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As you all know, the decision to buy my America was a decision between it and a Kawasaki Vulcan 900. Today, me and a buddy who rides a Vulcan 1500 went to Dickey's BBQ for lunch.

There were a group of 6 or so gentlemen sitting in front of the restaurant eating. One of them walks by us, notices my helmet on the table and asks "Which one of you rides the Triumph?" He asked how long I'd had it and such, and told me how much he dug it. He returned to his table, and as they were later getting up to leave, announced "Hey, there's a new Triumph over there" the entire pack of them then proceeded to walk over and fawn over my bike, completely ignoring my buddy's Vulcan that was parked two feet away.

An old timer that was with the group then came over to me and told me how much he liked the bike and all about the '67 BSA he rides to this day. The dude is a true english bike fanatic.

I felt a little bad for my buddy with the Vulcan, but told him he can replace it with the Triumph 1500cc when it comes out.

Oh, and Dickey's has probably the best onion rings in the world.

You can't say you weren't warned!!!

Get used to it Dennis. And when the 1500 comes out the Harley guys will really be jealous.

You made the right choice ~~ I can't tell you the number of times people have commented on the bike. I usually ride with an expensive Harley Road King ~~ the America always draws most of the attention.

By the way ~~ where is Dickey's? I lived in the CDA area for 7 1/2 years so am familiar with north Idaho.

Good choice on the bike - I have the same scenario - My bud's got a new Vulcan , and everyone comes and ogles over Lola and the Vulcan is invisible . I hate it for the guy , but he had a choice . Robert Frost wrote ".....two roads diverged in a yellow wood , and I took the one less travelled by , and that has made all the difference ."

Don't feel bad Dennis. Some people make the wrong choice. Others.... well, you know what I mean. There's a lot of nice bikes out there but none seem to garner the attention that the Triumphs do. I wonder why?

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So what I'm hearing is I need to eat dinner there when I'm passing though in September?

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Well, duh.

Yep. We've all experienced this, Dennis, but it's always fun to read about this sort o' thing when it's written so well.

(BTW...I beg to differ, but Margie's Diner in Paso Robles CA definately has the world's best onion rings....bar none!!!)

Oh man. I can see it coming now: Friar's Onion Ring Tour 2007. I really will have to change my name to Fryer.

I can do that for ya

Don't tease me.

Same here, a co-worker bought a new Vulcan, went over and "thumped" all the chrome on the bike, 90% of it's PLASTIC....Don't like it....

Dickey's is actually a chain - http://www.dickeys.com/store_locator.html. Their BBQ is ok, the onion rings are amazing. As far as making a stop there when you pass through, I'd probably recommend others if you're making a stop, because you can eat a Dickey's in other places.

If you're stopping for lunch, I'd recommend the Brick Oven Bistro. Get a roasted turkey sandwich with a side of mashed potatoes and corn gravy, or a perogie.

If you're stopping for dinner, hit Gino's Ristorante. The owner, Gino, moved here from Italy about 10 years ago. His family has owned restaurants in Italy for generations, so the food is authentic and outstanding. Not too expensive either.

As far as the turkish restaurant, I've never heard of one here. You can bet I'll be looking it up though.

Try the fried okra at Dickey's if they serve it there. Don't know, you might only be able to get that in the south! I'm an Idaho native (moved to Texas 10 years ago) and never heard of okra until I moved here. It's yummy!