Re: another victim

["Gregory D. Girard" <ggirard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Todd,
Your warrantee is good at ANY Triumph dealership.

Greg

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From: Trask, Todd (ELG/EGL) <ttrask@xxxxxxxxx>
To: 'ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx' <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, May 18, 2000 7:56 AM
Subject: RE: another victim


>>The first is in the service assistance given to local dealers by Triumph
>>of America.  My local dealer where i bought my last Triumph is now not a
>>TRiumph dealer.  When i asked them last year what happened they told me
>>that Triumph wanted them to sell more T-birds, and adventurers before
>>they could sell daytonas, ST's or speed triples.  WEll the market where
>>i am is not so good about those t-birds and the like so they couldn't
>>get any new bikes so they bailed.
>
>This sounds like my local shop who is also no longer a dealer.  They
brought
>in 6 bikes last year, sold one, then this year Triumph wanted them to bring
>in six more plus take the training courses for the TT600 at 4 or 5,000
bucks
>per mech.  Given their profit margin of a couple of grand per bike, just
the
>interest they pay on the stock they have now has pretty much eroded the
>profit they made for the brand last year.  This plus the fact that ToA
>promised to bring the demo tour by last year,  then didn't show, really
>pissed off the dealer, so they chucked them.  Worked out well for me,
>because I got the sprint cheap, but now I'm without warranty support, so I
>guess you take your chances.
>
>Todd
>'46 Chief, '56 TRW, '99 Sprint
>
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