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Posted: Wed Oct 1st, 2008 12:35 pm |
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TheMightyGusset wrote:
I'd be less ashamed to be caught sucking off a pig than riding that thing !
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So let me this right...  If I turned up at your house with a trailer, containing...
 
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Posted: Wed Oct 1st, 2008 01:09 pm |
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Ok I agree that the Victory isnt right.....But this piece of crap is on the road ....looks like an airfix kit only it has even more plastic $hite stuck to it.
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Posted: Wed Oct 1st, 2008 07:28 pm |
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ashley748916 wrote: By the way, the man responsible for selling this piece of junk is none other than Ross Clifford ex marketing supremo at Triumph now head of European Marketing Strategy at Polaris.
They must have lined his pockets is all I can say, although he did sign off that other design abomination the Rocket 111 so maybe not
PS. Unfortunately the front of the bike looks like Crusty the Clown from The Simpsons
Folly, absolute folly
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Posted: Wed Oct 1st, 2008 07:30 pm |
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ASSMIFFY R wrote: ashley748916 wrote: By the way, the man responsible for selling this piece of junk is none other than Ross Clifford ex marketing supremo at Triumph now head of European Marketing Strategy at Polaris.
They must have lined his pockets is all I can say, although he did sign off that other design abomination the Rocket 111 so maybe not
PS. Unfortunately the front of the bike looks like Crusty the Clown from The Simpsons
Folly, absolute folly
Hey Ash the Avatars are gettin better!cor,stockings,sussies and Doris Day hairdo's,think I'll have an early night! Smiffy, you naughty boy. Man after my own heart
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Posted: Wed Oct 1st, 2008 07:34 pm |
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Huh for some reason or other I don't get Ash's new Avatar
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Posted: Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 06:29 am |
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It is indeed very ugly, best option is to chop it up and stuff it in the big yellow wheelie bin.
Ashley, I was wondering what happened to Triumph Marketing recently, the Chief of Triumph Germany is being a total cnut these days. He was always an arsehole, but now he's getting all the dealers backs up. Trying to get rid of dealers he doesn't like because they are too good. It's almost as if he's trying to ruin the company. Last year when the Street Triple was anounced the twat ordered something like 700 bikes for Germany, now experiencing extreme shortages, Italy ordered 2000, France 2000. Italy outsold Germany by over 2000 bikes due mostly to supply problems caused by senior German Management not ordering enough bikes. My Trumpet Dealer has had his Dealership Contract terminated and they've been sking other dealers if they would like to take over the franchise, he is an ex-Triumph Germany employee, they have a new Marketing director here who is also a complete prat and has no idea.
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Posted: Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 06:56 am |
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ClassicMCnut wrote: Huh for some reason or other I don't get Ash's new Avatar
Morning McNutty What's to get?
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Frankfurt-Beesa wrote: It is indeed very ugly, best option is to chop it up and stuff it in the big yellow wheelie bin.
Ashley, I was wondering what happened to Triumph Marketing recently, the Chief of Triumph Germany is being a total cnut these days. He was always an arsehole, but now he's getting all the dealers backs up. Trying to get rid of dealers he doesn't like because they are too good. It's almost as if he's trying to ruin the company. Last year when the Street Triple was anounced the twat ordered something like 700 bikes for Germany, now experiencing extreme shortages, Italy ordered 2000, France 2000. Italy outsold Germany by over 2000 bikes due mostly to supply problems caused by senior German Management not ordering enough bikes. My Trumpet Dealer has had his Dealership Contract terminated and they've been sking other dealers if they would like to take over the franchise, he is an ex-Triumph Germany employee, they have a new Marketing director here who is also a complete prat and has no idea.
Hi FB, morning Don't know mate is the honest answer-I went up to Ital Moto in Hannover yesterday and they seem to be OK and they've even got a Street Triple unsold on the floor (but not for long I guess). I can't find the RAT rep either, he's evidentaly been 'let go'
Isn't Germany one of Triumph's biggest markets after the USA, Italy and someone told me Greece over on this side of the world. Seems very odd that your local lad is getting kicked into touch
Are you going to Intermot? Fancy meeting up? Let me know
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Posted: Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 09:37 am |
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ashley748916 wrote: Frankfurt-Beesa wrote: It is indeed very ugly, best option is to chop it up and stuff it in the big yellow wheelie bin.
Ashley, I was wondering what happened to Triumph Marketing recently, the Chief of Triumph Germany is being a total cnut these days. He was always an arsehole, but now he's getting all the dealers backs up. Trying to get rid of dealers he doesn't like because they are too good. It's almost as if he's trying to ruin the company. Last year when the Street Triple was anounced the twat ordered something like 700 bikes for Germany, now experiencing extreme shortages, Italy ordered 2000, France 2000. Italy outsold Germany by over 2000 bikes due mostly to supply problems caused by senior German Management not ordering enough bikes. My Trumpet Dealer has had his Dealership Contract terminated and they've been sking other dealers if they would like to take over the franchise, he is an ex-Triumph Germany employee, they have a new Marketing director here who is also a complete prat and has no idea.
Hi FB, morning Don't know mate is the honest answer-I went up to Ital Moto in Hannover yesterday and they seem to be OK and they've even got a Street Triple unsold on the floor (but not for long I guess). I can't find the RAT rep either, he's evidentaly been 'let go'
Isn't Germany one of Triumph's biggest markets after the USA, Italy and someone told me Greece over on this side of the world. Seems very odd that your local lad is getting kicked into touch
Are you going to Intermot? Fancy meeting up? Let me know
Hmm, all this smacks of British crap management to me. Build a good company with good products people want and then screw it all up by total idiocy.Last edited on Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 09:38 am by ScotDuke
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Posted: Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 10:45 am |
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ScotDuke wrote: ashley748916 wrote: Frankfurt-Beesa wrote: It is indeed very ugly, best option is to chop it up and stuff it in the big yellow wheelie bin.
Ashley, I was wondering what happened to Triumph Marketing recently, the Chief of Triumph Germany is being a total cnut these days. He was always an arsehole, but now he's getting all the dealers backs up. Trying to get rid of dealers he doesn't like because they are too good. It's almost as if he's trying to ruin the company. Last year when the Street Triple was anounced the twat ordered something like 700 bikes for Germany, now experiencing extreme shortages, Italy ordered 2000, France 2000. Italy outsold Germany by over 2000 bikes due mostly to supply problems caused by senior German Management not ordering enough bikes. My Trumpet Dealer has had his Dealership Contract terminated and they've been sking other dealers if they would like to take over the franchise, he is an ex-Triumph Germany employee, they have a new Marketing director here who is also a complete prat and has no idea.
Hi FB, morning Don't know mate is the honest answer-I went up to Ital Moto in Hannover yesterday and they seem to be OK and they've even got a Street Triple unsold on the floor (but not for long I guess). I can't find the RAT rep either, he's evidentaly been 'let go'
Isn't Germany one of Triumph's biggest markets after the USA, Italy and someone told me Greece over on this side of the world. Seems very odd that your local lad is getting kicked into touch
Are you going to Intermot? Fancy meeting up? Let me know
Hmm, all this smacks of British crap management to me. Build a good company with good products people want and then screw it all up by total idiocy.
Not entirely, Triumph are doing really well in other countries, but the cnut in charge of Germany seems to actively want to destroy the company. My local dealer has over 11% market share whereas Triumph has a little over 3% nation wide, and still they have terminated his franchise contract and get another dealer to take it over simply because the dealership is too successful. Triumph Retail were due to take over the shop and leave the dealer in charge of the shop, he was happy with that arrangement but they fecked the whole thing up by constantly changing dates and terms. I think Mr Bloor should come over here and have the idiots thumped. They are putting unrealistic pressure on the dealers to sell clothing. Demanding staffing levels with threats of sales commission cuts. The local dealership runs with 1 bloke in the shop and a mechanic, they demand 2 permanent sales staff and two mechanics which is totally rediculous for that shop. Some of us good customers help out if it's really busy and at local shows, but we do it for discount pimpings and t-shirts.
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| picture at start of thread looks like some kind of brash american refridgerator on wheels........as do harleys
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Posted: Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 11:58 am |
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ashley748916 wrote: ClassicMCnut wrote: Huh for some reason or other I don't get Ash's new Avatar
Morning McNutty What's to get?
It is NOT a good morning. ....... Wife lovingly passed her cold onto me, so I didn't get much sleep last night, I'm coughing, sniffing and sneezing at the moment and I now got a sore nose through blowing it so NO it is NOT a good morning, it's a bloody awful one
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Posted: Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 05:06 pm |
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ashley748916 wrote: What an abomination
A fine example of why I DO NOT own or ride American bikes...
