Noted brother

Did Triumph let him do wheelies?

Beautiful, thank you for sharing it with us.

I had 69 trophy 73 Daytona 78 bonnie so uncle Fred probly handled all of them at sometime , I'll try and catch up with him in heaven

@@1050speed Have you ever ridden a Thunderbird like Brando did?

Awesome! 😎 Ride on...

I am an older guy, had a Triumph. Loved it.

Damn. I gave up my license 20 years ago. Regretted it every day since, but road traffic levels are so high now that it's just not fun anymore.

@@Axeyard I live in Baja Mexico. My license from the US expired 24 years ago. I ride almost every day down here.

There are so many Big Four bikes for reason. And Big Four are big for reason. And Triumph are not even close to that reason. Only thing it did for reason it went bankrupt. For brits here can be a sentimental value, but for someone who never owned brits motorcycles there is no reason looking from good to better. Big Four rules.

Aye a fool and their money are easily parted ,Triumph buyers none more so

​@@InterdictionA comment only an uneducated twat would come out with.

Ryj

Great story mate 😊😊

yes, they moved production to Asia :)

@@Njihalostrave we all need a job

@@Njihalostrave - Two of the Triumph factories are in Hinckley, UK a couple of minutes away from the Mallory Park race track. The other three are in Brazil, Thailand, and Chonburi.

@@Njihalostrave Not all of them.

I got a Speedmaster like a year ago and love it. I 100% agree. The styling and build quality is just a notch above. I am not saying other bikes are poorly built or anything. Triumph just really has nice little details.

I love my 660 Trident. Did not need the mods but such a great platform. Great in my garage next to my 76 Z900

​@@stilldajokerI had a 77z900.Give you a hard-on every time you rode it.

Actually they bought it from the defunct original company that went bankrupt because they were producing old junk

I've a 74 T120V, I do big mileages touring on it and it's a great bike. As you say fit and forget electronic ignition is the way to go, just ensure you have a solid state voltage regulator, and throw the zenor diode as far away as you can as they can cook the ignition unit, whereas points can survive excess volts that would fry electronics.

Not a bad choice. Excellent german bike with tradition.

the original trident was fun. but you needed a clutch arm like popeye lol

Only the name came back. The bikes are completely different and all the better for it.

@@davidelliott5843 Completely different because they are products of modern engineering. The original Triumph suffered from not having their factories bombed out of existence as happened in Germany. THey plodded on for a few decades without retooling, until eventually, like many similar companies, they could no longer compete with brands that didn't leave oil stains on your garage floor.

No oil leaks??😅

@@Durnyful No oil leaks. I did replace the clutch cable once, but otherwise the bike ran like a champ I and often got compliments on it since there weren't many around.

@jeffk2278 Friends had similar bikes but they did leak a bit. I followed a French friend through Cannes one time, he had sparks flying around every corner - he was a complete maniac. He eventually wrapped his girlfriends moped round a lampost... broke a few bones but lived 😁 Bonneville was a great bike!

I agree, I'm on my second Street Triple 765 , current one is about 18 months old. I'm same as u and a Brit and I just wanted to own one. Even now I can go out to the garage and just stare at the details and thing how nice it is. Being an engineer I really do appreciate all the little bits that Triumph have put all over them. Happy riding Apache !!

you've got to be kidding...

@@robsonenduro3316why would he be joking? Real bikers know he speaks the truth, it’s hard to beat the quality of a Triumph. Stick to your Vespa pal.

06 Sprint ST! One day an Old Brit walked by it in a Stop & Shop parking lot. He asked how I keep it so clean. I told him that I just ride really fast in the rain! We had a good laugh and talked a little Triumph ❤😊!

Yes the Rocket test rode one last October Amazing power. And handling.

Awesome. I have the scrambler 1200. It’s such a great engine!

Soooooo….. How is the new Trumpy??

@@sixdegrees6434 no complaints. Keep your expectations realistic and it sticks to them. This bike won't blow you out of your socks, but it moves out of its own way for sure. Just rolled over to 1600 miles, very fun commuter and went on the first trip to the hill last weekend. Very fun and capable standard motorcycle, people love the way it looks to.

@@philipcaseyacalloway204 Tks for the reply. 👍🏼 sounds like fun

the same thing happened with their auto industry. Their manufacturing base was massive, but dated really from the Edwardian era. plus there was this weird kind of disdain from upper management about the motorcycle business in general, like it were something unseemly for a gentleman to do... no hope there from the get-go.

My brother had a Sprint RS, after spending a day on the pillion for a road trip I knew my next bike would be a Triumph. In 09 I bought a new Street Triple, I still have it.

I owned a Naked sprint 900. It went like a bullet. Mine was customised with paint in British racing green and burlwood.

People seem to be forgetting the Thunderbird triples, Got to be one of the original retro bikes, I have the Thunderbird sport, slightly higher tune, better brakes and suspension. Those 900 triples are over engineered, because of Bloors paranoia about unreliability, my TBS will do 130 mph, and handles just as well as a late 80s sports bikes d looks gorgeous I think..

Love my 2018 speedmaster!

Triumph street triple LOW available

@@paulbarnes6124 Yes, this is indeed a good start. Triumph obviously have been looking into and developing strategies to provide different seat heights. RESPECT. But it has to be said that the seat height on a Street Triple LOW is 780mm. Which is of course 45mm lower than the "normal" height option. But for anyone sub 5'3" its' still too tall for comfort. Triumph have taken the standard 800mm seat height and INCREASED it to 825, then they've taken the 45mm off that to give just a measly 20mm (just 3/4") lower-than-average 800mm seat height. So great work Triumph, but you need to go farther to offer PROPER low seat height options (around the 750mm mark).

Alex, Good Point, well made. Yes, the world of Motorcycles appears to be Male dominated. I am pleased to say that among the Members of the HTOC many are Women, and the Street Triple is exceedingly popular among them. A performance bike that they can actually ride. My Wife loves her T400 Tiger, a niche which was sadly omitted in this video, the Tiger range is getting huge, Adventure bikes being a massive market in Europe. Were you aware that over half of new BMW's sold today are GS's? Finally, I also own the original Hinckley Triumph retro bike: The Thunderbird 900. I lusted after one when they were announced and now own one which is a complete head-turner wherever it goes. Glassic looks with the Triple engine.

G.D. ?

I couldn't agree more about the seat height. I own both a Bonnie and a 2013 Trophy. That Trophy is an incredible engineering feat. So many bells and whistles, handles great, reliable and very fast with that big triple, BUT, I have shorter legs and I have dropped it a few times at stop signs. It is very top heavy which is great for handling, but terrible for stopping. Even with lowering links, I still have to tip-toe a bit.

Better believe it. Well said. 2014 T100 owner.

I thought it was a shame when all mainstream production shifted off shore. Didn't mind too much when it was more of a split.

As a proud Triumph enthusiast who's owned many Triumph's, old and new, I was blown away when Triumph got going again. As someone who works in engineering, I have even done work for Triumph, it annoys the hell out of me that Triumph are no longer willing to pay British workers to make their bikes whilst conveniently expecting British workers to buy their bikes. They like to forget that every single bike is now made in Thailand whilst banging on about their Britishness.... ad nauseum. I too would not buy another until they return to making bikes in the UK again.

As an American bike enthusiast it disgusted me when Triumph moved all the assembly to Thailand. I may own a REAL British Triumph someday, but not one of the imposters.

Don't they have it split with 2 UK factories and 3 Thai factories? That and all the cool, bespoke bikes are UK built, just buy the top of the line bikes. And you must have stopped buying almost everything because most stuff is made somewhere else now; every Apple product says designed by Apple in California, because that's all Apple does, designs it, then has a Chinese manufacturer making them based on the design as long as they make them to Apples quality control. It would be the same thing with Triumph, and even then I would rather support Thai production then Chinese with the Chinese government spying on everything. I love my Daytona 900, 1200, and Super 3, and have been looking at a Daytona 765 at the dealer near me, or would happily buy a Rocket 3 TFC if they did a run of them again.

@@KlockworXMusic Apple doesn't have American flags on their products.

