Michael Porter wrote:
South Africa is a long way away, yes. But, I wish to remind all that
despite the fact that this list originates in the US, it is not the
property of US Triumph owners. It is for all Triumph owners,
everywhere.
This list is a world resource, not a club with national boundaries.
And shame on those who think otherwise.
I couldn't agree more. But there's a lot more to the international
perspective - and this list, good though it is, only addresses a
relatively small proportion of the global Standard Triumph cyber
brotherhood. It certainly tends to focus on only a limited number of
all the models that were made and the sports cars were by no means the
be all and end all of new vehicle output.
I doubt this will ever change because enthusiasts tend to devolve into
groups of like cars, presumably because they may derive a comfort
factor thereby? While there is nothing wrong with any of that in
principle, it fragments an enthusiast base and I am not convinced this
is a good thing.. Within the UK and AFAIK we have only one Triumph
club which caters for all models with several others specialising in
whatever preference they have. With a total membership of all UK
Triumph clubs of some 35,000 - there is certainly not a small
following. That said, they have their own events, their own magazines
and their own national days/weekends.
But they don't seem to get together all that often - and I frequently
wonder why.
Essentially, that's why I don't belong to any Triumph club because I
don't want to be involved with "just Herald and derivatives" or "just
big saloons" or "just FWD's and Dollys."
If they all came together and found ways to happily co-exist, I'd be
close to the front of the queue to sign up for membership. Until then,
I'll lurk on the fringes with many of my former colleagues who are of
a very similar view.
Jonmac
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