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singed the papers yesteday....should be taking dilvery of 06 America somtime next week..any advise for new owners?
ie: recomended prevetive maintenence tips or tricks..sugested modifications or add ons....thanks in advance for any positive feed back.

advice?? just turn key and ride!!!!! then after think how you want your bike look like !!!!!!

1. Ride it like you stole it.

2. The very first mod you should do is remove the AI, hands down. There's info in the tech vault.

Welcome!!
Congrats on getting the other best cruiser on the planet!!

Get a full face helmet to keep all the bugs out of your teeth since you will have the biggest grin you have ever had.

Remove the AI as soon as possible.

Other mods will be whatever you see fit to do. It's your bike, make it yours.

Soren

Start planning your trip home after picking up the bike now! Once you ride out of the dealers shop, you are gong to want to take the longest possible way home, even if it means passing your house a few times.

Welcome to the site oneijack! As some of the others have said, remove the ai first (after that 500 mile ride home). Do your own oil changes and adjustments (all of the aforementioned right after that 500 mile ride home, ‘don’t forget to get the oil filter/oil to carry home’, along with ai removal) then every 6000 miles repeat. We have some vendors here that can supply you with the ai removal kit, and might as well order that oil change kit and be ready when you really do hit the 500 mile mark. Keep your receipts and log the date/mileage in your book or some other means of tracking.
I am sure once you start with the add-ons, Brent, Boogieman, eddy1016/fast eddy, texastriumph and the rest of our local aftermarket suppliers, located in the Vendors Only area, will be more than willing to help you out with some goodies.

welcome, have fun and watch for cagers...and Davida helmets with goggles and that cool leather Davida face mask just look right on the bikes,,,,just remove facemask before paying for your gas at the convienence store !

Welcome, glad to have another New Englander on the site. I would suggest you take it easy and get used to the bike and the riding position. As far as mods, the only thing I suggest you do right off is remove the Air Injection. You can go to Newbonneville.com and buy the kit. Very easy and will keep your headers from turning blue.

As stated before, drive it like you stole it. You can't hurt it but it will give you a pain the face from all the grinning you will be doing.

congrats on the new ride.

Welcome! You will have miles and miles of great fun. Just be sure and watch out for all the idiots on the road. Furthering what everyone else has said... you have got to get the Air Injection removed as soon as possible.

Welcome aboard onei!
Where in CT are you? I'm in Norwalk.
This bloody rain is supposed to stop by wens., then it looks
like it'll be nice through the weekend.

Watch out for the morons!
Uncle Charlie

Remember to close the petcock when not riding, and never twist throttle before starting the bike. (Read up on airbox explosion in the forums.) Other than that (and AI removal) have fun riding and enjoying your new baby! Soon enough, you'll find yourself looking for all the bits that make the bike unique to you. Enjoy!

Cagers want to kill you! Every single one of them are out to get you. Keep that in mind and remove the AI and you should have a blast!!!

From one 06 America owner to another congratulations on a great purchase. I bought mine 2 months ago and 2,000 kilometres later I'm still smiling. The only mod that I made was to put the luggage rack on the back. I'm going to ride for some time, listen to what others have to say then slowly make further mods. Enjoy riding the best of the best.

change the air cleaner, change the pipes, AI for sure. wake the sleeping giant.

Robert in Utah

No matter what anyone tells you otherwise, use the KEY to turn the engine off, or you will oneday learn the hard way how to jump start your bike when you walk away and leave the damn things hanging in the 'on' position. I say this from bitter experience.

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Do not visit this site! Run while you still have spare time and money!

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I never really noticed the clutch lifter and that it looked a little rough. THEN I went to

Brent's Place



There are lots of little things to remove the dead presidents from your wallet.

thanks JB but done that more than once with my Honda.

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If I wanted a large,loud,shiney thing to park at bars,I'd nickle plate my ex.

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LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

Just noticed that myself Tony.

Now THAT's a sig line, Jack!
Yep folks, another one nicely fitting into this little aberration of the universe!

Hey Jack, Read the vault!! You'll make your head into oatmeal real fast, but soon it will all make sense. There's quite the CT crew now!!! Hopefully we'll do another ride or two this year.

