03-09-2016, 01:10 AM
(03-08-2016, 11:48 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Yi I didnt do that right. The sales figure thing I was quoting Alphonso and questioning that statement.i did not make that statement. I dont think the CB sold as miserably as others seem to think, and I dont think Thruxtons or R9ts sold as well as others think.
It may be a matter of perspective..for Honda, lets say 5000 uniits sold world wide (and that may actually be low considering it's 6 year run and 21 or so countries that are represented just on this forum) may not be huge and would be considered by some, a poor seller. But for BMW to sell 5000 r9ts or Triumph to sell 5000 Thruxtons, I think that would be huge and considered a great seller. I'd bet Triumph sells 10 Std Bonnies for every Thruxton it sells.
I really wish mfgs would release those figures so we would know for sure, but alas they don't.
The ratio sounds about right, but I don't think it really matters. At least with the prior models, the Thruxton, Scrambler, and T120 are just cosmetic variations of the Bonneville. When comparing sales you should include the entire Bonneville lineup and not just the Thruxton, IMHO.
As a side note, talking to the local Triumph dealer, there are probably more people who "cafe" the Bonneville instead of buying the Thruxton because they want to run tubeless tires.