 Pekka's new bike (2002 America)
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It's been over 20 years since I had my last bike. New to the forum, new to Triumph bikes and after so long feels like new to riding...  Not sure if I'll keep the screen and the tool-bag, for now they can stay. Just did my second ride on the bike and was so much fun, I can't believe I have a bike again. It's 2002 america with some custom exhaust the previous owner put on, and only has 8000km on it.
Netherlands is a nice country, just needs a roof
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Looks nice Pekka, welcome to the site!
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Welcome to the site! very clean looking scoot.
2007 Speedmaster and miss it!
2013 T-Bird Storm and Luvin it!
Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at 70 mph can double your vocabulary
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Welcome back to living. Nice looking trumpy.
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Check Pants
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Before you ditch the wind screen, try a set of lowers, the comfort zone behind the screen is night and day.
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I must say I dig the mufflers! What are they? Look like cut-off peashooters.
"Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something."
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Welcome and nice looking bike
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I must say I dig the mufflers! What are they? Look like cut-off peashooters.
Look like HD mufflers.
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Look like HD mufflers.
I think these are HD indeed
Netherlands is a nice country, just needs a roof
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HYVAA PAIVAA 
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"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Welcome back to riding and welcome to BA.com.
You've got a color that has a lot admirers on this site.
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Should be Riding
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good looking bike, great colors, and spoke wheels!  
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Cardinal Red! My favourite colour scheme! Welcome to Triumph, back to riding and this site!!!
Live to love, love to live.
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Last edited by WagnerPossu; 03/16/2014 1:27 PM.
Netherlands is a nice country, just needs a roof
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ä and Ö can be done on other keyboards but have to use code. I couldn't do the lower case o with the dots it kept working like the back button when I tried to use that code.
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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Thanks for all the comments!
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HYVAA PAIVAA
Kiitos , perfectly done, only thing missing is the dots over the letters ä and ö, but I guess not everyone has Scandinavian keyboard. 
Did another quick trip today loving it and getting the hang of it again.
Removed the screen and tool box, I think it looks better this way, how about you?
Less is more
What part of Finland are you from?
It was a favourite place of mine in the late 1970s and early 1980s
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Welcome to BA.com, great looking bike. Don't be afraid to jump into the fray.
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"Nothing you can be is more terrible than what I am." ~ 2007 Black Speedmaster!!
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Welcome to the site and the bike! (Great color!)
Fidelis et Fortis
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Sweet lookn' ride Pekka. Welcome to the family. Let the Triumph fun begin.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized. - Sun Tzu
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if you don't carry people often ditch the pillion seat and she will look even nicer. :-)
2007 Speedmaster and miss it!
2013 T-Bird Storm and Luvin it!
Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at 70 mph can double your vocabulary
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Last edited by moe; 03/25/2014 6:42 AM.
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What part of Finland are you from?
It was a favourite place of mine in the late 1970s and early 1980s
I'm from Helsinki, right now I live in north Netherlands
Netherlands is a nice country, just needs a roof
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"Get busy living or get busy dying. That's ****** right."-Red
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'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
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I spent a lot of happy times in Helsinki.
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Very nicely turned out! I like the pure naked look.
'06 TBA - Black, AI and Snorkel removed, K&N Drop In, Gutted Stock Pipes, 145/42, 2 turns out.
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I have a simular experience as you. Returned to riding last summer after a longer time away that I really want to admit.
I succumbed to the siren call of a Red headed darling, probably a cousin of yours.
Welcome back , and welcome aboard.
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Nice bike. Welcome back to riding. You will appreciate the windshield when you hit the first bug at 75 or so miles per hour... I like the naked look too. Just sayin.
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Quite different from the time I got her..  few more things to do... but for now just ride..
Netherlands is a nice country, just needs a roof
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Quite different from the time I got her..
few more things to do... but for now just ride..
Looks much better with out the pillion seat. 
Opportunities multiply as they are seized. - Sun Tzu
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