re: Triumph to start India sales soon: xBhp News

Nice bikes but I don't think this is good news in the short term, since it may bring the bikes to the market quicker but the prices will be so high that there purpose of testing the market will kind of back fire because of the price itself. No doubt there will be a few who are wanting to buy a Triumph irrespective of its pricing but for most others it will be another long wait. So perhaps wannabe KTM buyers need not wait any longer to book their KTMs.

re: Triumph to start India sales soon: xBhp News

True! The prices are too much on the higher side. One would also imagine the cost of services and spares involved later.
Whew!!! But these bikes would be loved by true bikers with big pockets ;-)

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re: Triumph to start India sales soon: xBhp News

Triumph seems to have put up a veil of secrecy over its operations. There is no news about any details other than that which is available on its website. Strange way of introducing a brand and a name to a prospective customer base which would have heard of it only from their fathers/uncles or even grandfathers! A significant proportion of this base would not have seen a Triumph or for that matter any Brit bike with their own eyes. And this when the onslaught of the Jap Big Fours is relentless in its own way.

Triumph has an enormous challenge ahead of it in India. It has to build everything from scratch literally. The brand name, dealer and service network, parts sourcing, loan schemes... everything from square one, without the immense benefit and head-start afforded by colleagues like Honda and the other three. Even HD has not had to make a fraction of the brand-building effort which Triumph will have to undertake. The four wheeled equivalent would be Ferrari and Jaguar, I suppose.

More than that of the Bonnie, it is the pricing of the Street Triple which will be absolutely critical for Triumph in India. The N650 and H650 are vying for exactly the same customer as will be the target of the St Trip. The N650 is about 5.4L and the H650 about 5.25 (approx figures from a quick Google, so please don't get your knickers in a twist over decimals) The additional 15 odd thou for the N is more than compensated by the vastly higher quality of the Jap. If I, as a parallel twin prospect, am to be seduced away to the admittedly superior layout of a parallel triple, I have to be wooed with a sensible price. If the St Trip is priced anywhere up to 6L, it will smash the N650s stranglehold in the class. Even a relatively minor increase over and above that will turn the sweet pill into a bitter one.

A similar state obtains with the Bonnie. If priced too high, prospects will give up the opportunity to own a piece of history (yes, most reluctantly so, I included) and go for the N650. (At this juncture, and on a little OT note, I personally think that the biggest idiot among the Jap four HAS to be Suzuki. When it has a world leader in the V Strom 650, it gives us completely unfocussed products like the Hayabusa and Intruder. The Bandit is a sideways step in the 1250 guise; the 650 would have been spot-on.Tsk, tsk, when will these guys UNDERSTAND India...)

So, instead of in a blizzard of publicity - celeb endorsement, road shows, hard-hitting advt campaigns etc - we have Triumph coming in like a cat from the rains, with its tail between its legs. The Brits won the Battle of Britain but seem to have lost their mojo since to the Krauts and the Eyeties and the Nips. BMW owns RR, what else is left to say? Hail Britannica, the Titanic is down.

I pray that it will not be a "Triumphant" failure...

re: Triumph to start India sales soon: xBhp News

More like Ferrai vs Lotus, i think.

I don't think anyone outside the enthusiast community knows the name of the company, let alone the bikes.

Also, Boneville around 6L OTR nicely transaltes into Daytona in near vicinity of 8L. I'm salivating already. On the other hand, I don't trust triumph's commitments any more. They have been postponing the launch for more than a year now. I've seen Q2 commitments, Q3 commitments and now it's pushed to Q4 already.

re: Triumph to start India sales soon: xBhp News

nothing in 2-3 lakh category....?? le me sad....

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AFAIK they have plans to develop a 250cc bike, which obviously won't/can't be launched this soon.

re: Triumph to start India sales soon: xBhp News

I am super excited for Speed triple and Street Triple.........

re: Triumph to start India sales soon: xBhp News

This is wonderful news if you ask me. Just the thought that they are going to setup a full fledged manufacturing facility is a boon in itself. I just hope that other manufacturers follow suit. I think most probably they will be selling CKD versions of thunderbird. They might even bring in Daytona and speed triples, now wouldn't that be sweet?

re: Triumph to start India sales soon: xBhp News

I read a few articles where they were planning to introduce a 250cc model with street triple inspired design, which was to be priced between N250 & CBR250. This was planned keeping in mind indian and south east asian market.

Personally I would blindly go for a 250cc naked from the house of Triumph. It would even be within bugdet for many guys too. Even though the current line up is priced quite comparable to their internatinal priceline, most people in our country do not earn in international standards
Would be nice to see a speed triple go by though

re: Triumph to start India sales soon: xBhp News

I heard a rumour. Let's hope it is not true.

The first batch of Triumphs in India will be Street Triple, Bonneville and Rocket.
And the next batch will have the Daytona. Which will be much more than Rs. 7 lakhs!

[/MENTION]cooper Vimal Sumbly is Managing Director Triumph India. Triumph bikes to hit Indian roads Nov 2013!``


cheers !

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Here's the announcement on Triumph's official FB page :

re: Triumph to start India sales soon: xBhp News

UPDATE :

most probs the bikes confirmed ; pics from Vimal Sumbly MD Triumph India`s first trip to the mother load .
[MENTION=7007]vimal[/MENTION]sumbly : U realise what speed means only when u ride Triumph speed triple.love the grunt, smooth ride and un believable power pic.twitter.com/9HDbOxr93z

cheers !

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I see street triple, speed triple, Daytona (yaay!!) and bonnie, possibly the tiger xc800 (with the big windshields). Anyone spotted anything else?

re: Triumph to start India sales soon: xBhp News

Can see the source of inspiration for New RE Thunderbirds.