 New Guy
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Joined: Mar 2008
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Just wanted to introduce myself to everybody, I'm looking forward to trudging through all the great information and discussions this site has to offer. I'm not very mechanically savvy and I'm new to riding but realized I was hooked this winter when I was checking on my baby in the garage waiting for a random nice day to take her out. I've got an '07 Black Speedmaster that I bought last March. I've got a vision for upgrades on my Triumph and I'm sure I'll get more ideas from this site. Talk to you all soon! 
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Re: New Guy
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Joined: Mar 2005
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Learned Hand
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Welcome. Wait at least a season before you start choppin' her. 
Strangler
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Re: New Guy
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Joined: Feb 2007
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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Welcome, lots of info and lots of guys willing to help out here.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Re: New Guy
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Joined: Jan 2008
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Adjunct
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Well hello there Dustin. You'll love the experience this site has to offer. If it has not already been talked about here, don't worry. It'll get talked about soon enough. Enjoy. 
Its more fun to be ridin'! I'm still ridin 
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Re: New Guy
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Joined: Jul 2006
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3/4 Throttle
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If you do it today you MIGHT regret it. If you CAN'T do it tomorrow you WILL regret it.
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Re: New Guy
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Worn Saddle
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Welcome to the madhouse! If you search the site long enough, you'll come to the conclusion that a little red on that black will increase your horsepower, extend you gas milage, and attract more chicks! 
Fidelis et Fortis
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Re: New Guy
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Joined: Feb 2007
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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all the other colors will attract is old guys. 
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Joined: Jan 2005
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Oil Expert
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I'm just trying to understand how anybody winds up owning one of these grat bikes without discovering this forum first. Doesn't anybody do any online research before they buy these days? I know I would have wound up with a slow V-Twin Japanese bike if it were not for this forum.
Keith
Houston
Ridin'Texas
'04 Speedmaster
AI removed, Pingle, UNI Filter, 1 shim, straight-through slash-cut TORs, Stage 1 DynaJet, 140 mains, 3 turns, 16/42 final drive, 115K
2020 T120 Black
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Re: New Guy
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Joined: Oct 2007
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I think this web site does a better job of selling SM and America's than any dealership I've ever heard of, or even Triumph's own literature. It had a lot to do with tipping the scales for me. Triumph should start putting the hosts of this site on some sort of commission based income (I'm assuming they don't already).
My '07 "For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off." Johnny Carson
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Re: New Guy
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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Quote:
I'm just trying to understand how anybody winds up owning one of these grat bikes without discovering this forum first.
Doesn't anybody do any online research before they buy these days? I know I would have wound up with a slow V-Twin Japanese bike if it were not for this forum.
My friend (who used to be a member here,demoman) Bought an America and let me ride it. I liked it and it was still stock at the time. Now I have been a Triumph nut for over 30 years and am not interested in buying anything else except antiques such as Norton , BSA, Triumph etc.. like I always have. Trouble is when I built up my collection they were $300 give or take each, heck my 54 T-110 with matching numbers was $20 as a basket case.Any way I had found this forum but never went past the title page, I was looking for custom stuff not info. I went and bought my SM never having read this forum simply because it was an air cooled vertical twin with carbs, I never liked any of the other new Triumphs
except the T-100 style line and the Rocket has grown on me and I may buy a Rocket touring model eventually.I swore I would never buy a new one until they came out with an air cooled twin and thats just what I did.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Re: New Guy
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Welcome, You (or your wallet) will never be the same 
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Re: New Guy
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Saddle Sore
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Quote:
I'm just trying to understand how anybody winds up owning one of these grat bikes without discovering this forum first.
Doesn't anybody do any online research before they buy these days? I know I would have wound up with a slow V-Twin Japanese bike if it were not for this forum.
When I made the decision to get back into riding after the kids were grown, it was going to be a Triumph or nothing. I found the America picture online first and it was love at first sight. Then I found a video online made by some guy named Robert Wade. Then I found the site. It was a month or more before my America was due to arrive, so I spent a lot of time on here being a newbie pia... Now I'm a seasoned pia..
Welcome Dustin. Good choice.
More flags
More fun!
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Re: New Guy
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Joined: Jul 2007
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Adjunct
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Quote:
I'm just trying to understand how anybody winds up owning one of these grat bikes without discovering this forum first.
Doesn't anybody do any online research before they buy these days? I know I would have wound up with a slow V-Twin Japanese bike if it were not for this forum.
When I got the chance last year to get a new bike, there was no choice other than Triumph. I looked at their website, then went to the dealer. I only found out about this site after getting her home.
Anyway, Welcome Dustin!
'07 America
www.patriotguard.org
"If you're not living on the edge...........You're taking up too much space!
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Re: New Guy
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Learned Hand
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Learned Hand
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You bought it last March, and your just now gettin around to riding it a year later????
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Re: New Guy
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Joined: Mar 2008
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Complete Newb
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haha, no way b. I just got around to joining this site, but I must admit when I was researching to make my decision last year I referenced this site quite a lot. However I knew I wasn't cool enough to join until I actually got a hold of a Triumph
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