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I think that's a VERY good analogy to bring up here, Phil. Over the years, I've personally run across many a "Triumph traditionalist" who look upon the 270 crank BAs and Speedies(and now the Scrambler) as almost an abomination of the breed. Their second argument is that Triumph shouldn't even make a cruiser at all, because "they never did before", and they'll tell ya that your BA or Speedie "looks too much like a Harley".

Hey! I say, maybe they're right!(well..only a little, of course) BUT, I know whenever I park my BA next to a bunch of T100s and Thruxtons, it's usually MY bike that gets the most attention from the general public. There's just something about the proportions of the thing that draws the eye to it. It sure drew my attention to it back in late '01.

(I'll leave you gents with the following parting thought.....

"And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.....")

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Good one there, Dwight. I liked that a lot!

While reading "TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES IN AMERICA", I noticed that Triumph changed their tanks quite often even into the 60's, what with BSA/TRIUMPH being all lumped together and all. Some teams used big rectangular fiberglass tanks on some race bikes, while others swapped the BSA tanks Triumph used for more traditional Triumph tanks....look at the early Tridents, too.

Hard to tell from the pics provided, but are these new tanks not seemless now? Do they still show the exposed flange running under the edges that some here have used chrome door edge molding on as an accent? We griped about the flange and wished it not there not that long ago, and now we gripe because they heeded our wishes?

Personally, I think the whole bike looks smaller - at least in these two pics (the blue-on-blue America, and the black
Speedy). The changes made to the front sprocket cover, the passenger peg mounts, the rider peg mounts...everything looks so "homogenized". Like something I would expect to be coming out of Thailand, or Japan.