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So what does that say? My old 350 or your old 450 were better bikes?



No ! And that tells me you may be thinking i'm dissing the bike. I'm just saying i think they detuned them too much. Do i like my bike? The word "like" isn't quite strong enough....i friggin love it ! If i didn't i would buy a quicker bike and be done with it. But just as i wouldn't divorce a woman who i married because she's perfect in all respects except she had small cans, i have no intention of divorcing my bike. I love the triumph cruisers. The speedmaster is my absolute dream bike in 95% of ways. But like ANY bike they aren't perfect, and i'm just discussing one of the few if not only ways i find it not perfect. But give it 80 HP and it would be sheer perfection in my eyes aside from a few minor details, mostly cosmetic and fixable.(well, shocks, but i could easily live with the stockers if i had to)