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Anyone installed the Eyebrow classic tank badge on their bike? How do you like the look over the standard Speedie/america's badge???? Looking for something to dress up the bike.....
Sensei Keith
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Hi Keith,
Rather than the eyebrow, I prefer the classic look of the Legends and recent Thunderbirds. I just like the 'double eyebrow' with checkerboard between.
Ride Safe,
Dennis
Triumph, it's how I live and what I ride.
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Friend of mine did it and I was surprised at how good it looks. He's a member here (SRS) so if you ask him nicely he might put a pic up for you.  Matt
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Got eyebrows off ebay several years ago. I think it adds a bit of nostalgia.
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I've been eyeing the Bonneville tank badges lately. Something that might stand out and scream "TRIUMPH" a little more than the Heritage badges do, although I like the black infill on the Heritage letters. For any of you "old timers" (just kidding)  out there - which bikes came with which badges, back in the day? I presume the Bonneville badge is obvious, but which bikes had the eyebrow? Other than the TBirds and Legends, which others may have had that checkerboard double eyebrow, if any?
Keith
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Ridin'Texas
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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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Damm Matt no one has to talk nicely to me to get me to show off my bike,,,,  [image]http://www.bonnevilleamerica.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2217&sort=1&cat=500&page=1[/image]
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I think they look way better than the Heritage style.....but I'm just prejudiced. 
Tony G
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That does look good, do they go right on or are there modifications required?
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Damm Matt no one has to talk nicely to me to get me to show off my bike,,,, [image]http://www.bonnevilleamerica.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2217&sort=1&cat=500&page=1[/image]
hehe alright then.. show off ya d*mn bike ya bl**dy b*st*rd! 
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Tony, that looks incredible. Nice bike, and the logo looks great. Thanks for all the input and pics.
Sensei Keith
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Where can I get A pair of those very cool eyebrows?
if life gives you lemons keep them because hey,free lemons.
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When we got our Speedmaster, I swapped the badges from the 2 just to be different. Looks cool on both.
-brent
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they look good. But i prefer the stock badge on my speedy. It just fits the "modernized triumph" look the bike has better IMO. But i wouldn't be bummed if forced to use the brow.
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I bolted(Thorx) the eyebrows on a couple of months ago on a whim. I like the look, and seeing that strip of chrome running along the sides as you look down on the tank is pretty cool in my book. Now....Keith, to answer your question..."Sonny"(and if I can still get the "old" grey matter workin' correctly....[note: to self...be sure to stock up on the Genkoba])  .... The "mouth-organ"(said to resemble a harmonica) tank badge, which Dennis here prefers, were originally on the mid-50s to the 1965 model year Triumphs. In 1966, Triumph went to the "eyebrow" badge, which looks similarly to the new badges that I put on my bike. In 1968, I think it was, Triumph went to a slightly smaller and abbreviated version of the "eyebrow". Cheers, Dwight (if the "old" cranium has let me down, I'm sure somebody here will correct me)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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(if the "old" cranium has let me down, I'm sure somebody here will correct me)
Come on Dwight, some of us have been trying for months with no success
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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(if the "old" cranium has let me down, I'm sure somebody here will correct me)
Come on Dwight, some of us have been trying for months with no success
Larry,
Well ya know, ya can't jump-start an old dead battery using another old dead battery, now can ya?
Dwight
(I think most of the guys' terminal poles around here, are about as corroded as mine) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I put the Classic badges on. Pretty cool I think. Pic in my gallery. Still can't get a pic in my post......
Vic
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 There it is
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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