May I assume that you are unaware that Triumph were building large capacity dirt bikes for decades before BMW jacked up the suspension on the ubiquitous air cooled flat twins, called it the GS and then (apparently) claimed to invent the class?
Very true but they never entered let alone won the Paris-Dakar on any of them though did they?
Don't get me wrong. I'm a big Triumph fan and have rarely been without one or more in my garage since I passed my test in 1977, but the dealer network is shit and tends to be run my non motorcyclists who have little or no understanding of the product they sell or the mind set of their average customer
The build quality of some of the bikes is questionable and they have ditched that solidity and lustre they came with as standard in the 1990's in favour of cheap plastics and dodgy plating
The Warranty Dept at the factory is a joke. Back in the early days they couldn't have been more helpful. In the latter years they've gone from helpful to obstructive and have lost good customers as a consequence of their actions
The 3 cylinder engine that was uniquely Triumph has been copied and some say improved upon by both Yamaha and MV Augusta.
The 1050 Speed Triple is itself now 10 years old with no sign of a proper replacement to go head to head with the S1000R and V4 Tuono.
They have one sports tourer (the GT) which is a rehashed ST with a low exhaust and again it's a 10 year old design
How many 1200 Trophys have you seen on the road?
Tiger 800? My brain hurts just looking at the amount of variations of that particular model but probably one of the best bikes Triumph currently make
Street Triple? Probably one of their better selling bikes
Bonneville and all its variants? I don't know how they get away with making a bike so expensive that comes with such shit components fitted as standard
The Bonnie is around the same price as the Street Triple. Now go look at the components that hold those two bikes together then ask yourself why is the Bonneville the same price as the Street when it's held together with the quality of parts you would expect to find on a Chinese scooter?
I'm sad to say that there is not one bike in the current Triumph range that I would buy and I've owned in excess of 20 Hinckley bikes
I hate to say this but Triumph is slowly dying through lack of innovation
Their company strap line is "Go Your Own Way" yet ever since they introduced this they have been copying nearly everything that BMW have done or are doing and I for one hope that Triumph do something pretty amazing in the bike dept soon