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08 Speedmaster #295740 10/05/2008 7:15 AM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 90 Fremantle. Australia Davo OP Member OP Davo Member Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 90 Fremantle. Australia This is my 08 speedmaster. EFI with nology hotwires and coils, K & N pods,ceramic coated pipes, distressed leather seat, lowered progressive suspension front and rear. Cut the rear guard about 4-5inches with tombstone tail light. Cheers Davo What it can't reach it spits at.

Re: 08 Speedmaster Davo #295741 10/05/2008 7:17 AM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 90 Fremantle. Australia Davo OP Member OP Davo Member Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 90 Fremantle. Australia One from the rear What it can't reach it spits at.

Re: 08 Speedmaster Davo #295742 10/05/2008 7:22 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,525 Morris County, NJ Erwin Loquacious Erwin Loquacious Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,525 Morris County, NJ Thats a beautiful looking bike Steve!! Erwin 05 America

Re: 08 Speedmaster Erwin #295743 10/05/2008 9:01 AM Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,816 Poland-Gdansk!!! UK-Oadby Grzegorz Freelance Jedi Knight Grzegorz Freelance Jedi Knight Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,816 Poland-Gdansk!!! UK-Oadby good job ..even new tank suit here Grzegorz ......55 cubic inches http://www.flickr.com/photos/25172906@N06/ 904WisecoTPUSAcamsTTPignitorgutted Airbox"breath"airIntakeKeihinCR-ScarbsBlackEpcoExhaustS/SwheelsPortedPolishedHead

Re: 08 Speedmaster Grzegorz #295744 10/05/2008 9:19 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,284 Westborough MA chopperpaul Learned Hand chopperpaul Learned Hand Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,284 Westborough MA Sweet ride! Strangler

Re: 08 Speedmaster chopperpaul #295745 10/05/2008 9:33 AM Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,060 Likes: 6 Southeast ,Iowa, USA arstaren Worn Saddle arstaren Worn Saddle Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,060 Likes: 6 Southeast ,Iowa, USA Lookin good, Dave. Fidelis et Fortis

Re: 08 Speedmaster Davo #295746 10/05/2008 10:31 AM Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,164 Likes: 1 Salem, OR Soren Should be Riding Soren Should be Riding Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,164 Likes: 1 Salem, OR •Triumph Connection

Re: 08 Speedmaster Soren #295747 10/05/2008 10:54 AM Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,611 Likes: 1 Houston,TX roundy77 Loquacious roundy77 Loquacious Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,611 Likes: 1 Houston,TX "That's a cool one Daddy!" My 4y/o approves. I think it's sweet too. Stewart ....... "It's outside your field of expertise." "Poppycock normally is."

Re: 08 Speedmaster roundy77 #295748 10/05/2008 5:30 PM Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,753 cambridge massachusetts Frank Loquacious Frank Loquacious Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,753 cambridge massachusetts what kind of pipes are those? look good. also good to know that the new tank looks good with a low pro seat. i think your bike is the first with the new tank that i like. nice bike you have there Frank (Former)05 BA tbike pipes, ai removed, Freak, mikuni hsr 42's, 904, ported/polished head, 1mm oversized valves NOW-2010 silver and black tbird

Re: 08 Speedmaster Frank #295749 10/05/2008 7:52 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 118 viajero Adjunct viajero Adjunct Joined: May 2005 Posts: 118 Awesome job! '07 Speedmaster '09 Honda VFR Interceptor

Re: 08 Speedmaster Davo #295750 10/05/2008 10:54 PM Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,440 Austin, Texas, USA Lazyrider Learned Hand Lazyrider Learned Hand Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,440 Austin, Texas, USA That's a fine lookin' ride!! Jack '08 America Blue/White; Custom Headlamps, Custom Lowers, Clearview 20", Bafflectomy

Re: 08 Speedmaster Lazyrider #295751 10/06/2008 12:41 AM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 90 Fremantle. Australia Davo OP Member OP Davo Member Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 90 Fremantle. Australia Thanks for the comments. Frank, the pipes were made from a local guy (Dennis Foran) who has been hand crafting exhausts for a long time. Cheers Steve. What it can't reach it spits at.

Re: 08 Speedmaster Davo #295752 10/06/2008 1:23 AM Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 18,825 East Helena, Montana FriarJohn "Lighten up, Francis." FriarJohn "Lighten up, Francis." Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 18,825 East Helena, Montana Did you trim the front fender at all? BA.com Caretaker | Friarsride | jb.com

Re: 08 Speedmaster viajero #295753 10/06/2008 10:16 AM Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 86 Arkansas USA Mt. Home nolan Member nolan Member Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 86 Arkansas USA Mt. Home Their I go again, Lusting.... Keep it under lock an key!

