Are you brand loyal?

RocketDaryl

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I see Ford guys with the little pee on Chevy stickers and vice versa. I'm not brand loyal. I've owned a lot of different cars. Same goes for motorcycles. I have favorites out of the cars and bikes I've owned. My favorite car was a BMW 320I. I loved that car right up until my wife destroyed it by interacting with a dump truck.

My favorite bike was a Harley Heritage Softail Classic. I like my R3T, but it's too early to tell if it will unseat my old Softail as my favorite of all the bikes I've owned. I've owned the following makes:

- Honda x 2
- Harley x 3
- Triumph x 2
- Kawasaki x 1

I'm only talking street bikes in this discussion. Otherwise, I'd have to add Suzuki. I raced RM 125s (my favorite motocross bike of all time).
 
I haven't been brand loyal, as seen below, but Triumph has always been my favorite, the bike that really gets me going.. almost no matter what model, except I'm not a huge Hinckley Tiger fan.. Other makes have certain models that I really like, but the mention of Triumph gets me looking.. Same with Mopar, well ... pre-1975 anyways

I worked at a bike shop for several years as a teenager and got to see and ride all kinds of bikes, from Allstate to DKW to Moto Guzzi.. There was a Triumph Bonneville 750 there that really turned me on to Triumph, then I got my license on a Triumph 500 bobber.. and THEN I got to hear a Trident 750 and i was really, really hooked. I still have to get me one..

Honda x4
Harley x1
Triumph x4
 
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Sive 1967 , I have owned the following bikes (all purchased new, except for the second Harley):

BSA x 2
Suzuki x 1
Yamaha x 1
Kawasaki x 2
Honda x 2
Harley x 2
Aprilia x 1
Triumph x 4

In recent years my brand loyalty has gone to Triumph with a Daytona 655i Centennial (I betrayed Triumph to trade it in for an Aprilia RSV 1000 Factory, which was a mistake...), a Daytona 675, a Street Triple 675 and, of course, a Rocket III, which is now the only bike in my stable.

My first motorcycle ride in the mid 60's was on a... battered Triumph 650 on loan from the local BSA dealer.

Jamie
 
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I'm not brand loyal.

For autos, I've had domestic and import.

Bikes, well I'm on my third. Previously, I've owned a Yamaha and a Honda. Now Triumph. My Rocket has that special something that can't really be explained. I was planning on getting a Harley, but their bikes just didn't do it for me. I like most all bikes, they all have their own qualities.
 
Honda x 4
Kawasaki x 2 (Also triples)
Suzuki x 1
Yamaha x2
Triumph x 6

Yea, I guess I'm pretty brand loyal.. No other bikes have the soul of the recent Triumphs..
 
thunderbird

I'm starting to like the idea of a juiced up thunderbird.


greg
 
Honda - 3
Yamaha - 1
Suzuki - 2
BMW - 5
Triumph - 1

I tend to be brand loyal for a period of time, the move to something else. All the bikes above were owned in succession. Started with Hondas, tried a Yamaha and a couple of Suzukis and then spent 20+ years on BMWs. The R3T is my first Triumph.
 
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