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.
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
New book out in July 2009 by John Rosamond on the Meriden Triumph Co-Op published by Veloce
meriden4ever 2 years ago
intresting to know that that new 900 twin actually worked. i thought it was just a mock up, what a shame!
mac163 3 years ago
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.
mac163 3 years ago
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
meriden4ever 3 years ago