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Now now, settle down and take a breath here, Steve. Don't you remember how many newbies have come on this website and have asked us if a BA or Speedy would make a good first motorcycle for them, and how many times many of us around here have answered their question in the affirmative?!

We've NEVER advised them to purchase a Speed Triple or a Rocket III instead now, have we???!!!



This by no way means that I consider our bikes to be beginners bikes but they are more suitable for beginners to ride as opposed to the rocket III or speed triple.

What the above statement suggests is just that, that our bikes are for beginners and that we should "upgrade" to an advanced riders motorcycle.

That is what I am unhappy about. No wonder they have started producing motorcycles that smell of rice because they cannot see what you and I see in these Americas and Speedmasters that we all love. The style is retro and yes the bonnevilles have it but the Thunderbirds dont.

Okay I have said it now. I'm okay.