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Hi my name is chuck and I just bought a 08 speedmaster. I payed $8,962 out the door on a blue and silver. I got $750 in accessories which got me shorty TOR's and fabric sadlebags. I am going to try to get a shop manuel thrown in. When I start riding how soon is the first service going to be and how much? I need to start saving. Do I need to rejet for the pipes or anything and were can I get a better fillter for it?
Chuck
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2008 Triumph Speedmaster, Single baffle drag pipes, lots of black powder coatin,K&N pods, AI removed, TBS needles and a procom cdi.
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Welcome! Your first service is at 500 miles...thats the one where you go from regular oil to synthetic and the bike starts to feel better. After that its every 6000 miles per the Triumph manual. I do mine every 3000 cause thats the way I roll  You shouldnt have to rejet for the TORS but after you add an air filter you might need to. BTW...depending on where in the world you are your 08 may be EFI and therefore not have actual carbs in which case a rejet would actually be a remap. Check out the tech vault...TONS fo stuff there. Specific vendors are few but seem to be enough for us. for aftermarket: fasteddysports.com newspeedmaster.com for oem: accesories - MADSS.com parts - bikebandit.com as well as plenty more in the tech vault.
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Congrats on the wise purchase!!
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Congratulations on your new ride. 
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A wise choice... Congrats... and maby happy miles to come...
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Well, seeing as how Zdenko above pretty much answered your questions Chucky, I'll just say...WELCOME to the wonderful world of Triumph ownership and to being a member of this fun and informative website!!!  (...and...pardon me for askin' here, but it WAS my folksy Dr.Phil impression on that first thread o' yours that REALLY sold ya on this bike, wasn't it???....uh HUH, I KNEW IT!!!)    (OH...and BE CAREFUL OUT THERE, KID!!!!)
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)
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Welcome to our addiction! 
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Welcome to the "club"!
A member here told me when I purchased my Speedy and I figure I should pass the wisdom along.
"You never own a Triumph, you're just a caretaker"
No two are the same.
Cheers!
Ceuls
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Congrats Chuck you'll love it.Just watch the way your wallet empties real fast as you keep throwing custom bits at it.That's what I love about my America! 
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Welcome, where are you from?
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Welcome to the site!(psssst, hey buddy, ya know anything about elevators?) 
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At-a-boy kiddo you're gonna love it. That Speedy will carry you as far and as fast as you want to go. Even if you are a big boy. I'm 6'4" 300 lbs with 28kmiles on an 06 TBA (Triumph Bonneville America) 790cc with no complaints. Even when carrying a passenger. The longer I ride my bike, the better she runs and your speedy will serve you just as well.
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Welcome to Triumph. Get used to people asking you about/complimenting your bike and completely ignoring any HD's you may be riding with! Most commonly you will hear "What year is that?" and "They still make those? "I used to have a Triumph back in 19.. great bike!"
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Didn't Achilles ride one?
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Didn't Achilles ride one?
Nope...I don't THINK so, Ian. I don't think that dude was ever "well-heeled" enough to ride a Triumph, big guy!!!
(if I remember my high school mythology, I think he had to SETTLE for a chariot made by some guy named Harleyus or Davidsonese or somethin')
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)
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Harleyus or Davidsonese or somethin')
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Excellent price, great bike! Enjoy!
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Didn't Achilles ride one?
Nope...I don't THINK so, Ian. I don't think that dude was ever "well-heeled" enough to ride a Triumph, big guy!!!
(if I remember my high school mythology, I think he had to SETTLE for a chariot made by some guy named Harleyus or Davidsonese or somethin')
I dunno, Dwight. In the Iliad he does appear to be quite a Triumphant warrior.
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Way to go Chuck - congrats on a wise choice - ride safe and enjoy.
If your ship doesn't come in - swim out to it !
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Too bad he wasn't that well heeled. (you can groan now )
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Yeah Thanassis, but ONLY until he got the back of his foot caught between that gearshift lever and the floorboards of that Harleyus or Davidsonese-built chariot he was riding!
And THEN the poor devil, as they say, "bit the dust"!!!
(or as Homer himself put it..."If only the stalworth hero have'th sense to search out the true meaning of Triumph, there'th lies his misfortune.")
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)
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Yeah Thanassis, but ONLY until he got the back of his foot caught between that gearshift lever and the floorborads of that Harleyus or Davidsonese-built chariot he was riding!
Yes ... those heel shift thingies always get in the way, don't they? 
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Only because that heel couldn't stay out of Paris. Went to see the Arc de Triomphe (Triumph) when he missed that shift. (or something like that )
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Only because that heel couldn't stay out of Paris. Went to see the Arc de Triomphe (Triumph) when he missed that shift.
(or something like that )
Hilton?
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Only because that heel couldn't stay out of Paris. Went to see the Arc de Triomphe (Triumph) when he missed that shift.
(or something like that )
Good one Bill, a bit advanced ... but good.
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Only because that heel couldn't stay out of Paris. Went to see the Arc de Triomphe (Triumph) when he missed that shift.
(or something like that )
Hilton?
See what I mean Bill?
Just kidding Ian.
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Ah, but what is esoterism if all understand 
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Who said I didn't understand? I actually enjoyed mythology. Just because I can't friggin' spell doesn't mean I'm stupid! I happened to think the low brow Hilton quip was funny.
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Only because that heel couldn't stay out of Paris. Went to see the Arc de Triomphe (Triumph) when he missed that shift.
(or something like that )
Hilton?
Well there's ONE BROAD who'll never be the reason for "the launching of a thousand ships", Ian ol' boy!!! 
(and Bill...WHO SAID it was NOW OKAY to start talkin' that there FRENCH LINGO around here, HUH???...I THOUGHT we had RULES about that sort'a thing at BA.com!!!)
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)
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She probably launched a thousand.....well never mind.
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Who said I didn't understand? I actually enjoyed mythology. Just because I can't friggin' spell doesn't mean I'm stupid! I happened to think the low brow Hilton quip was funny.
Oh Ian, don't be so sahnsahtahv, there's a bit of a lag when the posts are flying
(And Dwight's right about the equine face. A thousand sh!ts, perhaps).
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(and Bill...WHO SAID it was NOW OKAY to start talkin' that there FRENCH LINGO around here, HUH???...I THOUGHT we had RULES about that sort'a thing at BA.com!!!)
Not even for geographical reasons Dwight? 
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See what I mean
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YEAH! It was probably a good idea that you didn't finish THAT sentence there, Ian! ('cause I hear we have RULES about THAT sort'a thing around here TOO!!!)
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)
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(and Bill...WHO SAID it was NOW OKAY to start talkin' that there FRENCH LINGO around here, HUH???...I THOUGHT we had RULES about that sort'a thing at BA.com!!!)
Not even for geographical reasons Dwight?
Eh. C'est la vie
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now I have no idea what sahnsahtahv is.
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now I have no idea what sahnsahtahv is.
Well Ian, I THINK that's EITHER that Frenchie stuff again, OR some kind'a religion in INDIA, but I AIN'T real sure WHICH!
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)
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