I never owned a bike until Sept 04. I selected a Triumph SpeedMaster, without even trying it out, for many reasons. I am a little over 64 years old and my body would not stand a sport bike, I really wanted a Daytona, so even the great Triumph sport bikes were out. The HD were way out of my price range. Japanese bikes are good, but I can not stand the names of them. I also wanted to support a country that had their kids fighting with ours in the Mid East. I have almost 11,000 miles on my bike and it has exceeded every expectation. It was a great bike to start out on. It's fast, manuverable, and reliable. It is easy to work on. I don't care what other people think about what I have, but I have received only positive comments about my bike. I was very lucky and could not have made a better choice.
Dave
