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All that bike needs is different turn signals and a side mount bracket for the license plate. Clean up that tail.
Oh, it also needs my butt in the saddle...
I sat in for you:
BTW Ed(Turner, that is)...where and when did this "proxy sitting" for the good Friar take place???
Feb. 28th in Daytona at the Triumph factory show truck/tent outside the speedway. I took advantage of the timing and delivered my nephew's 19th birthday present to his dad's house in Debary (that lucky kid got a 2001 Bonneville to learn how to ride properly...) and my brothers joined me in a lap around the speedway to look at the goods.
The good stuff: the new Indians are spectacular, lots of retro Indian color and trim schemes and a well balanced bike to sit upon (drool). OCC had a very nice bobber the attendant called a "Senior Special" that's meant to be a $22k production item. I immediately wanted one; it, too, was very well balanced. The Bourget's are exactly what you see in print, it's a bike for a certain rider and not for me. A small bike builder, Bill Farmer of USA Choppers, had a series of very simple but nice bobbers on display and his entry price of $12k blew away the competition.
The T-Bird was pretty well balanced but it did feel heavy, kind of like a Road King when it's parked, but the rider ergonomics where spot on for my 5'10" fat frame. I really liked the blue bike, it had lots of aftermarket bling that made it very hot-roddy while the black one was set for touring and the silver was just a plain jane base model. I gotta ride one to be sure but I'm thinking that the T-Bird's the one I'm looking for.
We sat on lots of bikes, rode none and were very curious why Honda's display was still under construction on opening day...not one Honda in evidence. Pretty odd for the dominant company don't you think?
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)
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