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True but not a valid argument since the single disc would lock the old tire too. I think it is more about keeping them cool.
Maybe they just went cheap and saved the money.
BINGO! Remember, Triumph's air-cooled Twins have always been "built to a cost". Why else would they have also bolted the cheapest shocks they could source onto these models all these years?!
Triumph still gives the rider a great bang-for-the-buck. The Honda cruisers have fake chrome plated plastic engine covers that look (and are) damn cheap. Triumph's engine parts are real chrome or painted functioning parts not clip-on plastic covers.
I suppose the America/Speedmasters are cruisers that don't really need dual front brakes and besides single brakes are less expensive to replace pads, less un-sprung weight, easier to clean the wheel etc.
By the way it's like Triumph puts fork covers and chrome on the America so there's no money left over for a tachometer like the Speedmaster gets.
2011 Triumph America (10/2011 to 07/2014)
2012 Harley Davidson 1200C Sportster
2014 Harley Davidson Dyna Wide Glide
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