You can knock Thailand as much as you like but the factory is the same as the one in Britain, Triumph source their parts world wide just like any other manufactours do so not everything is made there, just like in Britain they are all assembled and shipped from both factories world wide, remember the old days of British motorcycle industries the troubles they had, look at Triumph now and how successful they become, Norton has a long way to go before they even come close to Triumph, I own two moden Triumphs Thruxtons and could buy two for the price of one New Norton and they are so reliable, I just hop on my Triumphs and go whether short ride or traveling with a full load all over our large state or country knowing it will get me there.
I am sure the new Scamblers will be the same and set at a decent price.
Ashley
Easy gentlemen, let's declare peace.
I'm not knocking Thailand production plants.
I own a Hinckley Triumph.
Just answering cliffa's posted question.
I own two moden Triumphs Thruxtons and could buy two for the price of one New Norton and they are so reliable, I just hop on my Triumphs and go whether short ride or traveling with a full load all over our large state or country knowing it will get me there.
Both of them have got a long way to go , to match ' the original' s ' competition record .
Triumph are supplying the engines for moto2 in the near future.Maybe Triumph today have nothing to prove by comperition records, they have proved themselfs by selling bikes all over the world and look at some of the models that have clocked long miles without being rebuilt with only general maintenance being done to them as well it cost a lot of money these days to race, maybe Triumph just want to spend the money developing new and better models instead of winning races to prove themselves.
Ashley
Wait,till you see the Norton Scrambler..................
TR7T Tiger Trail was their full designation I believe Ash.
They also made a handful of 650 short stroke versions based on the Thunderbird, the TR65T Tiger Trail, I’ve never seen one in the metal though.
Triumph are supplying the engines for moto2 in the near future.
Triumph 675 triples race in both supersport series for BSB and WSB - as they have 3 cyclinders, they are allowed to race the 600's
Triumph are still active in competition.