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It would be awesome if they could bring something like the Triple here.
I googled up and found up a couple of links. Hope they are of some interest:

Triumph ready for India ride

Bajaj planning to buy equity in Triumph:

India's Bajaj Auto targets Triumph as takeover target - report - Forbes.com

They plan to import the bikes as CBUs. So we can have them at around double their European/American prices.

Peter Huckin was the gentleman I had talked to from Triumph. From what I remember, he was looking after marketing for Triumph in the Asia-Pacific region, but I may be mistaken but not by much. He gave quite a bit of his time to talk to me.

Peter Huckin.

He made it clear to me that Triumph's presence in the Auto Expo was not facetious in nature. They were here after hearing Yamaha's entry and were seriously looking at the possibilities offered by the market, the nature of it's maturity and how far could they tread.


He did not however divulge any thoughts about which bike were they thinking of launching since at that moment, (16th January) they were not thinking of launching anything but just studying the prospects and gauging the feedback and interest of the visitors. He was not aware of the strict ARAI homologation regulations which made Yamaha bring out the R1 with a sari guard at the rear and a number plate in front.

They had displayed just one bike at their stand which we all know what it could be and what it was...





I contacted Peter Huckin a few weeks later and he just thanked me for exposing the interview and their stand and showing it to a larger audience.

Even if it gets launched.... it would be another added eye candy for us... not sure when our number comes... Even if it gets launched it would be no where less than 15 laks on any given model.

what gets launched? The rocket III?

If the speed/street triple gets launched(the ones i'm really eyeing, especially the street), then the street should be a lakh or so lower than the grey market faired 600s, and the speed triple should be about 2 lakhs or so lower than the official R1. A pity fi the street doesnt get launched - it's a great power package, and the daytona engine(albiet with a different state of tune for more midrange) and chassis can definitely NOT hurt! My choice this one would be.

You seem all for the Speed Triple. I do not mind at all. I would be strongly inclined as well towards, this, if... if you take off a few CCs, shave off about 40 odd Bhp, reduce weight by 20kilos, and bring down the price by another 2L to about 7L odd or even less, you get the drift... then I am game!

@ken - and that brings us to.... the street triple :-) it's the naked version of the daytona 675! and it's got those sexard speed triple looks with a sports chassis, sports engine tuned for the street, comfy seating position, and light weight! sexyness!

the speed is a bit too much if you ask me. Which is why i guess it's a hooligan's favorite - short wheelbase + crazy power = wheelies at will!!!

Which is exactly what I posted in your other thread.

^^yes! *puts on "i'm stupid" mask*

Triumphs are one of the most expensive in their respective classes so don't be under any illusion that they will come cheap here. I was looking to import the speedie but decided against all the hassles and bought something locally.

What hassles? Maintenance? Import hassles?

If you're buying from the UK, yes they are expensive!

But in the US they sell about 1k$ more expensive than the jap 4 nakeds. So not that big a difference.

Where would a triumph be imported from if ordering in India? UK? Australia? Singapore? I didn't see any singapore sub site on the triumph.co.uk page!

Importing an S3 from the US is not a viable option. It is available in Singapore, don't know about Australia. It is expensive everywhere except the US. Triumph as a company doesn't dole out too many discounts

Cheers

Sorry for digging out an old thread.

It seems there was a Triumph market survey event with a line up of their 21 models in Mumbai on sunday (12 June). Anyone from xbhp at this event? Any updates/photos?

@Haroon, I don't know about the Mumbai meet. But, Akhil was very close to Triumph-India issue a couple of days back.
We may get to see Triumph Datona-675s in India in the near future!!