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Someone should have warned me...
#329988 05/04/2009 9:15 PM
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My wife (and daughter) reluctantly gave our two boys and me about 20 minutes to explore the Owatonna, MN - Cabela's while they went for gasoline and some food. This Cabela's has some great aquariums & wildlife displays... so we quickly went through the door only to have the Cabela's Greeter say "Great Machines" when he saw my Triumph Motorcycles t-shirt. Then for the next several minutes, I heard about his first motorcycle - a 1965? 650 with the gear shift on the opposite side of Hondas, etc. Etc. Etc. Normally, I would have eaten it up & bragged up my bike to boot - but my boys and I were chomping on the bit to get through all the neat stuff on borrowed time.

Moral of the story... cover up your Triumph clothing if you are in a hurry.

Re: Someone should have warned me...
bigtexas #329989 05/09/2009 11:53 PM
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One more to share...

At a reception today, my friend's dad and one of his friends (both Harley riders) came out to see my cycle and I heard my first "I didn't know they still made those." One guessed my bike to be a 1992 and the other guessed 1970's. After I answered their questions, both agreed that it was a nice looking bike, and then they headed back into the clubhouse.

Next, I hopped on my bike to leave when a car pulled up beside me. The woman spoke up first by saying, "Nice bike." Then her husband struck up a conversation... "Where is it made?", etc. I took off my helmet and earplugs, and then had a nice visit with the man. At this point, I was feeling pretty good...

Unfortunately, I left my ignition on the whole time I was visiting and wore down my battery to the point that the bike wouldn't fire. My friend's dad had some fun at my expense on that one. A push start from another friend got me going, but not before I heard a few more laughs.

... and then I was humble again.


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