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Old Tank!
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Old Tank!
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I Second the Old Tank!! True Triumph Style!! 
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Got to chime in for the old tank also
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As Ali G would say, RESPECT to the old tank.
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Very old Tank: 
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Ed you know I love the 38 Speedtwin but I still vote for the new old tank with the knee indents. I would give my left nut for that Speedtwin....literally.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Havent seen the new NEW tank yet but I vote for the new-old tank.
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Not even a contest! Classic retro Triumph old tank v.s. hardly tank. TRIUMPH STYLING ALWAYS RULES. (duh, thats one reason I bought the dang thing!)
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This would be a GREAT thread for a (drumroll) PICTURE of both side by side. Top down, whatever view will show the difference the best.
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no brainer....the OLD TANK !!!
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the new old tank with the knee indents
No that's the old new tank :P
I vote old.
One of the many reasons I love my America is that I don't have to feel like I'm doing the splits while riding with my knees pointed to 3 and 9 o'clock like on certain American-made bikes. That new tank looks a little too much like "those other bikes" for my taste.
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Dare I say new tank rules if it would only fit my 03 speedie
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Anyone got side by side photos?
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I say the old new tank with the newest 2-tone paint scheme
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This would be a GREAT thread for a (drumroll) PICTURE of both side by side. Top down, whatever view will show the difference the best.
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i vote old by the way... but i haven't exactly SEEN the new one first-hand so my judgement is subject to change.
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Well in my Alec Hoag manner of writing, I was going to say
Old v New, "Whatever holds gas and comes with the bike." But I won't after seeing the pic of the new beavis and butthead tank next to the pre-fuel injection version.
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i vote old. different from just about every other one out there
Frank
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I like the old tank as I said before but I like the new badge.
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With ya Dog, I do like the new badge, but not on my old tank.
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New tank looks fine, but the old tank looks classic. I especially like the old tank with the knee pads in the indents.
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OLD- with knee pads and Union Jack.
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OLD- with knee pads...
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old tank featuring designer diamond plate kneepads..haha 
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Just in case Triumph does read the posts on this site, I'd like to reiterate my opinion that Old Tank kicks New Tank's ar$e.
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Double ditto on that. Maybe someone who knows about such things can inform Mr. Bloor and co.
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I guess my post was deleted, but I prefer the old tank.
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old tank !!!!n seen new tank today ....much wider in knees area
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Old tank for me, would like to see new tank up close though..
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Old tank for me, would like to see new tank up close though..
seen today even sat on one new America
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Sat on both had my choice, bought the 2007 with the old tank. My wife and both daughters agreed that they liked the old tank better (and since they know better than me on all things style, I felt vindicated)
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Old Tank with kneepads!  I saw the new tank on the Speedmaster, on display, at the recent recruitment drive in Sriracha, Thailand. I was told the old tank was made by a German company. The new tank is made at the plant in Chonburi, Thailand. I don't like the look of it and told the guy that, not that it mattered!
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I like my Old Tank German company can make a compound curve but the Thailand plant can't. 
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Old tank is way better, much more Triumph! New tank looks like a Honda VTX750! 
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