RE: [ST] Triumph Cruiser/Nortons

["Joel Ashman" <joel.ashman@xxxxxxxx>]

The Triumph Cruser is rumored to be a 2.0 litre Triple.  Just heard that
from my dealer yesterday.

As for the Nortons, I think they are Dead.  The President was arrested for
writing (very large) bad checksa year or so ago, and I believe they filed
for bankruptcy due to his 'mishandling' of the money.

- -Joel

PS.  I got to ride a Speed Triple yesterday.  WOW.  Very Fun.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Darwin Holmstrom
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 3:03 PM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ST] Triumph Cruiser


What do you suppose the odds are of Triumph popping out a big-inch V-twin
cruiser? Remember those pushrod V-twins Norton was threatening to produce
alongside that monstrous V-8 Nemesis? I wonder what ever happened to those
plans? If Triumph is serious about being a major player in the cruiser
market, they really don't have a choice but to produce a V-twin. It might
not make much sense to the people on this list, but by and large we're not
the people who make V-twin cruisers the most profitable segment of the
motorcycle market.

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