At least it's a cool one, 2007 Triumph Bonneville America. Spur of the moment purchase, found it on Craigslist yesterday morning, bought it last night. Virtually new, only 846 miles, owner needed out of his loan and sold it for his payoff of $5000.
I think Gin and I will share this bike, she wanted a bigger cruiser to ride with her girlfriends on their Harleys and VTX's, I love it though and have always secretly wanted a Triumph cruiser. I rode it home through town, impressed with the power and handling, will start messing with it this weekend and post up more detailed impressions.
Only pic I have so far is in the previous owner's driveway, Gin looks pretty serious, she was convincing his darling little girl that daddy's bike was going to a good home.
Thanks, your glowing reviews of your Speedy definitely made this decision easy. I just ordered some stuff from newspeedmaster, hadn't seen the fasteddysports, appreciate the links!
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Originally Posted by jay313
Good looking ride. How does the parallel sound compared to a v-twin? Don't think I've ever paid that much attention, but now I'm curious.
The upright twin doesn't have the same loping thumping sound as a v-twin, it's much smoother and with the stock pipes very quiet. I expect there's a set of louder pipes coming in the near future.
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Originally Posted by dream
Congrats! That's a sweet ride at a fire sale price!
Enjoy!
Thanks Dream, you know I gotta keep some new blood in the garage or I get bored.
Now, who wants to buy a nice '02 Kawasaki Vulcan 500?
Congrats, Scott.
I can't wait to hear Gin's review.
Thanks K! I've got a foot peg relocation kit on order that will move the pegs back about 4", will make it much more comfortable for her to ride. Should be better for me too I believe, I'm not used to that straight leg forward control cruiser style.
All right. I fell for it. Watched the whole dang thing, too. Got off my lazy butt and looked up a clip myself, though. Bike does sound nice. Definitely a little different than the v-twin potato-potato-potato sound.
I like the idea of moving your pegs back. The forward control thing is one aspect of cruisers that contributed to my back pain after riding an hour or two on one. I might reconsider a cruiser if I could find one that didn't do that to me.
Congrads on that new scoot! Keep your stock exhaust when you do an aftermarket set. I'm not a big fan of a loud upright twin...You and the wife might dig it though so its worth a try.
Looking forward to spending tomorrow morning detailing the new Triumph and getting to know it a little better. Hopefully will be able to ride some on Sunday!
Welllllll.....it's not an M109-R, but *sigh* I guess it'll do.
(Congrats ,yo)
Yeah, had a buddy with an M109R, that thing was giant! IMHO the Triumph cruisers are the coolest ones out there, stand out among the throngs of Harleys and metric cruisers.
I prefer Bub's pipes. They have a very low rumble! I am jealous!
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Shined it up and took it for a ride today, has an expired plate and I don't have a title yet so I kept it close to home. Cool machine, looking forward to putting some miles on it!
Mt friend who I bought the 1978 CB75oFour from has that very bike, only all blacked out.
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