Triumph Thailand Factory

[Enword]

Good vid if it work's on here, best bit Fronius Tig welder, I know sad old welder

 

[hilldweller]

Isn't that so sad. All those proper job skills we used to have over here.

 

[Enword]

Lets hope the new apprenticeship drive with proper uni courses restores some skills to our once great engineering prowess, not so much time spent at uni to get Micky Mouse degree's that are no good to man nor beast.

 

[jockaneezer]

Friends of ours are so dejected that their second son doesn't want to follow his older brother to uni, but wants to train to be a cabinet maker. They weren't too impressed with me when I said "more power to him".

 

[FJmike]

I believe the Freelancer factory is just down the road from Triumph

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[Lofty1]

What we could have had, but for power hungry bosses and unions, and short sighted governments. We just priced ourselves out of the market.

 

[Steve and Denise]

One thing that does not work in any country is high wages and low prices hence everything is made abroad unfortunately

 

[jongood]

I had to check the date on this one. Truly shocking!

Sorry Triumph, I like Triumph s and I like Thailand but I wont be buying a bike made in Thailand.

Jon

 

[hilldweller]

I wont be buying a bike made in Thailand.

Jon

I did, great bike.

 

[vwalan]

I did, great bike.

had one of mine here for 16yrs great piece of machinery . jincheng .
had a few others as well . lifan etc .
next truck will probably chinese cant buy atruck made in eu anymore . sorry put together in eu . might not be actually made there .

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[FJmike]

I had to check the date on this one. Truly shocking!

Sorry Triumph, I like Triumph s and I like Thailand but I wont be buying a bike made in Thailand.

Jon

Personally I can't see where something is made makes any difference but do laugh at the Landrover Freelander owners who have buy British flags in the rear window

 

[Enword]

Well chuffed with mine

 

[John Stanton]

I did, great bike.

So did I - at least the Triumph brand survives thanks to Mr John Bloors foresight (and money)

 

[Steve and Denise]

My 1964 tiger 90 is proof that Triumph last well

 

[John Stanton]

My 1964 tiger 90 is proof that Triumph last well

Beautiful bike - contemplated buying one last year but sadly didn't have the garage space or the funds for a good one - you're v lucky

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[PhilG]

A lot of former colleagues work there and are flying in and out of Thailand a fair bit. The Hinckley plants are busy , all the R&D is done there, but you cant fight the reality of what people want to pay for stuff... you can thank yourselves for buying on Ebay and shopping online for driving what profit there used to be out of manufactured goods, this is the result. Thankfully for Triumph, they have taken their quality processes and procedures with them, and staff to set up all of these factories, there is no reason why they should be any better or worse than bikes built here .

 

[hilldweller]

So did I - at least the Triumph

In my case, look left, it was a little Honda.

Made in Britain, a bit of a myth now when Rolls Royce and JCB do their manufacturing "over there".

 

[hilldweller]

My 1964 tiger 90 is proof that Triumph last well

But like Triggers broom "it's original, it's only had four new heads and three new shafts".

 

[vwalan]

My 1964 tiger 90 is proof that Triumph last well

good one . but i prefered the t21. think thats why i have a drifter with big mudguards to protect the rider.

 

[robnchris]

What we could have had, but for power hungry bosses and unions, and short sighted governments. We just priced ourselves out of the market.

Only half the story if truth be told, The British motorcycle industry just sat on their laurels (fat behinds) and didn`t move with the times, designs were poor and then in the early 60`s Honda appeared with the CB72/ CB77 fantastic 4 stoke twins which I was lucky enough to own both machines, the came the Black Bomber The Honda CB450 phew.
Still the British Motorcycle industry didn`t wake up until the launch of something special in 1968..
The Honda CB750 a four cyl 120mph superbike, disc brakes and electric start and reliable.

Add into the pot with the Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki it was Good bye to the British Motorcycle Industry.

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[PhilG]

Triumph had a square four 2 stroke on the drawing board in the mid 60's , the people were there capable of making them, the designs were very good, just no management foresight to invest in what needed to be done to make it happen .

 

[Stealaway]

but I wont be buying a bike made in Thailand.

Right next the BMW factory? - Broken Link Removed

What car do you drive? You might be surprised where you Ford/VW/Merc/BMW was built.

 

[DiggerJon]

Right next the BMW factory? - Broken Link Removed

The article is worth a read if only for the "translated English"!

 

[Jands]

Going round the motorcycle museum in Birmingham looking at the unmade prototypes we had the designs but not the money or foresight to push them through into production.
Mass motorcycling finished in the late 60s as did the British motorcycle industry, it became a hobby for the few but we still pushed out bikes for the many. Japan imported exciting leasure bikes which caught the imagination, brit bikes still had there devotees, I bought a new Bonney in 1980, but realistically it was through rose tinted glasses as there were better, faster more reliable bikes out there.
Glad to see the triumph name and vertical twin remains and is now comparable with other bikes.

 

[John Stanton]

Going round the motorcycle museum in Birmingham looking at the unmade prototypes we had the designs but not the money or foresight to push them through into production.
Mass motorcycling finished in the late 60s as did the British motorcycle industry, it became a hobby for the few but we still pushed out bikes for the many. Japan imported exciting leasure bikes which caught the imagination, brit bikes still had there devotees, I bought a new Bonney in 1980, but realistically it was through rose tinted glasses as there were better, faster more reliable bikes out there.
Glad to see the triumph name and vertical twin remains and is now comparable with other bikes.

... and don't forget Norton are still going - and thriving

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[hilldweller]

... and don't forget Norton are still going - and thriving

Now that is a mystery to me. Very small production, high but not that high prices, staggering and quite inappropriate "factory". How do they manage ?

It's the huge contrast to the solid Triumph example that makes me wonder.

 

[olley]

I used to in to Revetts our local bike shop in the sixties, under every bike was a drip tray, brand new or secondhand.
My Norton had a pressed steel chain case, what idiot came up with that idea?

Guy who went to college with me in 66 had 175 Honda, electric start and no oil leaks.
We called them sewing machines, well they sewed up the UK bike industry.

 

[John Stanton]

Now that is a mystery to me. Very small production, high but not that high prices, staggering and quite inappropriate "factory". How do they manage ?

It's the huge contrast to the solid Triumph example that makes me wonder.

Yes I also wondered how they survive building them where they do but I guess it's down to Stuart Garner's entrepreneurial skills - Google will bring back plenty of articles about his successful businesses in spite of his failed schooling ... good luck to him I guess, at least it keeps a fine old marque alive.

 

[PhilG]

Yes I also wondered how they survive building them where they do but I guess it's down to Stuart Garner's entrepreneurial skills - Google will bring back plenty of articles about his successful businesses in spite of his failed schooling ... good luck to him I guess, at least it keeps a fine old marque alive.

I have never seen one on the road.