Triumph pricing (in Asia at least)

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Working out in Jakarta for 10 days (heading home tomorrow) and spotted the local Triumph dealers from a taxi on my way to dinner on Thursday night.
Went back yesterday for a nosey, and a coffee, and was given the bike price list.
At home I run a T120, which with the paint and options fitted is around £11,000. ere, the base price for the same bike is IDR 430,000,000 or approx. £23,000, plus on the road costs etc.

Gotta be wealthy to buy one of their models over here for sure.
The speedmaster tops the price list, at IDR535,000 or £27,575.00 !

Bearing in mind they are made out here (well, just up the road in Thailand) the import taxes must be crippling.

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creampuff said:

I used to work in Jakarta. At least if you are that way inclined, a 6-way with 5 hookers will be much cheaper than the U.K.

How’s the traffic now?

Traffic is the same as it always is, took me 2.5 hours Froday last week from the airport to Kemang, but yesterday afternoon, did it in 40 minutes.

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Berw said:

Ok Steve I agree with you not strictly Illegal, but most were dodgy in some way same in Thailand lots on the wrong log book having been built for spare, I've looked at ridding into Vietnam a few times and it certainly is't easy, but recently things In vietnam must have changes.I know a few people who have bought Harleys there that not say are strictly kosher.

The last bike I hired there, in October last year was a new Versys. When I say new, it was SO new the license plate hadn't even arrived, so I went off with the local instruction that in the unlikely event that I got stopped, offer the Policeman a few '000 baht, and the problem was likely to evaporate !