First Triumph Thruxton Test

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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.

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.
Oh I think they probably sold more Bonnies than CB's, just not more Thruxtons than CB's.

So if I'm right and the CB sold more than the (just the) Thruxton model, does that make the Thruxton a poor seller? If the Thruxton was a poor seller does it make sense for Triumph to spend most of it's efforts on making a 96 HP Thruxton with Brembos and Ohlins while leaving the std Bonnie, their "good seller" with 80 hp and std suspension?

Interesting point about the tubeless tires. My Bonnie had spoked wheels/tubed tires.

They haven't forgotten the Bonnie. In addition to the Thruxton and Thruxton R (Brembos and Ohlins), their 2016 models also include the Bonneville T120 and T120 Black with the 1200cc, 96 hp motor. The Street Twin (old Bonnie?) and Scrambler keep the same motor as before.

From their [url=http://www.triumphmotorcycles.com/]website, click on Motorcycles on the toolbar to see the model list.