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I've wanted a Triumph for some time now and after seeing a good deal on Craigslist (very clean with low miles) for a 2003 America, and in a color I liked no less (sorry to all of you who like red, it's just not my thing), I put the process in motion to bring it home. I picked it up last Friday and promptly put 140 miles or so on it.  Obligatory poser shot for the camera:  So now I am here... My name is Fish and I'm glad to meet you all.
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Welcome to the Forum Fish. Nice lookin America you got there. It already has some nice options added. With all that black it is obviously very quick too.
Glad to have you join us, you look as though you will fit right in.
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Nice clean looking bike with some nice accessories.
Zen would ride a Triumph
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Welcome to the site Fish. Your in Washington, so I hope to see you in Chehalis on May 1st. 
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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 mate , nice bike you have scored 
2009 america , epco exhaust, custom seat , apes,stainless cables
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Welcome Fish. Excellent choice of motorcycle.
2005 Speedmaster, Tornado Red, AI removed, Uni Pods, JCW 19" turnouts
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Welcome! The bike looks good! You definitley should ride down to Chehalis May 1st. http://www.bonnevilleamerica.com/forums/...ge=0#Post486104.
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Look'n real good! Needs some "wood", but other than that - NICE RIDE and WELCOME!
I'm speeding because I have to get there before I forget where I was going.
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Ya look right at home on that bike. Welcome to the fantastic but funny farm forums, Fish!
Live to love, love to live.
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i like the color combo also.
good looking bike
welcome
If it isn't broke, I haven't messed with it.
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... you look as though you will fit right in.
I'm at work right now. This computer doesn't post photos. Is there something wrong with Fish? 
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Thanks for the welcome, everyone! And LOL at chopperpaul! Color wise, my preference would have been the Goodwood Green available on the 04/05 MY, but I'm happy with the Jet Black. I'd love to make it down to Chehalis on the 1st, but there's no way I can make it there by 1pm. How long do luncheons like this go? Also, here's how she looks when ready for a passenger... 
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welcome! Is that BlackBeauty's bike...er...I forgot his real name. He was somewhere up around Snoqualmie. Nice bike!
You should come to the NW Meet n Greet. Check it out in Rides/Rallys.
SOLD: 07 Black BA, 39mm FCRs, TPUSA stage 1 head, TPUSA 813 cams, TPUSA 10.8:1 pistons, TTP #3 igniter, Specialty Spares Long Cannons, Tsukayu Hard Bags. 82HP/55tq
NEW: 19 Goldwing Tour DCT
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Hi Zmilin, and thanks for the welcome!
I think you are correct. I bought her from a very nice guy in Snoqualmie named Dustin.
*edit*
I checked and it is one and the same.
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... you look as though you will fit right in.
I'm at work right now. This computer doesn't post photos. Is there something wrong with Fish?
 Good one, Paul!
(...and Fish...welcome to the forum!)
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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Welcome to the site and the group..I live a little north of you in Kent..Hopefully we can meet at the Meet n Greet or the Chehalis luncheon(starts at 100pm..most head home arround 230-300 depending on weather)Lots of good people with lots of experience here on the BA.Com site!!
life is good..I am retired..sold my America in 2008,bought a Rocket and sold that in 3/2013 and now own a new Triumph Bonneville T-100
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Hey welcome aboard, Fish. As you can already tell lots of great guys and gals on here. Sorry for all the times I miss our double X chromosome companions. Nothing personal. Anyway, it's cool that people recognize the bike you bought already. You will love it. Enjoy!!
Blue/White, Battery Relocated, 155/45's, AI removed, Cocktail shakers
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Welcome Fish. Great choice in bikes. You'll love it! This is the best forum and you'll learn a lot and have some good laughs too.
Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. - Charles Dickens
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Dorkiness!?! How dare you sir. 
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Nice bike Fish and exactly the right colour.
Quel est 'Dorkiness' ?
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My girlfriend thinks I'm a stalker...
Well, she's not actually my girlfriend yet.
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FriarJohn ~ I'll have you know I am a dork of the highest order. Bugbear ~ I present visual evidence. Exhibit A:  Exhibit B:  Exhibit C: 
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Welcome to a great site Fish. Nice bike. Hope you are enjoying riding your Triumph America.
