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It sounds wierd but it is true... these bikes do have a soul.. they just feel good and are very dependable to boot.......get a Triumph...you wont be dissapointed



What an UNDERSTATEMENT!

WE all understand this, but nobody else would, unless they owned an older one in the day, I suppose.

The SM spoke to me, and 20k later, I can't get off of it. Daily rider, 25 mile roundtrip. Been trying to put 1k/month on it since I got her June,'04, and I'm there. (had 3 months off it after knee surgery)

All British bike owners that I've met I would have no problem introducing to my mother, and that goes double for everyone I know on THIS forum. We share a common bond, and don't seem to care so much about "posing" like so many others in the V-twin crowd. Generally accepted in all riding circles, and these motorcycles will outperform most all other cruisers and will garner much respect from most sport bike riders, too, despite the modest displacement of our engines. I'm too young to know that back when, a 650cc was a big bike, in this age of 2L heavyweights.

I rode a RocketIII, and find our machines much more "usable". Not so heavy as to be a chore to drag out of the garage everyday, big enough and fast enough to ride all day in comfort and in confidence - very, very dependable.

The air cooled engine is sound. The chain drive is fine - best addition I have is the Scott Oiler (and my ZipPass).

Great ground clearance for a cruiser, and will smoke the rest off the line, too.

But it is the SOUL, man. The SOUL in the machine.

Keith
Houston
Ridin'Texas
'04 Speedmaster
AI removed, Pingle, UNI Filter, 1 shim, straight-through slash-cut TORs, Stage 1 DynaJet, 140 mains, 3 turns, 16/42 final drive, 115K
2020 T120 Black