Triumph Bonneville Launch
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I went to 3X near Bournemouth for the Bobber launch and have to say they did a good job. Had a goodie give away quiz with worth while prizes too and food.
I rather like the bobber well apart from the nasty plastic rear light & number plate holder.
I'm a bit of a convert to the classics having had my Scrambler since my late 30's
The reality is there are plenty of guys around hat want to ride and dont give a toss if their bike does 180 and dont feel the need to brag how fat they went down the bypass to the pub.....
oh yeah my Meriden has marked its patch!
I rather like the bobber well apart from the nasty plastic rear light & number plate holder.
I'm a bit of a convert to the classics having had my Scrambler since my late 30's
The reality is there are plenty of guys around hat want to ride and dont give a toss if their bike does 180 and dont feel the need to brag how fat they went down the bypass to the pub.....
oh yeah my Meriden has marked its patch!
Pothole said:
I went along to my "local" dealer last night, mainly to see the Bobber and perhaps book a test ride.
What an amateurish, poorly organised crock. The showroom was packed top the gunwales despite it being s
tty weather, cars parked both sides of the main road half on the pavement and half over the yellow lines because they hadn't thought about organising anything off the road, despite Doris being forecast days ago and there being all sorts of industrial units with big empty car parks within a few minutes walk of the showroom. God knows how many more people would have crammed into the place had it not been blowing a hooligan and raining.
The bikes were under covers in the middle of the room, but on the ground, so barely visible from two rows back behind the fat, balding, poor "enthusiasts" of a certain age who had only turned up to moan that they weren't "proper" Bonnevilles and a late 70s, poorly constructed Meriden/CoOp oil pisser was way better (judging by what was said after the covers finally came off, anyway)
The big reveal was delayed by about 15 minutes so more sardines could be jammed into an already full tin and when the covers finally came off, the "jokes" started. Now I know the guys opresenting are only sales people and not professional comedians but your Nan could have done better. At least she'd have learnt some salient points about power, torque and performance, or even paint colours. Part of the patter appeared to have been scripted by Triumph HQ but this was delivered at a 5 year old's reading standard.
The saddest thing for me though was the idea that motorcycling has become like car ownership for the masses. Not once was a list price mentioned, only monthly cost on Tristar finance. Triumph also appear to be aping Harley: ("there are 150 different accessories and options on each of these machines").
The icing on the cake "you'll be able to place orders for any of these bikes from tomorrow morning....what?...Oh, hang on...oh yeah. OK, from tonight" (if you could drag a saleman away fromn chatting with one of the aformentioned crusty old tossers)
I had to console myself with a new Jacket (with 20% off, which softened the blow somewhat.
SIGH.
Reminds me of when I went with my dad to see the launch of the new daytona...What an amateurish, poorly organised crock. The showroom was packed top the gunwales despite it being s
tty weather, cars parked both sides of the main road half on the pavement and half over the yellow lines because they hadn't thought about organising anything off the road, despite Doris being forecast days ago and there being all sorts of industrial units with big empty car parks within a few minutes walk of the showroom. God knows how many more people would have crammed into the place had it not been blowing a hooligan and raining.The bikes were under covers in the middle of the room, but on the ground, so barely visible from two rows back behind the fat, balding, poor "enthusiasts" of a certain age who had only turned up to moan that they weren't "proper" Bonnevilles and a late 70s, poorly constructed Meriden/CoOp oil pisser was way better (judging by what was said after the covers finally came off, anyway)
The big reveal was delayed by about 15 minutes so more sardines could be jammed into an already full tin and when the covers finally came off, the "jokes" started. Now I know the guys opresenting are only sales people and not professional comedians but your Nan could have done better. At least she'd have learnt some salient points about power, torque and performance, or even paint colours. Part of the patter appeared to have been scripted by Triumph HQ but this was delivered at a 5 year old's reading standard.
The saddest thing for me though was the idea that motorcycling has become like car ownership for the masses. Not once was a list price mentioned, only monthly cost on Tristar finance. Triumph also appear to be aping Harley: ("there are 150 different accessories and options on each of these machines").
The icing on the cake "you'll be able to place orders for any of these bikes from tomorrow morning....what?...Oh, hang on...oh yeah. OK, from tonight" (if you could drag a saleman away fromn chatting with one of the aformentioned crusty old tossers)
I had to console myself with a new Jacket (with 20% off, which softened the blow somewhat.
SIGH.
It was all OK right until the point they lifted the cover off it, to reveal a paw print laden dirty 675. In a crowded room where you could hear a pin drop my mouth opened up before I could engage my brain with "they might have f
king polished it" for all to be heard. My dad was deeply mortified by my uncouth manner.
I decided not to go to anymore launches after I went to a ducati open day and test road a 848. Everyone got back from their rides saying the usual pish of "what a bike, oh I'll definitely be thinking about one now". My response to the owner when asked what I thought of it was "it's f
king st", this caused much bemusement and anger towards me. I feel its better for all If I limit my social interaction nowadays. moanthebairns said:
Reminds me of when I went with my dad to see the launch of the new daytona...
It was all OK right until the point they lifted the cover off it, to reveal a paw print laden dirty 675. In a crowded room where you could hear a pin drop my mouth opened up before I could engage my brain with "they might have fking polished it" for all to be heard.
My dad was deeply mortified by my uncouth manner.
I decided not to go to anymore launches after I went to a ducati open day and test road a 848. Everyone got back from their rides saying the usual pish of "what a bike, oh I'll definitely be thinking about one now". My response to the owner when asked what I thought of it was "it's fking st", this caused much bemusement and anger towards me. I feel its better for all If I limit my social interaction nowadays.
I'm not sure if we should feel privileged that we're bearing the brunt of that limit!It was all OK right until the point they lifted the cover off it, to reveal a paw print laden dirty 675. In a crowded room where you could hear a pin drop my mouth opened up before I could engage my brain with "they might have f
king polished it" for all to be heard. My dad was deeply mortified by my uncouth manner.
I decided not to go to anymore launches after I went to a ducati open day and test road a 848. Everyone got back from their rides saying the usual pish of "what a bike, oh I'll definitely be thinking about one now". My response to the owner when asked what I thought of it was "it's f
king st", this caused much bemusement and anger towards me. I feel its better for all If I limit my social interaction nowadays. Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff