Good post Soren!
The "classic" Speedy & America tanks are some of the most beautiful and stylish tanks in motorcycling. They have a sort of updated heritage/retro look to them that makes them very eye-catching.
The 2008 tank does not! I'm not pulling punches and I don't like it!
It's one think to update a look, it's another to go too far. The HD Rocker is one example.
Triumph could have updated LOTS of stuff on the vertical twin cruisers to modernize them. They picked the WRONG part of the bike to upgrade.
Let's hope Triumph comes to their senses before the long-awaited big cc cruiser and this isn't a harbinger of what that bike will look like.