Benny,
It would be helpfull if there was an alternate user list
sorted by state.

oneijack,
Here's a quick, off the top of my head, list of other members
from CT that I've met, or ridden with:

Big Poppy(John)
bradleyd(Brad)
ctmike(Mike)
CTSPEED(Mark)
his400(Jim)
LJ3000(Martin)
Matt(Matt)
mert(Shari)
vintage6t(Dave)
unclecharlie(me)

Anyone I've forgotten, or haven't ridden with, or met,
please chime in.

Uncle Charlie

P.S.
I met a guy at BritJam with a red BA, from the New Haven area,
who said he doesn't post much. I can't remember his name
(I met alot of people that day).

Hopefully it will stop raining by next week. I took extra vacation days 8/28 to 8/30 to ensure several days out on the open road away from my wife and the honey do list. But the weather did not cooperate. Like was said b4 just ride, you may want to wait till next spring b4 addressing personalizing your TBA.

Jonathan,
Can't remember if I asked you yet, but where in CT are you?
I'm in Norwalk.

Please remind me not to ask you to pick lottery #s for me.

Uncle Charlie

onei,
Ride and enjoy the beautiful New England Fall, you'll have
all of our miserable Winter to fiddle with your bike!

Uncle Charlie

Torrington

Let's get together with others, and RIDE!

Uncle Charlie

I wouldn't be surprised if CT holds a per-capita record for number of members.

For a small state, I think we're pretty well represented.
What about my sort-by-state user list idea?

Uncle Charlie

just back from dealer, Canton Cylces Winstead, passed through torrington on rt 8 nice counrty side up there Johnathan.....its official got my RAT, card key fob,owners manual free can of plexus,EVERYTHING BUT THE FREAKING BIKE.
have been promised that my new Graphite/Silver America will be under my butt by 8am. Sept 6..Like kid waiting for xmass.
Thinking of throwing a retirement party for my old Honda.say
what ya want about hondas but she's been a loyal old horse.
Well gonna go memerise the manual.

onei,
From what I saw on this site, Canton has lost the dealership
to Gengras HD, in the Hartford area(much to my disbelief).
What's your take on this?

Uncle Charlie

Montana, Minnesota, Missouri, Y'all might as well be in Canada.

All they got in Canada is whores, and hockey players.
Hey, my wife's Canadian!
Oh yeah,
What team's she play for?

Just kidding around.
Hope no offense was taken by our friends north of the
border, I still want to go to NF @ the NERally.

Uncle Charlie

I have explored much of this info and posted info elsewhere but to recap: BMW told Canton Cycles (CC) BMW line must have own larger and private floor space. So CC put out bid Gengras "a deal we could not refuse" Gengras has to take the Triumph line also as part of deal. Letter of intent has been signed by Gengras, now State of CT, agencies to include DMV and others must approve as well as Triumph North America. CC will continue to do general maintenance for Triumph, warranty work will be identified in final sales contract. CC is just too small, friendly and customer oriented to compete with the "BOX" concept of Triumph and BMW corporate. So if I need warranty work choice Libbyes New Haven, Gengras East Hartford or some dealer in Ridgefield (near Danbury) any way from a 10 minute drive to dealer to 45 to 60 min with people I don’t know or trust at this time and the famous get speedier service question "did you buy it (TBA) here? NO” SOL.

wow this is news to me, I liked the folks at Canton, but having parts and service available in East Hartford would make my life easier.......right now all i can think about is getting the bike.Are they (Canton) going to continue with
just the Victory Line?

I've been talking to you about riding, but you don't have
your bike yet. I'm slow to catch on.
Hey, I know a great way to break it in. Ride it to Pat's
with us for the NorEast Rally!

Uncle Charlie

Thanks for invite charlie but dont think it will be in the cards this year. Thats toward the end of september right?
upstate NY? Well if weather cooperates the bike should be good and broke in buy then.....tell ya what i"ll mull it over and keep it in mind.

T minus six days and counting.

you should go!!!! pat and the guy's will help you get the carbs tweaked, and the A/I junk off. all in all you will have a worthwhile trip and meet some (i said some hahahahaha i didnt say all hahahahaha) great guy's while there. i wish i could get up there but, all i can get time for is Ga. and believe me, thats one you dont want to miss