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| Mac, summers over here but not cold season till the end of Nov. Though I must say its cooling rapidly here for this time of year. All in all I kinda like global warming. I was really hoping. Think of it. Palm trees in NJ.
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Posted: Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 10:21 pm |
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Detour Rd. wrote: Mac, summers over here but not cold season till the end of Nov. Though I must say its cooling rapidly here for this time of year. All in all I kinda like global warming. I was really hoping. Think of it. Palm trees in NJ.
Hi mr Detour, not sure about palm trees no good for doing rooster tails of soggy leaves at the guy behind.
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Posted: Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 10:41 pm |
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Frankfurt-Beesa wrote: ScotDuke wrote: ashley748916 wrote: Frankfurt-Beesa wrote: It is indeed very ugly, best option is to chop it up and stuff it in the big yellow wheelie bin.
Ashley, I was wondering what happened to Triumph Marketing recently, the Chief of Triumph Germany is being a total cnut these days. He was always an arsehole, but now he's getting all the dealers backs up. Trying to get rid of dealers he doesn't like because they are too good. It's almost as if he's trying to ruin the company. Last year when the Street Triple was anounced the twat ordered something like 700 bikes for Germany, now experiencing extreme shortages, Italy ordered 2000, France 2000. Italy outsold Germany by over 2000 bikes due mostly to supply problems caused by senior German Management not ordering enough bikes. My Trumpet Dealer has had his Dealership Contract terminated and they've been sking other dealers if they would like to take over the franchise, he is an ex-Triumph Germany employee, they have a new Marketing director here who is also a complete prat and has no idea.
Hi FB, morning Don't know mate is the honest answer-I went up to Ital Moto in Hannover yesterday and they seem to be OK and they've even got a Street Triple unsold on the floor (but not for long I guess). I can't find the RAT rep either, he's evidentaly been 'let go'
Isn't Germany one of Triumph's biggest markets after the USA, Italy and someone told me Greece over on this side of the world. Seems very odd that your local lad is getting kicked into touch
Are you going to Intermot? Fancy meeting up? Let me know
Hmm, all this smacks of British crap management to me. Build a good company with good products people want and then screw it all up by total idiocy.
Not entirely, Triumph are doing really well in other countries, but the cnut in charge of Germany seems to actively want to destroy the company. My local dealer has over 11% market share whereas Triumph has a little over 3% nation wide, and still they have terminated his franchise contract and get another dealer to take it over simply because the dealership is too successful. Triumph Retail were due to take over the shop and leave the dealer in charge of the shop, he was happy with that arrangement but they fecked the whole thing up by constantly changing dates and terms. I think Mr Bloor should come over here and have the idiots thumped. They are putting unrealistic pressure on the dealers to sell clothing. Demanding staffing levels with threats of sales commission cuts. The local dealership runs with 1 bloke in the shop and a mechanic, they demand 2 permanent sales staff and two mechanics which is totally rediculous for that shop. Some of us good customers help out if it's really busy and at local shows, but we do it for discount pimpings and t-shirts.
I don't get it. Is the guy in charge of Triumph Germany wanting to get into the clothing business instead of selling motorcycles? I imagine Mr Bloor would be indeed pissed off if he found out a successful dealership was losing its dealership for selling bikes, errr, what the hell else are they supposed to do? The margins on clothing will never match those on bikes over the long term. How much maintenance and how many spare parts do a set of leathers need?
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Posted: Sat Oct 4th, 2008 12:49 am |
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~Sue~ wrote: picture at start of thread looks like some kind of brash american refridgerator on wheels........as do harleys
Why,why I never really knew? American refridgerators are different than yours over there?I know, I get it. Our refridgerators only work on the farenheit scale and internal pressures are in psi not bar. Thats gotta be it. Also out door hinges are driven on the left not right. Man! I swear I learn something new everyday here on this forum. American refridgerators. Who'd a known.
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Posted: Sat Oct 4th, 2008 12:51 am |
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trumpetsandjampots wrote: Detour Rd. wrote: Mac, summers over here but not cold season till the end of Nov. Though I must say its cooling rapidly here for this time of year. All in all I kinda like global warming. I was really hoping. Think of it. Palm trees in NJ.
Hi mr Detour, not sure about palm trees no good for doing rooster tails of soggy leaves at the guy behind.
Ahh, but sugar sand and gravel do an excellent job
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| Sadly detour those all singing, all dancing fridges have made it over here......saw some in currys AND the harley dealership in towcester...
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| My God!! A Harley refrigerator? You'll have to mortage your house!
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