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I have owned either a TBA or Speedy since Oct. 2004. Just over 3 years! (seems longer for some reason). How about the rest of you all? How long have you been a proud owner of a Trump??

I got my 02 TBA in oct 01 , still have it.
had a 04 Daytona 600 , about a year , trade in.
04 Thruxton, about a year , sold it.
07 America , 9 months , not sure if I want to sell it or
make more mods.
I would like an older Trophy , maybe 99 or 2000.

I'm a newbie mate!

Had my 07 America since May. She's my first bike and I bloody love her and the world she has opened up to me.

I'm getting all sentimental now . . .

Been brought up on motorcycles my first would of been a BSA back in the seventies, my first look on a trump was my dads T- Bird and then my brother bought it and sold it, he bought a Triumph Tiger. I then left alone and went to a cage. I came back in 2001 where I bought a Triumph T140E and also a Triumph TT600, smashed the TT600 up, part X the T140E for my America 2004 and also bought a Honda CB Seven fifty retro in 2007..

im new to...bougth my america this summer...im never gonna sell it.
and then i have an -69 Tr6r Trohpy too...the oldie

Living in Montana I prefer to think of it in terms of how many riding seasons: 6.

march 2005 bought my 2001 america and still love it after over 40000 miles

Brought my TBA March 2002, ex demo with 600 miles on it, now got about 29000+ miles.

My dream as 17 year old was to have a bonnie. At the ripe old age of 50 ! it came true. Got my 2003 black silver triumph america bonneville in may 2006 as a birthday present to myself. Finally my dream had come true. The ultimate motorcycle.

First was a Sprint bought in April 1995, just as the first Hinckley Triumphs hit american shores.

Second one was the 2002 BA, bought in November 2001, when they first hit the market.

(I've always been "ahead of the curve", ya know)

First bike bought in 1973 (NSU moped).....first Triumph bought in 1975 (Tiger 100SS).....30 odd bikes later...bought the Bonneville America in 2003. Now showing 43,000'ish and rising !!!!

30+ years as a Triumph owner and still have every one I ever bought. I bough my 04 in 05 and Wendy bought hers in spring of 06.

Got a red demo, love at first sight/site, the spring of 2003. Months later I learned the Good Friar abused it during the break-in. Which in retrospect was alright, as I've been abusing it ever since

jh

Feb '02

1 more fortnightly payment and it'll be 3 years and all mine...

March '05. Took me almost a year to be able to get it.

Soren

april, 04.

Have my Speedmaster since 2004........ANGELIS

I bought my '03 Speedy in June '06.

I think its amazing that these bikes have only been around since 2002, and have achieved at least in my mind a cult following.................

03/02

still have a 72 that i bought in the spring of 73 and my 02 that i got in 02. so i have 2 at this time that are 30yrs apart. the only 2 new bikes i have ever bought and they are both Triumph. all my other bikes (except my moto-x bikes) were used and only kept for maybe a season at most.

Lola and I were wed in August of 2005 . My wife put me up to it - go figure ???? We be in love , all 3 of us , can ya feel it ? Time for the GROUP HUG .

I got mine oct 27, a 2003 TBA caspian blue. My first triumph and what a great motorcycle. I actually ride it too when Im not sitting in the garage totally mesmerized and staring at it.

2003 bought in April 2004. My Dad bought his 2002 in February 2002 and owned it till he passed away. Its going to a new home tomorrow.

Had a new 72 Bonnie back in the day, had a few others, Use to want a 99 or earlier Soft Tail Custom, Then in 04 my son says,"You loved your old Triumph Bonneville, why not get another one, didn't even know the America existed, took me 2 year of dreaming. April 19, 06 my dream came to. No regrets.

mayseventeenthtwothousandthree.

I purchased mine in November of 2005 so its been two full years of ownership with over 18k on the odometer. Talk about cheap fun!

Sept 2006 Got my 2006 gray & silver TBA.

Spring 2003. This is my first Triumph and i love it. However, i cant think of may m/c's that i dont love.

Dec 04, Got my 05 America as a present. I was fairly ignorant when it came to Triumphs and the only reason I got one was because my wife fell in love with it (Mulberry/Silver) when she was shopping. Man am I glad she stumbled across the Triumph dealer.

Had mine 4 years last week. Longest I ever rode the same bike was 22 years.

1/12/02 - its an '02 TBA - one of the fast red ones!!!
Its dirty and has 32K+ miles, and now that this global warming is supposedly ending here this week, don't know if it will get washed this weekend. But she loves me!

She's my second bike, the first was a '85 Suzuki Katana 650. I'll keep the TBA thank you!!!!

But I did succomb to the siren song of another bike this weekend - I placed a deposit (don't hate me) on a 2008 HD Road King Police Special - black. Just waiting for official approval from HD (limited availablility to LEO only) and then it will be ordered.
Not that I'm bored with the TBA cause I'm not, but wanted another toy and thought a bigger touring bike for the longer hauls would be nice.

Becky

There is plenty of room in those to carry the required tools.

Bought and rode my first bike, Yamaha 250, in july 2004. I was going to get a Speedmaster or America the following year. A great deal came accross my way and got a Speedmaster(second bike but first Triumph)In October of 2004. So me and Sadie have been together for three years and 16000 miles.

2 days - love it so far

December 2003

04 Speedie bought new in Feb 06. 31,220 miles later and the smile still wont wear off.