Triumph's new race team

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Johnny Depp 9/7/2021 8:46am
9/7/2021 8:46am Edited Date/Time 9/7/2021 8:49am
Johnny Depp wrote:
The Triumph debacle continues. A proper press release would quell all wild speculation.
Iridereallyslow wrote:
The press release says “all new” and “triumph engineering”. Yet people keep saying suzuki or KTM.
We can all see how effective that has been. T-shirt's and trucks...

It's like wack-a-mole, every day a new thread with nothing.
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chrisg19 9/7/2021 9:47am
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My thoughts on the Suzuki/Triumph connection. The General manager of Triumph North America left Suzuki after 18 years, for Triumph a few years ago. There must still be some close ties there, and it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some sort of partnership there. Purely my own speculation, but to me at least, it makes the rumor of the two working together a little easier to connect.
Dirty Points 9/7/2021 10:18am
9/7/2021 10:18am Edited Date/Time 9/7/2021 10:22am
sandhills wrote:
If there is a Suzuki engineering partnership then the Carmichael deal makes even more sense. It's not like any of the new big 4 were going...
If there is a Suzuki engineering partnership then the Carmichael deal makes even more sense.

It's not like any of the new big 4 were going to help Triumph and Suzuki has basically this entire mothballed racing and development apparatus just sitting there, complete with a champion spokesperson.

Starting where Suzuki left off is a huge lead over starting from scratch. It's not as exciting but it makes perfect sense.
My WILD speculation (don't attempt to quell):

They approached JGR as a potential race partner, and there is already a bunch of Zook motor stuff hanging around the race shop to start dinking around with.
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McG194 9/7/2021 10:19am
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chrisg19 wrote:
My thoughts on the Suzuki/Triumph connection. The General manager of Triumph North America left Suzuki after 18 years, for Triumph a few years ago. There must...
My thoughts on the Suzuki/Triumph connection. The General manager of Triumph North America left Suzuki after 18 years, for Triumph a few years ago. There must still be some close ties there, and it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some sort of partnership there. Purely my own speculation, but to me at least, it makes the rumor of the two working together a little easier to connect.
GM of North America has about as much to do with engineering as the janitor.

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McG194 9/7/2021 10:25am
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sandhills wrote:
If there is a Suzuki engineering partnership then the Carmichael deal makes even more sense. It's not like any of the new big 4 were going...
If there is a Suzuki engineering partnership then the Carmichael deal makes even more sense.

It's not like any of the new big 4 were going to help Triumph and Suzuki has basically this entire mothballed racing and development apparatus just sitting there, complete with a champion spokesperson.

Starting where Suzuki left off is a huge lead over starting from scratch. It's not as exciting but it makes perfect sense.
Dirty Points wrote:
My WILD speculation (don't attempt to quell): They approached JGR as a potential race partner, and there is already a bunch of Zook motor stuff hanging...
My WILD speculation (don't attempt to quell):

They approached JGR as a potential race partner, and there is already a bunch of Zook motor stuff hanging around the race shop to start dinking around with.
IMO that isn't wild speculation at all. It's a logical conclusion to various rumors.

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