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Out for a short ride this afternoon before the predicted rain and after a long weekend of riding(here in Canada) to warm up the chain so I could give it a good lubing when I came up to a corner and spied a Caspian Blue America coming in a perpendicular direction about to turn the corner in front of me. That colour is as sweet as the pictures that appeared on members rides recently. I thought maybe the photos had been enhanced but that is the True Blue.
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That IS one of the most BEAUTIFUL blues I've ever seen.  Another is the original blue of the '72 H2's.  
And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
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I know I've told ya this before Mike, but if they would've had that paint color for the 2002 models when I bought my Cardinal Red BA in late 2001, my sales order and receipt from South Bay Triumph of Lomita CA would've read one Triumph Bonneville America in Caspian Blue, instead! (...btw, I gotta ask...at that 11,312 ft in elevation there, did that beautiful carburetor-equipped Triumph o' yours feel like it had maybe 30bhp TOPS when ya got there???) 
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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(...btw, I gotta ask...at that 11,312 ft in elevation there, did that beautiful carburetor-equipped Triumph o' yours feel like it had maybe 30bhp TOPS when ya got there???)
Naw, I just stop at the bottom of the pass and rejet. Then, when I get down the other side I switch 'em back. 
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... and spied a Caspian Blue America coming in a perpendicular direction ...
Was that 'perpendicular' as in coming from heaven? Maybe that rapture guy was only a couple days out. 
Cheers, Richard
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09 America, Staintune Pipes, K&N, Breathe, Hagon Nitros, AI & O2 removed, tune 20184 (modified), MTX-L a/f gauge
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I'd have to say that Caspian Blue truly is the most beautiful color produced to date. But then again.... I'm prejudiced too.   If it was my Caspian that you were talkin' about in the Member's Ride area, it definitely wasn't doctored. You should see her in full on sun! It's like she glows!
2003 Caspian Blue America: Rush Exhaust, FREAK Kit, Almost Chrome Everything, 150/80/15 and 120/90/18 WWW, 18T and 42T Gears, Speedy Tach.
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Oh yah, that would be the one and it is just as bright as the one I saw today, no doctoring needed.
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I'd have to say that Caspian Blue truly is the most beautiful color produced to date. But then again.... I'm prejudiced too.
Now I want the whitewalls for mine!
If it was my Caspian that you were talkin' about in the Member's Ride area, it definitely wasn't doctored. You should see her in full on sun! It's like she glows!
Warren
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Now that's one classy bike!
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers
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We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Now that's one classy bike!
The best!
Live to love, love to live.
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I do like the color.
I cant say I've ever seen one on the road ...but the colour looks pretty near the same as one of my Guzzi Californias I used to run- and I remember going to see that particular bike and just knowing I was going to buy it on the colour alone.......
I'm seriously thinking about getting my 010 TBA(EFI) sprayed in this scheme...looks like you could almost cut yourself a slice of that there bike.
Al
I took the Road Less Travelled.
Now where the ****** am I?
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What size & spec are those white walled tyre's Mate?
Jon B
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+ 1 ....anyone know where I can get a set of these in the UK?
Al
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Thanks all for the kind words!! I think I'm gonna get some pics ready to submit for front page... unless these will do. Not too sure. What's great about this color (and a few other things) that keeps me from wanting to get a new America is they don't make her in this color anymore. If I was to buy a new bike, I'd have to hunt down another '03 or so in Caspian Blue with less miles. JohnyBGood: The tires are Dunlop K177 120/90/18 and Dunlop K555 150/80/15. Here are the two threads that will get ya started on making them fit: The thread that started it allThe Tech Vault Thread
2003 Caspian Blue America: Rush Exhaust, FREAK Kit, Almost Chrome Everything, 150/80/15 and 120/90/18 WWW, 18T and 42T Gears, Speedy Tach.
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Now I want the whitewalls for mine!
Trust me... you'll love 'em! I can't believe how many "googly eyes" and double takes I get from other bikers and cagers alike.
2003 Caspian Blue America: Rush Exhaust, FREAK Kit, Almost Chrome Everything, 150/80/15 and 120/90/18 WWW, 18T and 42T Gears, Speedy Tach.
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+ 1 ....anyone know where I can get a set of these in the UK?
Al
I got mine from Motorcycle-Superstore. I'm not too sure what there overseas shipping policy is.
2003 Caspian Blue America: Rush Exhaust, FREAK Kit, Almost Chrome Everything, 150/80/15 and 120/90/18 WWW, 18T and 42T Gears, Speedy Tach.
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