Matt,
My dealer is a high volume dealer and went to England for the bikes preview. I'm told that he gets what he asks for from Triumph.
I went to the dealer on Thursday to pick up my Speedmaster valve shims and fender bolts and while there put down the $500 deposit on a, preference, Black 2010 T-Thunderbird. The dealerships owner was there and although he had said before (in early august) about 6 months he has now pretty much said that it would most likely be less than 6 months which I put at January February time frame. I feel very confident that this is a good date and not just a come-on. I'm already excited about making stainless steel replacement parts for it and have decided to get what every factory pipes and mapping they offer. This will be my quiet(er) touring bike and my Speedy will be my load bike. After commuting with the speedy almost daily for 3 years, I have come to enjoy a quiet ride as much as I like a good sounding triumph twin. I'm assuming that factory performance pipes will give it just enough growl to not hear the valve train over the exhaust. I will also be looking to Fast Eddy or Brent to get a Bruiser Custom Cycle seat going for it and possibly a factor or after market wind screen and hard bags for the long trips. Since I'm hoping to get my wife on the back I'l be designing and fabricating my own 316 ss sissy bar with rack. For what it's worth I wrote a letter to the factory reps and requested a bold tank badge be offered like the current Speedmaster badge and some good factory hard bags like the Rocket 3 touring. Since my $500 should be worth something, I am on the first to hear list of hard specification numbers (weight, seat height, HP, torque,wheelbase, Wheel and tire size, fuel tank size) for the bike and will share when I hear.
I think I said on a previous message that they though the price would be around $12,000. Also, ABS should be an option(note: no mechanical speedo cable to the front wheel found on the picture).
Gary - 2010TT