Re: 08 Speedmaster Davo #295754 10/06/2008 6:49 PM Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,616 Sammamish, Washington - USA Zmilin Check Pants Zmilin Check Pants Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,616 Sammamish, Washington - USA Davo...NICE JOB SOLD: 07 Black BA, 39mm FCRs, TPUSA stage 1 head, TPUSA 813 cams, TPUSA 10.8:1 pistons, TTP #3 igniter, Specialty Spares Long Cannons, Tsukayu Hard Bags. 82HP/55tq NEW: 19 Goldwing Tour DCT

Re: 08 Speedmaster Zmilin #295755 10/07/2008 1:40 PM Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 117 CA Bluehot Adjunct Bluehot Adjunct Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 117 CA Bad a** bike. Ridin' and playin' 'til I can't.

Re: 08 Speedmaster Bluehot #295756 10/07/2008 8:26 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 59 St. Albans,VT leonics Member leonics Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 59 St. Albans,VT AWESOME!!!! 04 SM Black, Freak, SS Cannons, 18T, 155/45 3turns

Re: 08 Speedmaster Davo #295757 10/08/2008 1:26 AM Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 311 Toonces Adjunct Toonces Adjunct Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 311 Quote: I like your taste in tail lights............ ________________________________ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_WXxYGyRas Noli Irritate Leones

Re: 08 Speedmaster Davo #295758 10/08/2008 4:47 AM Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 160 West of Sydney Australia willyrover Adjunct willyrover Adjunct Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 160 West of Sydney Australia Love it matey Is the tail light and indicators a 1 piece unit ? Derek 2008 Black Speedmaster

Re: 08 Speedmaster Toonces #295759 10/08/2008 4:48 AM Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 988 Butler, PA 69tri1 3/4 Throttle 69tri1 3/4 Throttle Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 988 Butler, PA Where did you find those rear tail lights? I like the clean look and the turn signals tucked in close to the brake light. Nice bikes

Re: 08 Speedmaster 69tri1 #295760 10/08/2008 7:40 AM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 90 Fremantle. Australia Davo OP Member OP Davo Member Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 90 Fremantle. Australia I got my tombstone tail light from lickscycles.com I have seen them every now and then on ebay, can't knock the quality of this one, think it cost $55 What it can't reach it spits at.

Re: 08 Speedmaster 69tri1 #295761 10/09/2008 1:05 AM Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 311 Toonces Adjunct Toonces Adjunct Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 311 Tail light ________________________________ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_WXxYGyRas Noli Irritate Leones

Re: 08 Speedmaster Toonces #295762 10/09/2008 6:12 AM Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 988 Butler, PA 69tri1 3/4 Throttle 69tri1 3/4 Throttle Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 988 Butler, PA Where did you mount your front turn signals? They must be tucked in nicely as well.

Re: 08 Speedmaster 69tri1 #295763 10/09/2008 7:12 AM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 90 Fremantle. Australia Davo OP Member OP Davo Member Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 90 Fremantle. Australia It all tucks away nicely, you might be able to make it out from this pic. From newspeedmaster.com , all the connections end up inside your headlight housing. What it can't reach it spits at.

Re: 08 Speedmaster viajero #295764 10/09/2008 10:01 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 168 Perth, Western Australia AussieBiker Adjunct AussieBiker Adjunct Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 168 Perth, Western Australia Very well done!! I didn't think there was any hope for the tank, or especially the wheels on the '08, but you've really made it all work well. Enjoy the ride!! 1965 Harley rigid Chopper Perth, Western Australia

Re: 08 Speedmaster Davo #295765 10/09/2008 5:38 PM Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 988 Butler, PA 69tri1 3/4 Throttle 69tri1 3/4 Throttle Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 988 Butler, PA I see in the add at NewSpeedmaster that they are not DOT approved. Are the lights bright? That would be my main concern. Bike looks great!

Re: 08 Speedmaster 69tri1 #295766 10/09/2008 5:51 PM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 394 Triad, NC davespain Adjunct davespain Adjunct Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 394 Triad, NC Sweeeeet!

