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...hello.
okay! so i bought my first bike in june, an 82 ironhead sportster and while i love the thing, it's been nothing but problems. the other day i found glittering oil in my primary and pulled my tranny to find bad, bad, badness.
so naturally i started looking for a reliable bike. come to find out triumph are, so that's what i made up my mind on. over the past week or so i've been searching, and i think i've found the one. it's a 2007 speedmaster with 450 miles on it. right in my price range. i guess the owner doesn't ride anymore due to illness, which makes me very sad for him. on the other hand, it makes me happy for me, because unless some jerk snatches it up before my check clears and i hop a bus to buy it, it's MINE!!!
so there you go. hi everybody. wish me luck.
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You can't go wrong with a Triumph. I hope you get it.
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Good luck and welcome to the club! 
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450 isn't even broken in yet and is almost due for the break in oil to be changed out for Amsoil.
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Hey Stevo and Welcome, Good choice Speedmaster, you will love it. I have a black 06 Speedy and I will never get rid of it.
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Welcome Steve. You'll not regret this move one bit!
Btw, you say you live along California's central coast, eh?! Nice part of the country! So, are we talkin', Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Cambria, or where exactly?
I ask because a few years back the wife and I almost decided on retiring to Paso Robles from L.A.'s South Bay area, instead of where we did, Prescott Arizona.
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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Welcome Steve!! You already know this but you done good buying that Speedmaster. It will bring many a smile to your face as you go about riding her. Don't be a stranger and tell us all about it after you pick up the bike!!
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thanks for the warm welcome, folks.
dwight, i'm currently in los osos. born in santa maria. moved all over in between.
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Great choice of bikes and great part of the country to ride, you did good all around
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I really like them old iron heads, but most of them can't be kept together. Glad to hear you're coming our way. Ya can't beat cool AND reliable.
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the sporty isn't going away, it's becoming a project. i love the thing, but... well, you undertstand. but man am i excited about this triumph!
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i've found the one. it's a 2007 speedmaster with 450 miles on it. right in my price range.
Don't wait! Get it NOW!
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i'm waiting for a check to clear!!! trust me, i want it NOW!
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A welcome from down under as well 
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Just be careful, once you go triumph, you.... um, you'll like the bike a lot.
2008 Speedy, AI removed, DIY airbox destruction with K&N filters, spectres, re-jetted and "custom" rattle can paint job.
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Just be careful, once you go triumph, you.... um, you'll like the bike a lot.
This is VERY true!
Welcome, and good luck on the Speedmaster!
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Welcome to the site stevo,you'll have just about as much fun here as an yer new speedy.
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Welcome to the site stevo,you'll have just about as much fun here as an yer new speedy.
if they're as reliable as i understand they are, i'll actually get to RIDE this one, which will make for about a zillion times more fun than the old iron!now if only that ****** check would clear, i'd HAVE the thing already!!!
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attaboy.You wont be disapointed at all.
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Welcome! Post some pics when you bring it home! 
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Welcome from across the pond Hope your cheque clears in time and you get that baby  As others have said, this site is nearly as much fun as riding the bike
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Check cleared, I have a bunch of liquid fundage in my posession. Waiting to hear back from the current owner.
Today's my grandma's 79th birthday which means a cane upsiide the head if I even think about leaving. Hopefully tomorrow.
Hey, this preview deal is annoying, is there a way to turn it off? Or do I have to remember to uncheck the box every time?
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Welcome to the site, great bikes, 36000 miles with only maintenance, and vanity changes....
Go to "MY Home" from the index, chose edit on display preferences, scroll 1/2 way down and there is a check box for preview.. Ride safe.
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Today's my grandma's 79th birthday which means a cane upsiide the head if I even think about leaving. Hopefully tomorrow.
I bought my bike on my wife's birthday. We weren't married at the time, but still, it was 250 miles away and I left her all day to get it. On her birthday. She still brings it up from time to time. (of course)
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I like the preview, keeps me from f*ing up too badly.
Lets you know if links and photos and such are displaying correctly.
I don't know if you can turn it off, the Friar will know.
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UPDATE: just talked to the seller, he's having a 'family emergency' and won't be able to deal with me until monday. the good news is the thing is effing MINE pretty much. i'm pretty stoked. now i gotta arrange to get my butt up to the bay area.
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Go to "MY Home" from the index, chose edit on display preferences, scroll 1/2 way down and there is a check box for preview.. Ride safe.
Huh... been a long time since I was in the Preferences area of 'My Home.' So ya can shut of preview can ya? Well Steven, if your posts start getting all messy... you know, things like links that don't work, pics that don't come up, disjointed sentences, words that aren't words and such, I'm gonna have to remind you to turn preview BACK ON again!!!! If it wasn't for Preview I wouldn't be able to drink AND post in this here forum!! 
Btw... good news on the bike. Progress has been made!
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hey, what are the two black things on the dash next to the idiot lights? looks one dot on the left and two on the right? i've been reading the manual (yeah, i'm pretty excited) and don't see them mentioned...  (lifted from newspeedmaster.com)
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I don't know what they are either and they always annoyed me so I fitted two little chrome skulls to cover em up.  
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hey, what are the two black things on the dash next to the idiot lights? looks one dot on the left and two on the right? i've been reading the manual (yeah, i'm pretty excited) and don't see them mentioned...
(lifted from newspeedmaster.com)
Steve, the oval-shaped one on the right is to set the electric Triumph issue clock that goes in the same opening that the tachometers come in as stock in the Speedmasters. The BA's do not come stock with a tach in there, and so one can order the clock for that area instead.
The round one on the right...well...I'm not sure actually, however I've put a switch in there which turns off and on the High-Intensity running light which I have bolted under my bottom triple-clamp("tree").
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 think the round one on the left is for the red blinky light of the alarm system
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Red "blinky" light, check. 
Last edited by ThomWill; 09/25/2010 9:38 PM.
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you love my descriptives 
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The two black things are to plug up the ugly holes in the console  
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Thanks folks. Man, monda seems so very far away...
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Be extra careful with Mondays. Not saying it won't work out, just saying be careful. "Monday, Monday... can't trust that day Every other day, every other day of the week is fine!" Mamas and the Papas... what do they know?!! 
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so it turns out it wouldn't be until tuesday.
..and i'm afraid i'm looking pretty seriously at this thruxton in santa cruz. it's pretty sweet, low miles, same price...
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Make sure you sit on both first if there is any doubt. I thought I wanted a Thrux until I sat on it and felt like a giant.
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Did I tell you about this forum or did you find it on your lonesome? Haha
Cut it up.
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