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Sounds like you really dont want one anyway.



Really? I'm surprised to hear that. Actually, I was seriously considering one. I am very thorough in doing research and I had to balance certain practical consideration against the pure thrill and lust for what seems like a terrific bike.

I understand that no bike is perfect and there is the give and take with anything. Certain things you can live with and certain things you can't. I simply can't spend $20k on a bike. That's completely out of the question. I was also a bit concerned about the cooling aspect, but folks here didn't think it would be much of a problem. To a lesser extent, gas mileage was a bit of a concern because unlike the US, bikes here serve a very utilitarian purpose and any bike that I get will be an utilitarian bike as well as a show/fun/exhilaration piece. So, it's not as simple as having an extra $8k of disposable income and trying to figure out what toy to buy. I was hoping that a Triumph would be as much or less here as it is in the States since the ****** things are made here. I don't know why they jacked up the prices so high and what types of tariffs they're slapping them with.

My other option would be to buy one in the States and import here. I'll have to see what that involves and how much that's going to cost. Frankly, I'm less inclined to do that since that's bound to be a hassle and there may always be some type of a snag where I'd have to go to Bangkok to bribe the custom officials. They always look out for that, anything that they can latch on to in order to pump you for money. So...

I would like to thank everyone who took the time to answer my questions. You guys have been extremely helpful, I really appreciate that.