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down the cellar stairs?  
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Sure! That's a good place to hide it when you ride your Triumph! (Just kiddin ya!) 
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Sure! That's a good place to hide it when you ride your Triumph! (Just kiddin ya!)
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Nice. And it looks like you've got the necessary equipment standing by to make it fit.
Just don't make a mistake and Buell it into a cube to tumble downstairs.
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In the front bucket of that loader?  Kidding.It doesn't look too bad.
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Bike is not mine, but sure is pretty, at around $20K more than I could afford right now. I never asked Jeff what he paid for it, but nigh unto $30K with the sales tax wouldn't surprise me, as it apparently came from some sort of custom shop at HD. The bags and pipes - very pretty. The engine has a Screaming Eagle badge, whatever that means.
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...The engine has a Screaming Eagle badge, whatever that means.
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Check Pants
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My riding partner s CVO cost him $39,000 out the door, brand new. As time goes along, he is in a bit of buyer s remorse mode. Specially at the gas stations where people come up and want to carry on about my Triumph and don't give his bike a second glance. His Harley is a really nice bike, but 39k, jeepers?
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Yep.I know what you mean.My riding mate has a Harley that he reckons owes him $55k
[Australian] with bling and paint and seats big bore etc.etc.
and my Triumph always draws more attention than the Harley.
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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It's no big deal to me, but my partner gets so snively about the fact that his bike is worth 4 or 5 of mine, and nobody appreciates the big payments he makes for that particular status. Bwa-Ha-Ha
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It's no big deal to me, but my partner gets so snively about the fact that his bike is worth 4 or 5 of mine, and nobody appreciates the big payments he makes for that particular status. Bwa-Ha-Ha
Yep, Ryk. That's of course 'cause people's eyes are naturally drawn to "the unusual", and Harleys are a dime a dozen out there.
And while it's a shame your friend spent many many more "dimes" to get that dime a dozen motorsickle, the REAL shame is of course the guy doesn't seem to understand this.
(...this is a similar situation I get all the time not only with my Triumph, but especially whenever I'm driving my 550 Spyder around and then park it next to, say, some newer $100,000-plus Porsche...people will completely ignore the new Porsche and will ask me if they can take a picture of my car with their cellphone while gushing all over it...ain't too many 550 Spyders around, ya know...real OR replicas)
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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It's no big deal to me, but my partner gets so snively about the fact that his bike is worth 4 or 5 of mine, and nobody appreciates the big payments he makes for that particular status. Bwa-Ha-Ha
Yep, Ryk. That's of course 'cause people's eyes are naturally drawn to "the unusual", and Harleys are a dime a dozen out there.
And while it's a shame your friend spent many many more "dimes" to get that dime a dozen motorsickle, the REAL shame is of course the guy doesn't seem to understand this.
(...this is a similar situation I get all the time not only with my Triumph, but especially whenever I'm driving my 550 Spyder around and then park it next to, say, some newer $100,000-plus Porsche...people will completely ignore the new Porsche and will ask me if they can take a picture of my car with their cellphone while gushing all over it...ain't too many 550 Spyders around, ya know...real OR replicas)
Exactly right about the unusual. Last summer I was at an gathering of classic cars and the biggest crowd and most interest was centered around a ... get this...1959 Edsel. Thing is this red and white Edsel was perfect. Nobody restores an Edsel and if you do you are on your own on parts availability.
The rare Edsel certainly drew a crowd including me, but I wouldn't want one.
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Those CVO's are certainly nice looking bikes. Harley goes wild with the parts catalog on these, outfitting them very nicely and the paint on these bikes look real nice. They also have their 110 ci engine. However, that's all at a pretty high price point - by the paint, that looks like a 2010 Street Glide CVO, which was about $31K new.
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