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Oh, we've all had it happen in some form - The flattering Triumph comments, but, of late mine have been far and few in between. Yesterday I took a long and enjoyable ride with my brother, on his very sharp Heritage ST and his buddy 'Bob' on his very (as in obnoxiously) loud Honda 'Wanna be a Harley' clone. Somewhere near mid afternoon we stopped for lunch at a pub that is often frequented by the typical V-Twin crowd. At the time we stopped, there were few patrons and only 4 or 5 bikes in the lot. As we were parking, a lady pops out of what seemed a kitchen service door and briskly walks toward us. "Oh my, it's a Triumph", she exclaimed. "Get out here and see it!" One may have thought the Barber Museum had just come to town. The woman, who turned out to be the owner and chief kitchen administator, her husband, seemingly a social director or stool warmer, and some patrons come outside to admire her. I didn't gloat. I didn't comment except when asked. Mostly, all I did was enjoy the looks on the faces of my companions - PRICELESS!

So true...Priceless!
I've been getting a lot of comments over the past few days it's been cool.
1. "That's a nice bike...That's a REAL nice bike"
2. "It's refreshing to see someone on a Triumph"
3. "How much is a new one because I'm really interested in this bike." just to list a few comments.

Your story sounds awesome. I love the "Oh my, it's a triumph...Get out here and see it!"

Same thing happened to me in Paris, Arkansas as I was making my way to the 08 AK Rally. Was chowing on a brown bag special at Johnny Mac's Rockin Rooster when the folks that owned the place asked if they could take a picture of Cinnamon Girl. Said picture should be on their wall.

I still get compliments pretty regularly too. I'm not always sure how to respond. Yesterday, for instance, while parked outside a Waffle House outside of Hotlanta,Ga, a homeless guy scurries up and says " well somebody's got some taste!" referring of course to my Triumph, which was parked between my buddys Harley Ultra and my dads brand new Goldwing. I certainly don't mind compliments, but this bums comment was just rude. Of course, he then proceeded to do as bums do and ask for money...

I have noticed that the folks stopping and staring at the bike have gone down each year. Less are fooled now thinking its an old resurrected one. Mental math says they have sent about 15,000 of them so far to the U.S. market alone.

Its always fun though when it happens. Its fun having something nobody else has.

No question those T-brds are gonna draw a crowd. People still get all weird over the Rockets here in Texas.

Ya I don't get the people who think I'm a master fabricator anymore. I don't see too many speedys but people know they are out there.

I seem to always get...

Them "It is a Triumph! What year?"
Me "04"
Them "They're making them again?"
Me "HE11 Yeah!"

I was riding with Ian (the dog) a couple weeks back and everywhere we stopped people would say...

"which one of you guys are riding the triumph out there?"

then Ian would say...

"theyre both triumphs"

then they'd say...

"whos riding the old one?"

and I'd say...

"Mines an 03 only a year older than his"

Then Ian said...

"man I should buy a honda or something"

And then I said...

"no dude, you should buy a triumph"

hahahaha...true story

Good story! Heck, we'll take any percs we can outta life! Life's short... a moment in the spotlight can feel good. If riding a Triumph gives me a few of these moments, I'll take 'em!

Yep, I'm still gettin' that response a lot from the folks in Prescott AZ, but not so much anymore in L.A., as there are a lot of Hinckley Triumphs runnin' around the street of SoCal nowdays...though I have to say I sure got a lot of "Thumbs-Up" about my old 1970 Streettracker yesterday when I was ridin' her over to and back from a meet at Century Motorcycles, an old shop that specializes in restoring classic britbikes in San Pedro CA.

We dont have a dealer within a hour drive from me so you dont see many. I park my bike infront of my house when Im getting ready to leave. I have had 3 people stop and ask questions because they are considering buying one. One guy even came to my door looking for the owner.

I was riding in a poker run this past February. At one of the stops I came out to the bike to see 3 Hells Angels members checking out my America. I think I might have hear one of them say "Come Out Here Honey - See The Triumph".

Their founder, Ralph Barger, drives a Victory Vision. I can hear it now, "Oh, Sonny, come look at this! It looks like a real motorcycle.".