Re: 08 Speedmaster 69tri1 #295767 10/09/2008 9:00 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,284 Westborough MA chopperpaul Learned Hand chopperpaul Learned Hand Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,284 Westborough MA Quote: I see in the add at NewSpeedmaster that they are not DOT approved. Are the lights bright? That would be my main concern. Bike looks great! I find that DOT approved usually means goofy at best and downright fugly at worst. I believe DOT wants a larger lens area as well as a greater distance apart. My directionals are in a box in my garage. I am coveting Brent's setup and have only to choose my color before I part with my funds. Strangler

Re: 08 Speedmaster viajero #295768 10/09/2008 10:31 PM Joined: May 2007 Posts: 6,432 Likes: 1 Alabama USA oldroadie Worn Saddle oldroadie Worn Saddle Joined: May 2007 Posts: 6,432 Likes: 1 Alabama USA Yep, that's a nice scoot you've got there. Nice attention to detail and I like the "Made in England" on the swingarm. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

Re: 08 Speedmaster oldroadie #295769 10/10/2008 12:21 AM Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,728 Likes: 5 St Louis MO roadworthy Should be Riding roadworthy Should be Riding Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,728 Likes: 5 St Louis MO Quote: Yep, that's a nice scoot you've got there. Nice attention to detail and I like the "Made in England" on the swingarm. you can get that decal from lowbrow customs, I have some on the way, too Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.

Re: 08 Speedmaster roadworthy #295770 10/10/2008 12:23 AM Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,728 Likes: 5 St Louis MO roadworthy Should be Riding roadworthy Should be Riding Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,728 Likes: 5 St Louis MO Davo, thats a beautiful bike, everything you've done to it looks fantastic Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.

Re: 08 Speedmaster roadworthy #295771 10/10/2008 8:16 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,210 south jersey brokenfixed Loquacious brokenfixed Loquacious Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,210 south jersey I thought the newer ones were made somewhere else? Battery Relocation Kits For Sale

Re: 08 Speedmaster brokenfixed #295772 10/10/2008 11:39 AM Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,096 Likes: 2 Sedona, Arizona Dwight Fe Butt Dwight Fe Butt Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,096 Likes: 2 Sedona, Arizona Quote: I thought the newer ones were made somewhere else? Well Tom, as far as I know nobody's makin' any "Designed in England" or "Made in Thailand" decals as of yet, so what's a guy supposed to put on his Triumph twin nowdays anyway, huh?! (BTW Davo...that IS one nice lookin' machine you've got there, alright!) Last edited by Dwight; 10/10/2008 11:42 AM. Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)

Re: 08 Speedmaster Dwight #295773 10/10/2008 2:14 PM Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 638 Atlanta, GA snows Adjunct snows Adjunct Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 638 Atlanta, GA beautiful! nice job man, love the flow lines. Guns don't kill people, Chuck Norris kills people My Flickr gallery

Re: 08 Speedmaster snows #295774 10/19/2008 12:04 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,026 Cambridge,IL HeneryHawk Learned Hand HeneryHawk Learned Hand Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,026 Cambridge,IL Looks nice. What did you do to change the finish on the console? Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and will never be.----Thomas Jefferson

Re: 08 Speedmaster HeneryHawk #295775 10/26/2008 1:40 AM Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 214 Kansas City, MO timothydonohue Adjunct timothydonohue Adjunct Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 214 Kansas City, MO no getting around it, that is a pimp looking bike. wondering how much of that idea i can steal ....hmmmmm there are 10 kinds of people in the world. those that understand binary, and those that don't.

Re: 08 Speedmaster timothydonohue #295776 10/26/2008 4:08 AM Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,643 Lancashire UK birchr Monkey Butt birchr Monkey Butt Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,643 Lancashire UK simply "Awesome", no other word for it Ray(UK)

Re: 08 Speedmaster Davo #295777 11/02/2008 7:22 PM Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 70 Victoria, Australia Ade Member Ade Member Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 70 Victoria, Australia Davo, is that seat for newspeedmaster and are you happy with the fit. Ive considered getting one myself but have never been able to see closely enough how neatly they fit. Are you also happy with the progressive shocks?

Re: 08 Speedmaster Davo #295778 12/09/2008 1:08 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 13 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Rotteninpa Complete Newb Rotteninpa Complete Newb Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 13 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sweet ride! That's just about perfect for my taste! I even like the white walls, which I'm not always crazy about!

Re: 08 Speedmaster Rotteninpa #295779 12/15/2008 1:26 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,883 Portland, Oregon BCarnage Learned Hand BCarnage Learned Hand Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,883 Portland, Oregon Great looking bike. Which progressive rear shocks did you put on there? ~Brent ----- "Nothing you can be is more terrible than what I am." ~ 2007 Black Speedmaster!!