Bonafide
NBR founder
Who? Exactly ...
Mark is the CEO of Triumph USA. He came to the local RAT Pack meeting last night and did a quick Q&A. Afterward, we rode down to the local Taco Mac for some dinner and he picked up the tab. A huge thunderstorm rolled thru just before the meeting started ... which kinda affected the number of turn outs. I was still impressed with how many people that showed.
Few things Mark mentioned that caught my ear. The Street Triple is the number one selling Triumph (world-wide) right now. The Thunderbird seems to have all their attention for product expansion. You wont see anything new within the Modern Classics except 'special editions' models - which would be paint jobs/etc. There's a 'baby' Tiger coming, set to compete with the BMW F800GS market.
Cool guy. Very down to earth and easy to approach. Started out working the production line - assembling the rear wheel on a 1200 Trophy. Been working for the company for 20 yrs. Prior to the USA, headed up operations for Triumph France.
No pics .. couldnt find my camera.
Mark is the CEO of Triumph USA. He came to the local RAT Pack meeting last night and did a quick Q&A. Afterward, we rode down to the local Taco Mac for some dinner and he picked up the tab. A huge thunderstorm rolled thru just before the meeting started ... which kinda affected the number of turn outs. I was still impressed with how many people that showed.
Few things Mark mentioned that caught my ear. The Street Triple is the number one selling Triumph (world-wide) right now. The Thunderbird seems to have all their attention for product expansion. You wont see anything new within the Modern Classics except 'special editions' models - which would be paint jobs/etc. There's a 'baby' Tiger coming, set to compete with the BMW F800GS market.
Cool guy. Very down to earth and easy to approach. Started out working the production line - assembling the rear wheel on a 1200 Trophy. Been working for the company for 20 yrs. Prior to the USA, headed up operations for Triumph France.
No pics .. couldnt find my camera.