 A sad sight - Burnt out America
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Found this poor TBA whilst trawling through eBay web page 
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JEEZ! HTF does THAT happen! 
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Poor thing suffered through a fire. Amazing the tank didn't blow! 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Somebody will want those saddlebag brackets...
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When I first saw the pics I thought it was chopped with a rat bike paint job. That was until I had a closer look. Hope the owner wasn't seated on it when it went up. Could have really risked roasting the family jewels if the exit wasn't quick enough.
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JEEZ! HTF does THAT happen!
It's pretty obvious ... it's (it was) blue!
Everyone knows the blue ones go SO fast that the heat generated must have been overwhelming 
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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It's pretty obvious ... it's (it was) blue!
Everyone knows the blue ones go SO fast that the heat generated must have been overwhelming
You guys with the black paint jobs had better watch out then. I seem to have read they're the fastest?
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JEEZ! HTF does THAT happen!
It's pretty obvious ... it's (it was) blue!
Everyone knows the blue ones go SO fast that the heat generated must have been overwhelming
Yeah, I was just thinking 'I went that fast once'.
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New Tires
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The owner must not have recieved that recall notice on those defective original Procom CDIs. 
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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Hey I could use that rear fender....
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Hey I could use that rear fender....
... and I need a front rotor 
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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Was kinda thinkin' the same thing too, Mac. However, my thought was more that often mentioned advice we give out around here to all the newbies about avoiding the practice of giving the throttle a few twists before attempting to fire these babies up.
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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... and I need a front rotor
No, you need a front DISC!!  You're in Aldridge, not Alabama!!
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... and I need a front rotor
No, you need a front DISC!! You're in Aldridge, not Alabama!!
YEAH, Shaun?! Well I'M actually shocked that Ade and the REST of you guys over there don't spell that word like THIS-> "r-o-t-o-U-r"!!!
(...what?!...is there NO consistency at all with you guys over 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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Those headers don't look too bad
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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Those headers don't look too bad
All other damage aside, at least they followed the jet calculator.
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Those headers don't look too bad
All other damage aside, at least they followed the jet calculator.
Uh huh...except apparently for that part in the "jet calculator" where it says: "NEVER park your Triumph motorcycle directly within 100 feet behind a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon while its Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-200 afterburning turbofan engine is being ground power-tested!"
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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... and I need a front rotor
No, you need a front DISC!! You're in Aldridge, not Alabama!!
Doh!! sorry 
Actually, it should be "I need ANOTHER front disc. AGAIN!!" 
Hey, Bryn said headers!!
Shouldn't he have said exhaust (sorry Dwight,) exhast downtubes or summink?
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Eeh! Don't back down NOW here, Ade! You go right ahead and tell Shaun you want a rotour...err...I mean rotor! (...the boys in Alabama are countin' on ya here, dude!!!) 
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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It could be a router!
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Nah, I'm pretty sure unless you need to clean out the drain lines in your house, that's NOT what ya need here, Ade. (...well, I suppose that is unless Wendy's hair might be cloggin' up your drains, and THEN I suppose you MIGHT need that too...'cause it certainly couldn't be YOUR hair that might be the cause of that, huh!!!)
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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taken from the item description... "OKAY YES SHE HAD A LITTLE FIRE BUT STILL PLENTY OF GOOD PARTS MOTOR APPEARS FINE AND USEABLE"  holy hell, good thing it didn't have a LOT of fire, the damage might have been pretty bad!
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Hey Dave! Is THIS comin' from the same guy who I remember once showed a picture around here of his proud new acquisition...a mid-60s Honda Dream that the ONLY thing it appeared it HADN'T gone through was a freakin' fire!!!  (...heck, I'm surprised you're not on the phone to Australia right now seein' how much that bike will cost ya to ship it across the Pacific!!!)
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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yeah, you got me on that one
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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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JEEZ! HTF does THAT happen!
Could be the owner didn't heed one of the dozen or so "warning" stickers affixed to a motorbike, or the one stuck to his wife's forehead. Apologies to Mr. Prine
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JEEZ! HTF does THAT happen!
It's pretty obvious ... it's (it was) blue!
Everyone knows the blue ones go SO fast that the heat generated must have been overwhelming
Oh so true. And when it's crap, it turns black... 
And yes, I love the Aussie sense of undertatement, "A little fire."
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'07 America, Cinnamon Girl (aka: Black Beauty or Ol' Penny) - Sit Down, Shut Up & Hang On
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Somebody gonna buy this and part it out?
'06 TBA - Black, AI and Snorkel removed, K&N Drop In, Gutted Stock Pipes, 145/42, 2 turns out.
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