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I was about 3/4 mile from the house a few minutes ago. As I was turning right, a sportbike pulled up behind me when the light was turning green. I took off and ran the half mile hard through a couple sweepies to the next light and turned on my right signal. The bike pulled up beside me and said, "My God, what is that"? I told him it was an 800cc twin, and he couldn't believe it.
He said, "I can outrun anything on the road, but I could barely gain on you after I realized you were gettin' on it." I told him Triumph made a 675cc triple that he could not run away from. He said he believes it. He was on a Hayabusa. Is my bike fast??? I didn't think so - but he did. He said, "I have to check out the Triumph line, that is the most gorgeous cruiser I've seen."
Ride Safe,
Dennis
Triumph, it's how I live and what I ride.
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Very Cool! Like it's been said before... it's a cruiser that performs like a sport bike  Soren
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Kool , last summer I had some souped HD dude pull up at the light. We were twins to ? last gear anyway ... Never did talk, I wish though, my words would have been 7K$ for this ...
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More than likely the guy just can't run fast thru corners... A Busa would eat you for lunch on a straight away!!  Lots of those sport bike guys know how to drag but not ride. But yeah, it's fast 
Benny
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Is my bike fast? Yes, but mine makes my butt look big!!!!.... ride safe... Gordon
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but mine makes my butt look big!!!!
You know....
aw forget it, you're too easy.
A word to the wise is not necessary. It is the stupid ones who need the advice.
Pat
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OK, I'll take that one Pat!  Trust me Gordon, it's NOT the bike...
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - Robert Heinlein
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I was just thinking about a bigger bike to make mine look cuter....I think a trike should do the trick.
we should do this every weekend!
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Never rode anything else, but wonder if I COULD (or WOULD) ride anything else this hard, ALL THE TIME! Do other people ride their cruisers this hard all the time? Or is it just these bikes? I don't know what taking it easy means!
Keith
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Or is it just these bikes?
Yes, it is.
I dont ride very hard (not skilled enough yet) but have ridden with a bunch of other crusies and can keep up (or ahead) of those bigger cruisers. I have ridden with other Speedmasters and Americas and have a tough time keeping up (because of my skill level). You would think that Speedracer, BikerThug and BrianPDX were all clones of Valentino Rossi they way that they handle our bikes.
Soren
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So Phil does the "A" beside your monicker stand for "a>>hole"
More than few have thought that!
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - Robert Heinlein
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nah its a slow pudding of a bike compaired to a sports bike.....
but how good does it feel to tell a sports bike rider that you touch the road on everyride?......
really pi**es my sports bike riding mates off when I tell them that and show them the worn bits on my heals
hmmm funny line to follow
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It's fast alright. My Speedy does the twisties very well also. I have often thought it would be fun to have a vidio of going up the Chumstick road, the upper end is very twisty with one 200 degree turn, and adding Duane Eddy doing Bob Dylan to it. Dave
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Is my bike fast? Yes, but mine makes my butt look big!!!!.... ride safe... Gordon
You mean like this?
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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good one Greybeard but he should be wearing a helmet on that sort of scooter like this lass....... 
hmmm funny line to follow
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If you don't know the front from the back of a helmet, you shouldn't be riding any kind of 2-wheel bike!
Bob
2005 America, 904cc - sold. 2014 Trophy SE.
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I have a full face Shoei, and a 1/2 Skid Lid (for when it's really hot). I've got to get me one of them 3/4's! That looks quite comfortable. Charlie
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Is your Triumph fast? No, but neither are my Triumphs. How in the world did you outrun a sportbike with 155 HP at the rear wheel? 05 Hayabusa, 318 HP at the wheel with 12 PSI. 
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Mad, I'm not a sport bike rider/fan and probably never will be, but every time you post a pic of that 'Busa of yours, I get...well, let's just say bloodflow increases in certain areas of my anatomy...that IS a sexy machine!
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As Mad and many others said, it is impossible to outrun a sports on a straight line (drag)- this is not where the America works well.
It does work well when these factors coincide
1:twisties
2:America/Speedy seasoned confident rider
3:Sports bike with a not so confident rider.
My friend has recently purchased a kawasaki z100. he has been out of biking for 2 years and was a little rusty.
He licked me on the straights as he should have done- his bike has 150bhp or more.
On the bends, the combination, mentioned above played to my favour and will do the same for you.
He got off his bike with a bag of excuses- I was just pleased he was back to biking- the tables will eventually turn to his favour as his skill returns to its usual high.
The only diference will then be the bikes....but if we wanted sports performance- we would have bought sports bikes.
Keep up your riding and skills
Im really happy with the Bonneville America- although I have never sized upto another cruiser/HD or otherwise
Other cruiser stories I would be interested in
"Id rather have a bottle infront of me than a frontal labotomy"
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I still don't see how a 50 RWHP cruiser can outrun a 150 RWHP sportbike of ANY make? It just doesn't make sense.
Maybe if the sportbike rider had no experience at all in motorcycle riding and was afraid to use the throttle. But if that were so, he would probably already be dead in light of his 150 HP.
Maybe I guess if the cruizer rider was riding like a sportbike rider and the sportbike rider was riding like a cruizer? It don't make no sense.
Dale
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my 2001 Bonneville was faster than my 04 America.
Didn't buy her for the speed though.
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I've seen some guys on some REAL fast bikes it the brakes REAL hard before some real easy corners... Accellerating and CARRYING speed thru the corners are two different things!
Benny
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I've seen some guys on some REAL fast bikes it the brakes REAL hard before some real easy corners... Accellerating and CARRYING speed thru the corners are two different things!
Yeah, your probably right Benny. But man, there's got to be at least one straightaway somwhere? LOL
Busa's ain't the greatest corner carvers cause they are so long and low, but a GSXR 1000 would destroy any Triumph, including all of my Triumph crotch rockets.
Dale
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Greybeard, that poor, poor bike. Nothing could make his arse look small. Har Har, TR
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