findlay13 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 One discrepancy I noticed I think the Bonneville was introduced in 1961 or 2 not 1965.There might be some others I didn't see but worth a look IMO anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 T120 650: Pre-unit 59-62 Unit introduced 63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 A good reasonable edited history version vid about Triumph remember my Dad telling me about the Trusty Triumph. No mention of Ariel, BSA and as said contrary to popular belief, the first Triumph twin engine was not Turner's first parallel twin. The first was the Englishman Val Page designed Triumph engine introduced in 1933 used for racing later modified and used in the BSA he also designed the Rolls Royce of motorcycles, Brough Superior SS80 & SS100 ohv engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findlay13 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 5:54 PM, Enoon said: T120 650: Pre-unit 59-62 Unit introduced 63 Yes of course.I wasn't thinking ,and google wasn't my friend???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findlay13 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Meanwhile this has been posted on facebook two or three times and each time I've asked this same question with no answer. https://riders.drivemag.com/features/triumph-motorcycles-thailand-factory-visit?fbclid=IwAR3CkW8-o35E-jX8ecfFLrN3WwSXRFqMxY7g_Ct_gaG5fVPYuFdUWWohsvk " Ok I just found out today the price of the New 1200 Speedmaster has gone up from 632,000 to 645,000bht while they're about 500,000 bht in Australia.Why if there's no import tariffs here because they're made in Chonburi now?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damascase Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 7 minutes ago, findlay13 said: Meanwhile this has been posted on facebook two or three times and each time I've asked this same question with no answer. https://riders.drivemag.com/features/triumph-motorcycles-thailand-factory-visit?fbclid=IwAR3CkW8-o35E-jX8ecfFLrN3WwSXRFqMxY7g_Ct_gaG5fVPYuFdUWWohsvk " Ok I just found out today the price of the New 1200 Speedmaster has gone up from 632,000 to 645,000bht while they're about 500,000 bht in Australia.Why if there's no import tariffs here because they're made in Chonburi now?" A try......... As far as I know, Triumph manufactures in Thailand under Board of Investments (BOI) rules. I do not know the exact conditions in this particular case, but I assume they operate under a special tax (perhaps even tax-free) regime which is valid only for products exported. One possible tax-free regime is where these products are treated as if manufactured outside the country. Under such a regime, bikes put on the Thai market would be treated as being imported, so duties/taxes would be due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 8 hours ago, damascase said: A try......... As far as I know, Triumph manufactures in Thailand under Board of Investments (BOI) rules. I do not know the exact conditions in this particular case, but I assume they operate under a special tax (perhaps even tax-free) regime which is valid only for products exported. One possible tax-free regime is where these products are treated as if manufactured outside the country. Under such a regime, bikes put on the Thai market would be treated as being imported, so duties/taxes would be due. That use to be the case but now they get the special reduced tax rate. I believe when it went into affect about 2 or 3 years ago a few people who had bought before the tax reduction paid 700,000 or more bhat for various models. There were a few pissed off buyers who had bought before the new tax break 8 hours ago, damascase said: A try......... As far as I know, Triumph manufactures in Thailand under Board of Investments (BOI) rules. I do not know the exact conditions in this particular case, but I assume they operate under a special tax (perhaps even tax-free) regime which is valid only for products exported. One possible tax-free regime is where these products are treated as if manufactured outside the country. Under such a regime, bikes put on the Thai market would be treated as being imported, so duties/taxes would be due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findlay13 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Yes I remember a long time ago I thought about getting a Triumph America 15K at the time in Australia.Here because they were exported and re-imported they wanted about A$25K .So that didn't happen. What I have the hump with in the article is that they state "And with a minimum of 40% local content in each complete bike that leaves the factory, it can be sold in the booming local Thai market (Asia’s largest for middleweight and large capacity bikes) without the crippling 60% import duty for foreign-made products being levied" BUT then why still about 145,000baht more than Australia ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 4 hours ago, findlay13 said: BUT then why still about 145,000baht more than Australia ? Because companies always charge as much as they can. The average buyer in Thailand is just different to the average buyer in western countries and in Thailand they have less competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findlay13 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 7 minutes ago, jackdd said: Because companies always charge as much as they can. The average buyer in Thailand is just different to the average buyer in western countries and in Thailand they have less competition Fair Dinkum? Wow. Thanks for that insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findlay13 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 I was just at the local shopping mall an hour ago.Triumph have a stand there for a week and I was talking to one of the guys I know who work for Triumph. He said at the BKK moto show this year they got 391 orders last year a bit over 400,so Triumph is doing well. A dude came up wearing Gold glasses,gold watch,gold embroidery on his jean pockets false diamonds on his shoes[Really!],while we were talking.Asked a lot of questions .It was hard to stop myself from laughing.Anyway,he moves on and I looked at my mate with raised eyebrow.He said a lot of Thais who have money act like that ,and I said the Thais that want people to think they have money act like that .The Thais with REAL money[like his boss, the owner of the Triumph franchise] don't.I was also in the Harley shop around the corner and about half of the 10 or so bikes they have there had sold signs on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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