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Firstly... might I say welcome! And secondly, it's worth the drive to go check out the bike... it really is. The America and/or Speedmaster are very well crafted and engineered, enough to continue the tradition that a Triumph is something special amongst it's peers. But you need to sit in it (and I say this after JUST buying a bike sight unseen... but I know the bike so...) and find out how it feels. You need to know from a relationship point of view, if it will work for you.

Otherwise I'd have to say you can count on these bikes. They are as reliable as any counterpart. I mean they are not infallible but they become a friend you can count on for huge amounts of fun and discovery.

OEM parts are expensive... but there are ways around that. There are good sources for used parts and many third party businesses supply a host of useful things for our bikes.

What else... how long do they last? Take good care of them and they should last well over 100,000 miles and even then, it just becomes a matter of tearing them down and building them back up again. Should last a lifetime!!!

But ya know... these bikes have soul. They stand out in any crowd and generally attract onlookers with discerning taste. They speak of past and present, and convey a story of a bike that never forgot it's roots, yet evolved to become something different.

If she holds you in her powers, there's nothing you can do. Go visit her and see if you can or cannot resist her many charms.



Pretty much sums it up

Out of the many bikes I've had over the years (mainly Jap) my Triumph is the only one deserving a name

Although I think you should check out the America or Speedmaster as I think you might be a little bit too tall for a standard Bonnie IMO

BTW, we're not biased here

Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse