 anyone heard of an america with a triple engine?
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Just wondering if that has been tried.....
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Re: anyone heard of an america with a triple engine?
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Well Mike, I suppose one could take one of the old late '90s 900cc(actually 865cc) Thunderbird triples and put forward controls on it.
But THEN the question would be: "Why?" 'Cause THAT'S pretty much what you'd end up with..a Bonnie America Triple, RIGHT?! 'Cause basically, those era Thunderbirds were designed to appeal to the American market and those into "Retro-styled" motorcycles, just as the BA's are.
(...UNLESS you're talkin' about droppin' an old T150 or T160 air-cooled Triumph pushrod triple into a Bonnie America frame...but then, once again, I would ask: "Why?")
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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Re: anyone heard of an america with a triple engine?
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Re: anyone heard of an america with a triple engine?
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Should be Riding
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Triumph tried it, they call it a Rocket 
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Re: anyone heard of an america with a triple engine?
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i think the trident came before the rocket...
we should do this every weekend!
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Re: anyone heard of an america with a triple engine?
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that was a standard though, not a cruiser... besides, BSA made the Rocket first if we're playing that game
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Re: anyone heard of an america with a triple engine?
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well if you wanna play like that...the Chinese invented bottle rockets
we should do this every weekend!
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Re: anyone heard of an america with a triple engine?
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Should be Riding
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Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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 not the fortune cookie
we should do this every weekend!
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...you're gonna feel a little pressure....
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I stand to be corrected but I thought the BSA rocket engine was sourced from Triumph (trident). 
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