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Triumph Motorcycles, Meriden Documentary 1983 Part 4

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Very interesting, original 1983 documentary about the struggle for survival of the Triumph workers Co-Operative in the Meriden works.

Duration : 0:6:5


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mac163 said in October 31st, 2008 at 3:40 am

intresting to know …
intresting to know that that new 900 twin actually worked. i thought it was just a mock up, what a shame!

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mac163 said in October 31st, 2008 at 3:40 am

plus the pound was …
plus the pound was at a all time high against the dollar. which as i remember a brand new at the time 1981 bonneville was around 3600 to 3800 dollars, lot of money in those days.

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meriden4ever said in October 31st, 2008 at 3:40 am

Why couldn’t …
Why couldn’t Meriden be saved when the Americans still have their Milwaukee ?

Heavily subsidised by their banks and politically savvy importers, the Japanese were dumping their unwanted motorcycles all over the world at heavily discounted prices just to clear stock- something smaller European manufacturers could not compete against

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themightyharrison said in October 31st, 2008 at 3:40 am

Beattie mentions …
Beattie mentions interest rates–that’s one thing that people today forget. Interest rates in the late 70s and early 80s were absolutely crushing–approaching 20%.

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