Off road riding is illegal in many EU countries ... or very limited for special events only. Eastern Europe? Russia? ... different story. My Brit dirt riding friends tell me the Green Lanes are being slowly shut. No vast open areas to ride in, not much public land for dirt riding.

I'm sure you have a few little tracks here and there but my original comment compares the UK and Western EU with the Western USA, Africa and S. America where open land is abundant and riding is unrestricted. In the US this is part of why dirt riding is literally part of the culture ... for what it's worth.

The USA has thousands of square miles of open land to ride on. Check out
Nevada. I think the UK might fit in it. The whole state is basically open to off road riding. Lots more riding in CA, AZ, NM, Id, Mt, Ut, OR and more.


Tiny piece of Nevada.

In my seven years in Latin America I never once met a Bolivian, Argentine or Colombian who when asked where they hailed from said they were "American". They prefer Boliviano, Argentino, or Colombiano. They adknowledge they are all "Americans", but when asked where they are from ... the country name is ALWAYS USED.

"High Positions" ? Name ONE executive working for Triumph in Central America. Dealers? Maybe. Executives? Nice Troll.

Rather than get into a country bashing exchange I'll simply say the reason they've brought the Brits to Atlanta, GA is because they get them cheap and life is much better in Georgia than the UK ... this according to several employees I met there.

And lets not forget Triumph are now manufacturing and building a lot of bikes in Thailand and that more and more work is being transferred there. Almost none of Triumph's parts are made in UK, but sourced from Japan, Thailand, China and elsewhere. I learned a lot about Triumph when at the Factory in 2003. I'd show pictures but Triumph wouldn't allow it.