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Greetings from Las Vegas....the city that never sleeps. Plenty of drunk cages around at all hours. There is no curfew on bars; they are open 24/7 365 days a years.

I have much riding history through 1983 when I sold my '79 Bonneville Special....very sad! No bikes as 2nd wife SWMBO and said a bike and we get divorced etc. Had to wait until she divorced me and I bought a new 07 SM in March 08.

We now have over 4K on it and have removed the stock mufflers and AI. Replaced with Long TORS on which I am now performing a bafflectomy on one hole at a time until I get the sound I like. I have about 25 holes drilled and it is getting better all the time. Short sissy bar and luggage rack, Triumph Big Leather Saddlebags, engine bars, auxiliary lights from wally world, highway pegs and a Maier windshield. It was priced right at JC Whitney and does the job for me although I am still wanting lowers.

The bike is just the cats pajammas. Has more power and accelleration than I could use and handles like dream. My only problem is that I was used to a much lighter bike and I have gone down on this one about 5 times. All at very slow speeds and during left turns. I since then have dragged myself to the MSF course and not a problem since.

I am contemplating floorboards, modification of the air box, and a set of Corbin Seats with Passenger Pillion in Tan leather with black studs just to be different. I also am thinking about an America style handlebar as mine just seem just so far away from me. Now if I could only find a decent used sidecar and mounts etc. I could take my dog Tarzan for rides. He loves the back of the pickup and out the cage window. Imagine what people would say when they see my red/black SM with sidecar containg a large Golden Retreiver wearing the required Snoopy leather helmet and goggles and white silk scarf?

Loving retirement at a geezer age of 65 and playing the field and looking for a lady to ride with.

I have learned a lot just from lurking and reading up on the technical stuff but I have not seem much about sidecars yet.



Anybody in Vegas wanna ride? Give me a call 769-5499.

Dan (Crash) Corrigan

Dan are you going to go to Bikeweek this weekend?I have to work but was thinking of going sunday Late AM .It will be closing down but still might be worth a look for bargains from vendors who dont want to truck unsold stuff back home.

Due to personal issues and not realizing that I had to toss my cookies (apologies to Friar John for the private e-mail), I have been a lurker for some time after previously registering here. My name is Ron, and I am about 30 mi north of Syracuse, NY. I'll be around again from time to time, just don't expect much from a contribution kinda view. Society has been waiting for that for over 42 years now.

I guess I'll say hi. Just joined. Been poking around here latey. I do not own a Triumph (yet).

Name's Barry. I'm from Sheboygan, Wi. I have an '03 BA with Thunderbike pipes, Progressive 440's and the most uncomfortable seat known to man. Been lurking around for a couple years.

Hi I'm Clive bought my America 3 weeks ago as poke in the eye to heaven, as I have been given a provisional all clear with cancer.So as I didnt need the money for a funeral the bike seemeed like a good idea.At first I thought it cant be a Triumph ,it's not leaking oil,but I am very pleased with it.Especially after percivering through 4 Hardly ableto's.
Maybe great in the US but in the UK they are over priced and dont like the roads or the climate(1200 sportster a possible excepton shame about the chrome and ally athough)

Clive, I got three goods for you...

Good to see you here
Good to hear you bought a Triumph
And especially good to hear you beat cancer!!!!

Way to go!

I've been lurking for quite some time and just recently made a few posts.
I'm 61 and was away from bikes for too many years. In '05, I decided it was time so I got a new Honda VTX 1300R.
A few months later I saw an '05 Speedmaster and had to have it. Hid it in son's garage for two weeks waiting for just the right time to tell the wife. A year later I found an '06 Harley Ultra Classic and that made the wife real happy. Still have all three but son keeps the Honda in his garage.
Which do I ride the most? Oh, the Triumph is easily my favorite. I ride it to work almost every day and that is the best part of my day.
I ride alone but I feel like I know a lot of you just from lurking so long and so regularly.

Martin here from Phoenix, AZ signing in. Just picked up an '07 Amererica w/5k miles on it. This is my 4th Triumph. Had a Speed Triple, Sprint RS, and a Sprint ST prior to this one! Liked everyone, just like getting new bikes all the time I guess! LOL!

Welcome, Martin!!

Yeah!!! Welcome Martin!

Okay dude, here's the deal....

Take out your 2010 Calender, flip it open to the month of May, find the third weekend of that month on it, take your yellow(though any color will do)highlighter out of that kitchen drawer where you throw all that little oddball crap o' yours into, and then with that highlighter mark that particular weekend on that calender and reserve those dates for...TAH DAH...The fourth annual SOUTHWEST TRIUMPH FEST in beautiful PRESCOTT ARIZONA!!!


(and if you haven't got a 2010 calender yet, THEN by gosh BE SURE to write this info down on a piece o' paper or somethin'...but WHATEVER you do, DO NOT throw that piece o' paper in that friggin' drawer that's chocked full of all of that little oddball crap, BECAUSE you MIGHT lose it!!!)

Thanks for reminding about this... Is there an event link or site for this??? I'll definately be there this coming May!! Calendar marked! (Electronic version anyway... still haven't found my new 2010 Triumph one yet).

Not yet Martin, but I'm pretty darn sure at this point that the dates are going to be the 21st-23rd of May.

I usually will finalize this stuff right about at the end of each year.

(and don't worry...I always have Mike in Colorado[FCTush] makin' sure I'm not late with each year's info either, dude!!!)

bollox?

Excellent - looking forward to it!!!!! The fest, not your wanted photo shoot...

Talking about pictures Dwight, did you get any of your pics back from your trip??... How is the writing going?? Where and when are you going to post??

Third time is *hopefully* the charm.

The previous two times I've tried to reply to this post it shut down the browser.

I've been browsing around for about a year while I try to decide on what bike I'll get. Just registered this weekend, mainly to respond to this thread - then found out the budget (better half) is not going to allow for the bike I want. So I'll probably be dropping off in the near future.

Welcome, Mark! Admitting you want a Triumph is the first step. Where in KS are you?

The KC Area. Specifically Olathe, since returning from a job-related exile in St. Louis.

Hey Mark... I'm on the other side. Lees Summit, MO. Couldn't you have picked a better screen name? I'm on the other side of that too. On a good note though welcome aboard. You should have asked your better half for a Hardley, and once ya see the price, that Triumph looks a lot easier on the wallet.

There are a few owners out that way. Have you been to Engle Motors yet? Good people there, they'll treat you right.

Yes indeed Engle Motors is a good source for whatever you need. Check out craigslist Mark. They've got a few Americas and Speedmasters with a good price relief.

I've been to Engle a number of times, actually went ready to buy an R1200C last time but they had sold it before I could get there. Talked with Pat & Peter (if memory serves) for quite a while, they even took me downstairs to see the only Thunderbird they had in at the time, which was about 1/2 built.

I've been watching craiglist - long story, but the short of it is that a couple of months ago within the span of a couple of days I test drove a VStar 950, a C50 and a 2007 Speedmaster. Decided on the speedmaster but it did not work out. Went back to the C50 (the VStar vibrated my feet to sleep on a short test ride) and decided I really wanted the Triumph, not just that one.

If you find one here in St. Louis on craigslist I'll go check it out for you. I'll even give it a test ride!

And make sure if you are lucky enough to own one of these beauties, you come on down to the Arkansas Rally '10 and ride

I was just playing follow the leader!