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Offline Tomb

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Re: Any Triumph love out there?
« Reply #45 on: December 23, 2019, 05:58:48 PM »
I like that, it looks great. What is the other bike just out of shot, that you can only see the front wheel of?

650 AJS I think, it was taken a long time ago so memory is.....   sorry what was the question?
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Offline jon stead

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Re: Any Triumph love out there?
« Reply #46 on: January 26, 2020, 02:26:44 PM »
I’ve been running a 2015 Bonneville Newchurch, T100, for the last three years and found it to be a joy. Compared to my other bikes, it’s very light and nimble in traffic. Seat’s nice and low, ideal for my shorter legs.
2015 Triumph Bonneville T100 Newchurch

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Re: Any Triumph love out there?
« Reply #47 on: January 30, 2020, 12:04:40 PM »
I'd love one, preferably a single carb 650, but can't afford it.

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Re: Any Triumph love out there?
« Reply #48 on: February 07, 2020, 09:19:16 AM »
Hi, I have a love of Triumph twins, done many miles on 60's Bonneville and Thunderbird. Currently have a 2006 T120 but hardly ride it because I don't do the miles anymore and with a shed full of other bikes, etc. It's low miles and in great nick and will be coming up for sale soon.
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Re: Any Triumph love out there?
« Reply #49 on: February 07, 2020, 10:35:59 AM »
Bought this `72 Tiger last year from Frank (got a good price for my RD200 against it). It was on the bucket list to own a British bike and I love it to bits. I had a W800 a few years back and can now exactly understand what Kawasaki were aiming for.

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Re: Any Triumph love out there?
« Reply #50 on: February 07, 2020, 02:24:19 PM »
Well, thanks to the mild weather we've been having over the past week I've managed to get out on the Thruxty a few times recently and clock up a few miles on the beasty.   

My initial impressions? 

Its slow, overweight, under powered (not unlike its new owner really) but I love it!

The reverse cone (aftermarket) exhausts sound absolutely great and having said it's slow, I suppose thats a comparative thing.   I'd say the performance is roughly on par with my CB550, I think its probably faster than the Honda top speed wise, but the CB will accelerate faster.  The front brake is very wooden, I believe some owners change the OE front calliper for a Honda CB1000R item which is supposed to make it much better.   The shock absorbers are poor too. But at the end of the day it is a fun bike to ride despite its shortcomings.

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Now where did I put that 10mm socket?

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Re: Any Triumph love out there?
« Reply #51 on: February 07, 2020, 04:55:11 PM »
Had a Thruxton Bonneville back in the early 1970's which I loved and a Hinckly Thunderbird Sport which I didn't. Swapped it for a Kawasaki W650 which was what the Bonneville could have been. ;)


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Re: Any Triumph love out there?
« Reply #52 on: February 07, 2020, 05:34:53 PM »
Bought this `72 Tiger last year from Frank (got a good price for my RD200 against it). It was on the bucket list to own a British bike and I love it to bits. I had a W800 a few years back and can now exactly understand what Kawasaki were aiming for.
That’s a beauty,here’s a picture of my TR6R taken in 1975.I checked on DVLA site long time ago to see if it was still around but no record of it but checked again this year and it lives,I’d love to see it again the best Triumph I owned
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