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 Looks like the real thing. Link from the other forum to the site but it isn't in English. http://www.mc24.no/article.php?articleID=1386&categoryID=134
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Looks like plenty of things to customize on that, starting with the pipes and sprocket cover. Not totally ugly IMO, look forward to seeing it from all sides
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i like what i see.. would love to see more pic's of it but what i see i like  I am beging to belive that this is what will be unveiled at mid-ohio next weekend.. Ed 
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Kind of looks like it has some styling influence by Victory
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Companies have a habit of "Uglifying" prototypes, bike or car. Maybe the bikes we've seen in spyshots before this have been purposely UF'd? Cause this one looks pretty good.
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Gregger,
It looks like it's the same bike as in the older spy shots in the other thread.
It is however, a better/clearer picture.
Thanks for posting.
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The NEW Thunderbird. I like it!
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My eyes ain't too good... Is that a belt drive??
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Does that article say it's a 2010 model? It does mention ABS.
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My eyes ain't too good... Is that a belt drive??
I thought that, certainly looks like it
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That's not half bad - 1600?
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more pics and "english" here. Sure looks like the Tbird, 1600, belt drive, parallel twin.
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That radiator is big enough to cool a truck engine. Everything else looks good.
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Kind of looks like it has some styling influence by Victory
Yeah, they even used an oval tank badge.
Sorry guys, this bike doesn't float my boat. That motor & radiator scream Japan Inc. And a mono shock could've helped streamline the bike a bit. An updated headlight bucket would help too.
Good luck & ride safe. 
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More details from MCN UK Thunderbird 1600 cruiser, 1594cc liquid-cooled parallel twin makes upwards of 100bhp, maintenance-free belt final drive. It has a fat 200/70-18 rear tyre with a tall 120/70-19 front. 
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Yup-I like it.
It DOES take styling ques from the vtx1300, Victory and maybe a little HD. I probably will own one. It's quirky enough to be a Triumph but still falls into the "cruiserish" catagory.
2 things I would have changed-dress the engine up a bit more (NOT a big deal really) and I would have hoped for the radiator to be hidden a bit better but it ain't THAT bad.
I welcome the belt. I like the pipes.
Like I said-I will probably own one. But I am gonna wait for the other version of it before deciding which one.
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My eyes ain't too good... Is that a belt drive??
Yup, the lower stone guard gives it away.
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I definitley wish Triumph would go back to using a more Triumphy looking tank on their cruisers.
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At least the radiator's blacked out, doesn't stick out like a neon sign like on the RIII.
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That dash looks really HD same thing with the rear fender all bobbed and cut flat on the side..bleh
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These pics are all over the place.. just picked these up off ratbags forum in Australia.......  
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That dash looks really HD same thing with the rear fender all bobbed and cut flat on the side..bleh
I don't see h-d in the rear fender....I think it screams vtx 1300 custom.
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I like it more than i expected. I think they have done a pretty good job trying to hide the radiator, deffinatly better than some of the earlier pictures. Overall i like the shape and look of the bike, but I dont like the speedo on the tank. Would have prefered that they keep the speedo above the handlebars like the TBA and TBS. This looks very HondKwackama Davidson.
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I think the raditor is hidden pretty well. With twin makes it easier to have that space between it and the motor which to me makes the rad hidden.
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I think they should have made it a bit prettier from behind.....cuz that's the only veiw MOST bikes are ever gonna get of it! 
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Man, the more I see it the more I dig it and like I said before I'll take that over any HD or Honda in a second.
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Not bad. Not bad at all. At least from that dramatic camera angle there, anyway. And it appears they've done a reasonably decent job of designing that radiator so that it's not too obtrusive. (and don't worry...I'm not going to mention again that they screwed up a little and failed to put FINNING around those cylinder barrels other than those itty bitty little suckers there...nope, I ain't gonna mention that...nope, not at all) 
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It's not a bad looking bike, but my TBA (and one of the reasons I bought it) reaches out and smacks you across the chops and says LOOK AT ME, I'M A TRIUMPH, WHADDA YA THINK ABOUT THAT ?!!!. This bike doesn't do that. It's just another nice looking bike.
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I like it. Rear fender already bobbed, nice turn signals (instead of the pumpkins  ) Lots of room to customize too.  Some lower pipes, maybe oval. Put a speedo where it belongs and a tach in the console, or not. Drag bars, straighten up those risers and kill all the funky chrome. Yeah, lots of possibilities  . Oh, and some fake fins. Now for the big  
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That was what I said in the other thread. I will wait to make up my mind, until I see a price.
For a couple of grand more, it would be a nice upgrade. But its not a 15 or 20 grand bike.
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Well, considering that they already have the Rocket as their top priced cruiser I dont see this one being priced higher than it is. Also was told by the local dealer a few months ago that it would bow in at somewhere between $10000 and $11000 Mark
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my dealer was upset that Triumph hinted that the bike would be in the 14k range.....big mistake....at 11-12k, they will sell....at 10k they won't be able to make enough of them....at 14k, they will be screwing their dealers and they won't sell.
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How much is the rocket? The Speedies/America is 8 so 10 your right I would think about it. But not at 14, I would buy a 10 yr old HD.
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That dash looks really HD same thing with the rear fender all bobbed and cut flat on the side..bleh
I don't see h-d in the rear fender....I think it screams vtx 1300 custom.
Heres the HD fender im thinking of and check out the dash..ahha
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This is not a criticism or anything, but has anybody else but me noticed that this engine is not a true "vertical-twin" in the classic Triumph(and BA/Speedy) sense? It seems to be canted forward a few degrees. But, aesthetically I think it works pretty well, as the angle of that cant mirrors the forward downtubes and frame rails just behind the cylinders. (though have I mentioned that it's kind of a shame that there's NO FINNING on those cylinder barrels?) 
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you are right!....here's the vtx one that it reminds me of....the dash on the tank doesn't bother me...LOADS of bikes have them there. 
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That dash looks really HD same thing with the rear fender all bobbed and cut flat on the side..bleh
I don't see h-d in the rear fender....I think it screams vtx 1300 custom.
Heres the HD fender im thinking of and check out the dash..ahha
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you are right!....here's the vtx one that it reminds me of....the dash on the tank doesn't bother me...LOADS of bikes have them there.
its funny cause i have a buddy with a duece and another with a vtx and i make fun of both of their fenders
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