That's a different company . Nothing in common but the name.

Yeah, I think all Triumph did was take a T110 and stick a dual-carb head on it, and paint it a different color. Voila, new 1959 Bonneville. I'm pretty sure even the T120 Bonneville camshafts were the same as the T110 in 1959. It wasn't until 1963 with the Bonneville T120TT model that Triumph added additional changes like hotter cams, smaller fuel tank, different electrical system (no battery) , alloy fenders, etc and then the bike started to differ from the Tiger significantly.

@@dirkdiggler5164 I owned a 1963 Bonneville for a couple of years, the first of the unit construction Bonnevilles. It had the significantly improved E 3134 camshaft, whether that was the first year or not I don't recall.

@@donaldclarke6908 That was a pretty hot cam, I don't know if it was the hottest, but it was pretty aggressive. Well, I know that by 1959 for sure (and maybe it was available earlier than that but I don't know) customers could purchase a race tuning kit from Triumph that included super-hot camshafts amongst several other things. Customers couldn't order the bike from the factory with that high performance stuff on it. But customers could buy the race kit from Triumph and fit it to their bikes. Triumph didn't mess around in those days. It was always a hands-on performance bike company. WAY pre-dating the "Screamin' Eagle" Harley performance kit type stuff, which you could say is the modern day equivalent of what Triumph was already doing in the 50's. How do I know this? B/c I know a guy who bought the race kit in 1959. I "think" almost ALL of those tuning race mods wound up in the unit T120TT a bit later ( which was hands down the fastest factory bike Triumph ever made before 1983) , and I think SOME of those performance upgrades wound up in the regular T120R, but I'm not sure which mods exactly made it to the factory T120R. But yep, the T120R came from the T110 b/c the T110 was the street bike, and the T120R was a street bike. You might be able to say that starting in 1963 the T120TT came was TR6 inspired b/c the T120TT was off-road oriented.

I own a 2015 scrambler 900 I bought new and I liked it so well. I bought a 2020 T 100 black. I still have a Harley and a 1200 bandit. And a couple dirt bikes but I love my triumphs , they are awesome....ride safe.

That is exactly the same reason why I will not buy a Triumph.

I sold my 2013 Bonneville when I found out it was made in Thailand. Will not buy another until they are UK made again. It waters down the brand, they aren't really British if they are made in Asian factories from Asian steel by Asian hands. Nothing wrong with Asian bikes but don't pretend to be British and plaster your bikes with the Union Jack. My next Triumph will likely be an older UK made model.

It was hardly on the sly, it was well reported on at the time. I assume you use nothing else in your life not made in England?

@@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff Wow... That's a bit confrontational. If you took the time to read what I wrote, I think I clearly said that I've had more than 30 motorbikes and not one was made in the UK. I also live overseas, and my two kids were not "made in England" so don't even think about casting me up to be some sort of knuckle-dragging racist. What I don't like is being hoodwinked by a company that purports to make British bikes, but that are as British as a bowl of Chow Mein eaten in a Singapore street café. You might chirp on about it being "well reported at the time" but at the time I went into the local Triumph dealership to look at buying a Bonneville, the dealer made no mention of them being built in Thailand whatsoever, and the showroom was festooned in Union Jacks and posters of the British countryside. Sorry for being an ignorant non-UK dweller, but I think the average European Triumph customer could be forgiven in the circumstances for believing that Triumphs are British bikes. They're not. They're Thai bikes that Triumph charge full British prices for. Now put that in your pipe and smoke it, troll.

@@eddyhoughton6542 You know Triumph was originally started by two German fellas yes? How does that sit with you?

I escape it just by keeping my old bike lol

I feel that the essence of Triumph is still there, with the Bonnevilles' current silhouette reminiscent of the old pre-unit days. It is slightly frustrating that you no longer have to prime the carbs, free the clutch plates and find TDC before kicking it over, and don't get me started on shifting the gear change. Harrumph. I once lived in a street named after you, Captain. And now, I'm going outside. I may be some time.

sorry to hear that I've had mine since 2015 and it has been very reliable. 2014 Rocket III Roadster- just oil changes, tires, and brakes