the floor that the wife liked, it fit and had touring "stuff" already on it!!! But it got sold. So we have been looking and may have found another ( as they also are no longer made, as they were not wanted) it's a 2015 brand new left over, from a dealer south of us that closed their Triumph sales department. We should have moneys set by mid week to get it. I do not understand how Triumph wants US ( yes I think of Triumph People as "US") to be able to make the brand GROW if they treat the dealers like dirt and only want these hugh dealerships to sell them. They do not have a large market of people after their product. They need to get people interested in their product so when they force someone who is at least trying to sell it to send money on showrooms etc. they have people out there interested. One or two magazines get a bike to road test, and the PRODUCT always comes out with a good/great review, but then you NEVER see anything else, No magazine ads nothing!!!! What do tey expect??? We will still be Triumph/ Victory people even though it seems like both BRANDS do not want us! Maybe went the Legend goes it will turn someone else into a Triumph Rider! Thanks Jerry
