Sidecar Flip
Living Legend
Cruising the forums and reading about the machine gun mufflers and having too much time to think about my younger days leads me to this.....
Speaking of Rocket 3, how does Triumph get to use a trade protected name. Remember, the Meriden 750-3 was called a Trident which I thought was a stupid name for a bike anyway, whereas the BSA (British Small Arms) 750-3 was the Rocket. When I think of "Trident", somehow I think of a fish market. Rocket 3 is virile and testosterone laden but Rocket 3 is a BSA, not a Triumph. We have an identity crisis here at least for me.
Did Mr. Bloor assume the trade dress right of BSA when he purchased Triumph? If he did, why are the names Thunderbolt, Victor or Lightning as well as model designations like A65T not used at all. Puzzling, at least to me, questions.
Harking back to the inception of the Hinkley Bonneville and the trade dress suit that General Motors/Pontiac Division brought against Mr. Bloor and it's ultimate settlement over the GM Bonneville even though Triumph Meriden used the name Bonneville before Pontiac made it a household word.
If, indeed Mr. Bloor assumes complete trade dress ownership of the Triumph nameplates past and present, then why did he choose to drop the swoosh on the tail of the Triumph logo in favor of an amputated tail and why does only the Rocket 3 name appear.
I am glad the bike is a Rocket 3. It is a ROCKET to be sure. If Bloor's design team had named it a Trident I probably would have bought a Road King. You know, Trident-fish market-aquatic, bad choice in nameplates.
I'd think that a set of vintage 3 port mufflers from the Trident or is it the Rocket 3 would look really neat on the new R3. E-Bay anyone?
Can anyone shed some light on all this or will it remain a Grey area?
See what happens when I start philosophizing about my younger, less enlightened days??
I'm also a pretty fair slinger of 10 dollar words. I spelled the "P" word correctly without spell check.
To think I'm a truck driver.
I'm leading up to something and that is, Kenny Dreer bought the trade dress rights for Norton at considerable cost, however, the British trade dress rights weren't obtainable, hence Norton Villers or Norvin Motors. If Kenny didn't do it, how did Bloor??
Speaking of Rocket 3, how does Triumph get to use a trade protected name. Remember, the Meriden 750-3 was called a Trident which I thought was a stupid name for a bike anyway, whereas the BSA (British Small Arms) 750-3 was the Rocket. When I think of "Trident", somehow I think of a fish market. Rocket 3 is virile and testosterone laden but Rocket 3 is a BSA, not a Triumph. We have an identity crisis here at least for me.
Did Mr. Bloor assume the trade dress right of BSA when he purchased Triumph? If he did, why are the names Thunderbolt, Victor or Lightning as well as model designations like A65T not used at all. Puzzling, at least to me, questions.
Harking back to the inception of the Hinkley Bonneville and the trade dress suit that General Motors/Pontiac Division brought against Mr. Bloor and it's ultimate settlement over the GM Bonneville even though Triumph Meriden used the name Bonneville before Pontiac made it a household word.
If, indeed Mr. Bloor assumes complete trade dress ownership of the Triumph nameplates past and present, then why did he choose to drop the swoosh on the tail of the Triumph logo in favor of an amputated tail and why does only the Rocket 3 name appear.
I am glad the bike is a Rocket 3. It is a ROCKET to be sure. If Bloor's design team had named it a Trident I probably would have bought a Road King. You know, Trident-fish market-aquatic, bad choice in nameplates.
I'd think that a set of vintage 3 port mufflers from the Trident or is it the Rocket 3 would look really neat on the new R3. E-Bay anyone?
Can anyone shed some light on all this or will it remain a Grey area?
See what happens when I start philosophizing about my younger, less enlightened days??
I'm also a pretty fair slinger of 10 dollar words. I spelled the "P" word correctly without spell check.
I'm leading up to something and that is, Kenny Dreer bought the trade dress rights for Norton at considerable cost, however, the British trade dress rights weren't obtainable, hence Norton Villers or Norvin Motors. If Kenny didn't do it, how did Bloor??
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