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I think he's confused. Or I am, but I've been over every inch of my bike and I ain't never found no oil tank.  GENUINE TRIUMPH PART AMERICA / SPEED MASTER CHROME OIL TANK A9733603 NEW! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TRIUMPH-A...30#ht_500wt_848(Yes, I know, it's from a Rocket III.)
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I live in the sun downunder
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Hey John, I found mine. It's just in front of the chrome plated dingle sprocket.  Yours might be somewhere else because you ride on the other side of the road. 
FrankW
Ex Speedmaster rider, went to the Dark Side now riding an America.
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Worn Saddle
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Seriously, if you get into your bike deep enough to find the tank, it's gonna be good preventive maintenence to service the "hidden" muffler bearings.
Fidelis et Fortis
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Loquacious
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Seriously, if you get into your bike deep enough to find the tank, it's gonna be good preventive maintenence to service the "hidden" muffler bearings.
 Yes , changed out the "muffler bearings" when we did the big bore kit !
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I found mine on the first service all those years ago and realised it wasn't really needed so I sold it on ebay 
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Oil Expert
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Now are you talking about the oil tank or the muffler bearings there, Stewe??? Cause if you took out your muffler bearings(ON STOCK MUFFLERS ONLY) and sold those on ebay, you could freeze up the sewing machine hidden in the gonk shaft!!! Hope you didn't sell those bearings. 
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Hey fellas...now LEAVE that seller alone here!!! He's most likely just confused a little bit, THAT'S all!!! Ya see, that piece there just HAS to be for one of them there "REAL Triumphs"! You KNOW! One of them there "Real Triumphs" that has a separate oil tank...AND a kickstarter...AND a set of those finicky Amal carburetors...AND a 360-crank...AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, a wiring system designed EXCLUSIVELY by "The Prince of Darkness" HIMSELF!!! (wwwwhy...just ask a few of those folks who've been around "a while"...THEY'LL tell ya!!!) 
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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OH, and I ALMOST forgot...them there "REAL Triumphs" ALSO have a set of them there CONTACT BREAKER POINTS designed by that "Prince of Darkness" character instead of all this here new fangled electronic ignition system stuff! (sorry, I guess I done forgot to mention that earlier!) 
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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What do you think would be the best kind of oil to put in the tank ?
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What do you think would be the best kind of oil to put in the tank ?
Wwwwhy...TIGER Oil of course there, Wade!!!
That's what I'VE always used...for OBVIOUS reasons!!!
(of course that stuff is becomin' like hen's teeth to find lately, "thanks" to those darn Do-Gooders with that there World Wildlife Organization!!!) 
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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Loquacious
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Did someone change something? When I click that link, It says "Rocket 111" ?
And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
J. Prine
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I would be unstoppable if not for law enforcement and physics.
2002, Cardinal Red & Silver
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Hey now, Cindy...you don't have to sell me on old Meriden Triumphs.
I got me one o' those beauties myself ya know, and I STILL love her!!!
(...god bless her sometimes contankerous old soul!!!)
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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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Did someone change something? When I click that link, It says "Rocket 111" ?
He must've fixed it. Boo. Ruin my fun...
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TIGER Oil of course there, Wade!!!
Hmmm, I wonder how many tigers you have to crush to get a quart of tiger oil? What's the typical oil yield per tiger?
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BTW Cindy, I should add that my "one-kick" 1970 Bonnie has a TR6C single-carb head with a Mikuni on it, AND that it also has a Boyer Bransden electron ignition system where those points used to be.
(...hence my ribbing of the old "purists" and "traditionalists" amongst us here)
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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TIGER Oil of course there, Wade!!!
Hmmm, I wonder how many tigers you have to crush to get a quart of tiger oil? What's the typical oil yield per tiger?
Well John, I hear that all depends!
(...are we talkin' Siberian OR Sumatran here, dude???)
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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Did someone change something? When I click that link, It says "Rocket 111" ?
He must've fixed it. Boo. Ruin my fun...
lmao, I told him  He was very embarrassed and quite appreciative. Sorry John 
Should I also tell him to use capital i's instead of 1's?
Nah, one good deed a day is way more than enough for me 
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - Robert Heinlein
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BTW Cindy, I should add that my "one-kick" 1970 Bonnie has a TR6C single-carb head with a Mikuni on it, AND that it also has a Boyer Bransden electron ignition system where those points used to be.
(...hence my ribbing of the old "purists" and "traditionalists" amongst us here)
Actually Dwight, I was a purist with my '68. There was a lot I wanted to do for convenience, comfort and style - but, I couldn't bring myself to do it. Hence, the sale to a collector. I kept that bike longer than I kept my ex-husband!
I would be unstoppable if not for law enforcement and physics.
2002, Cardinal Red & Silver
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Hey John and Dwight! No squishing tigers! Totally uncool. 
I would be unstoppable if not for law enforcement and physics.
2002, Cardinal Red & Silver
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Eeh! Don't worry Cindy...We's jus' a joshin' ya here, THAT'S all!!
(yep...now I don't about John here, but HECK...I done switched over to baby seal oil YEARS AGO!!!)
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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 Little baby Harp seals??? Waaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!
I would be unstoppable if not for law enforcement and physics.
2002, Cardinal Red & Silver
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Okay! Okay! Sorry Cindy! Of COURSE I'm still ONLY kiddin' ya here!!!
(hmmmmmm...I guess I better not even mention anything about that grease gun I've got out there in the garage full of emulsified sea turtle shells, huh?!)
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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"Lighten up, Francis."
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You were? I wasn't. We'll only grind up the slow tigers...
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Okay, that's it! I'm calling out PETA and Sea Shepherd! For shame!
I would be unstoppable if not for law enforcement and physics.
2002, Cardinal Red & Silver
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You were? I wasn't. We'll only grind up the slow tigers...
My first bike was a '59 Tiger and it freely gave of oil all on it's own. No grinding required!!
Live to love, love to live.
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You were? I wasn't. We'll only grind up the slow tigers...
My first bike was a '59 Tiger and it freely gave of oil all on it's own. No grinding required!!
I could never work out why my old 1954 Tiger 110 used to leak more oil than I ever put in it. (Seemed that way )
FrankW
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Check Pants
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 I wonder if a R3 tank could be made to fit the America?
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
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I wonder if a R3 tank could be made to fit the America?
stay away from me and stay out of my garage!!
life is good..I am retired..sold my America in 2008,bought a Rocket and sold that in 3/2013 and now own a new Triumph Bonneville T-100
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Check Pants
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I wonder if a R3 tank could be made to fit the America?
stay away from me and stay out of my garage!!
I wouldnt do that to you...unless you ****** me off. 
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
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