 Re: Possible 1100cc Triumph parallel twin spotted
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I like to be able to get my bike running again when it quits along the road and when I have to fix it when I get home I would rather spend $8 on a set of points than $300 to $600 on a CDI.
Maybe not total loss but I do ride a bike that has manual timing advance.
Well ya see Ian, in all the years I've owned my MODERN Triumph, I've NEVER been "stranded on the road" by THAT one, BUT I sure could tell you a few stories about "being stranded" on some of the old Brit bikes I've had in the PAST, including that one time ALL that smoke escaped from my '66 BSA Lightning's Lucas wiring harness while some 100 miles or so from home, back in the so-called "Good Ole Days"!
(...and thus the VERY reason WHY modern bikes ARE so much better than they were back in those "Good Ole Days"...though I know I'll never get YOU to think so, "Mr. Roadside Repair"!!!)  
Must have a poor mechanic or not maintained well. I have never been stranded with any of my old bikes and I rode my 66 all over the country. That includes from here to Wyoming in 36 hrs.
Yeah. I don't know how I came up with that whole "smoke escaping from the Lucas wiring harness" thing??? 
Must have only happened to me, huh!
And, IF "you've never been stranded", then what's with all this talk of possible "roadside repairs" and their "eventualities" you keep bringing up so often around here and use as a rationale for staying "old school", huh?! Sorry, but that sounds kind'a "contradictory" to me here, ol' buddy!
AND, while I know Steinbeck's Joad family ALSO "made it" all the way from Oklahoma to Cal-if-forn-I-A TOO in their old prewar Ford pickup truck, I suuuuure would rather be drivin' some NEWER truck than THAT if I WERE drivin' that route TODAY on the I-40 and not Route 66, dude! HELL, even IF I WERE drivin' on Route 66 for THAT matter, or what's LEFT of it anyway!!!!
(...wait...maybe I shouldn't have used that word "contradictory" up there, 'cause the LAST time I said somethin' to that effect you got ALL bent-out-of-shape and accused me of "bashing" you!!!...yeah, maybe I should use a different word there, huh...EEH, screw it...I'm gonna leave it!!!) 
Nothing contradictory about it, I have had the bike shut off and chain break on me once but in each case I was either able to make a permanent repair along the road or at least get it going to get home and fix it. I carried everything I needed to get going again. I carried cable repair tools and parts too as well as timing tools and ignition parts, chain breaker and links. I even managed to open my trans along the road and fix that enough to get home on 2 different occasions. I never had a wiring issue since I always made my own soldered and simplified harness, they came with crap harnesses. I tended to fix things before they broke.
Hmmmmmmm...ya know, come to think of it, I do believe there's a few scenes where Henry Fonda does those exact same things to that old Ford pickup along Route 66 in that old flick I was tellin' ya about here!!!
(...always did like Hank Fonda ya know...though I got me a feelin' you're probably not too hep on his daughter, right?!)
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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Re: Possible 1100cc Triumph parallel twin spotted
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I like Henry too but the world would be a better place without Jane.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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Re: Possible 1100cc Triumph parallel twin spotted
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I like Henry too but the world would be a better place without Jane.
Yeah, most of you "old school" guys feel that way, I understand!
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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Re: Possible 1100cc Triumph parallel twin spotted
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Didn't she apologize? We all do stupid things when we were young, but her stupid thing could've got soldiers killed. And Dwight I do believe you might be a little older school than Ian. Or is it just old? 
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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Re: Possible 1100cc Triumph parallel twin spotted
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And Dwight I do believe you might be a little older school than Ian. Or is it just old?
Yeah Paul, I do believe I am a few years older than Ian.
BUT of course, one's chronological age often has little bearing upon one's tendencies and abilities to "stay up with the times" and "embrace new concepts", ya know.
(...and of which this very thread could possibly serve as a prime example!)
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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Re: Possible 1100cc Triumph parallel twin spotted
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That's very true, my friend. Oh and by the bye I think a 1100cc Bonneville is a great idea that I would hope would carry on to all models. The BA and Speedy definitely need a shot of new technology to keep them in the game. 
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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Re: Possible 1100cc Triumph parallel twin spotted
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With my first bike, circa 1972, I probably carried 10 pounds of tools and miscellaneous parts. I used them all over time. Today, as in the past 70,000 miles or so, I carry a cell phone and a little plastic card. I haven't used either. Technology has been my friend.
2004 Triumph Speedmaster (J Lo) 2006 Yamaha Stratoliner (Adele)
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Re: Possible 1100cc Triumph parallel twin spotted
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Our bikes are dependable to be sure. I had a flat and had to get my trailer but other than that my bike has been trouble free since 05. Wendy had her CDI begin to fail in Niagara NY, shut off at night on the way back to the hotel but eventually came back to life. Next day as we started out it dropped a cyl. but again came back and got home but had it not come back I wouldn't have been able clean the points to get it going I would have had to either source an expensive CDI or get it towed home, also expensive.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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