My Triumph Australia experience sucked. How bad is it in other countries?

I'll remember to never buy a bike off you old mate haha
 
Over here we have to put up with an extra weeks wait as well as the added freight cost of 4500kms from Melbourne because our local dealers aren't allowed to order direct from triumph UK...everything has to go through triumph oz
 
WELL all the different make bikes have trans issues just look it up on line they all have large numbers of of complaints so TRIUMPH is not the only one
 
Given that Australia is clear on the bottom of the earth...well nearly....I imagine everything that isn't made there costs an extra batch of dollars just for the distance travelled to deliver it. I would hate to see what things cost in New Zealand! When Holden was making Pontiacs, Pontiac had the distinction of selling really good cars....but they cost a little extra getting them from OZ to here! I would nevertheless like to find a nice G8, the Pontiac version of I think...a Commodore. Getting back to Triumph....I just don't understand their attitude sometimes. Great bikes....no customer care.
 

Hi performance Commodores are cheap as chips down here once they are a couple of years old, same as the V8 Falcons ,our ridiculously high fuel costs are part of the reason 2nd hand Euro cars BMW, Saab , Volvo are even worse ,
 
I can't say Triumph Australia have treated me badly, they were very quick to replace my seat when the stitches started to come out. Every time I have spoken to them the people I spoke with were always trying to help.
Every year I call them to discuss the vibration I experience just so it's on record should anything break in the future. I guess if something does break that will be the real test.
 
I think most customers here experience quite good service at grass roots level. I find the national organization just had no parts stock much, as detailed in my previous post