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Thanks, Dale... I am enjoying it quite a bit. Went riding into Seattle with BFCG today and when we found motorcycle parking by Seattle Center there was a Speedmaster already parked there!  stevie... are you trying to say I need a haircut?  
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Yup, from the pics, looks like you'll fit right in. Sorry..... 
I'm speeding because I have to get there before I forget where I was going.
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stevie... are you trying to say I need a haircut?
Fish, sometimes people that raise such issues are 'hair challenged.' Who could know, right?
Live to love, love to live.
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stevie... are you trying to say I need a haircut?
 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Don't listen to the haters. If ya got it, flaunt it.
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Great looking bike Fish. The more I look at them, the more I like those straight cut(name?) exhaust pipes.
Erwin
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FJ ~ I concur! Erwin ~ Thanks! The pipes on my bike are Epco straight cuts. I really like the way they sound. 
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A good and proper biker should be hairy, after all!
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Working on the weekend and feeling important... I parked in the president's spot.  New saddlebags and Easy Brackets courtesy of fast eddy...  Closer shot of the bag... 
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So I've been on a little trip! here's a quick run down of where I went... It was wet for most of the ride, but the scenery was rather spectacular regardless. Many of the stops we made were so BFCG (BA member Flat_Penny) could collect flattened souvenir penny's. The riders on this trip consisted of BFCG (HD Sportster 883 Custom), his wife Lisa (HD Sportster 883 Low), their daughter Faith (she rode with BFCG), our friend Rick (Kawasaki Concours), and his daughter Lisa (she rode with her dad). I've put a * next to stops where there were penny machines. So there. The overall route consisted of heading SW to Astoria and riding Hwy 101 all the way down as far as Eureka, CA, then over to Redding, CA and up through Central OR/WA and then home across Chinook pass. Day 1 we made stops in Tillamook, OR at the cheese factory* and Rodeo Steakhouse (Great burgers there, YUM!), Pirate's Den gifts* in Depoe Bay, OR and then spent the night in Newport, OR. Day 2 we made our first stop at Toad Hall in Yachats, OR where the owner, Valeria, commented that I looked like I was 13 (she had never seen me facial-hairless). From there we rode down to stop in Florence, OR for a couple different penny machines followed by a stop at the Harley Davidson dealer in Coos Bay, OR. Cold wet riding followed from there as we made our way to Crescent City, CA. I spotted a deer crossing the road along the way! Day 3 started with a stop at the Trees of Mystery* where we hiked around in the redwoods and took a gondola up through the trees to an upper observation area. After that we went to a spot where you can drive through a Redwood and then we went down a roadway that has three of the largest redwood trees along it where we also some some elk. Traveled on to Eureka, CA to a candy shop* and then headed to Redding, CA where we saw the best weather, roads, and scenery as we rode down the other side of the mountains separating the coast from the central corridor of Cali. Had dinner at In and Out Burger (first time for all of us and it was delicious) and got a hotel room. Day 4 had a good start. Sunny and warm! Then we gassed up in Weed, CA and another biker we met there suggested we put our rain gear on as the weather was wet to the North. As soon as we pulled out of the gas station we hit the first rain drops. We cut over into central Oregon and stopped at Crater Lake* where there was still lots of snow off to the sides of the road. It was foggy and SO.COLD. Plus, we couldn't see the freaking lake! Cruising around to the other side of the rim gave us a rather spectacular view, however, so yay! The rest of the ride to Bend, OR was uneventful, although the wettest so far, and we got a room there. Day 5 started wet, but thankfully it got nicer as we headed North. By the time we got to Washington it was dry and warm. We stopped at a World War I memorial that is a replica of what Stonehenge was thought to look like originally and then headed through Yakima, WA to eat at a small, yet SO GOOD burger stand in Naches, WA. From there it was home stretch... headed up and over a very cold and foggy Chinook pass and kept on riding with one stop to part ways with my friends. It was a great trip.
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Start of day 2 was a bit wet...  Impersonating a mannequin...  Crater Lake, OR  WWI memorial 
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We had a SCRC rally in Yakama once. pretty nice up there.
Mal: "Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun?{ref, Jayne} Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting."
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What is a "penny machine"?
Jeez, and I thought I knew everything.
Oh wait, That was Dwight.
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Are we there YET? I gotta go pee!!
08 SpeedMASTER, Black and Red!
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Here's a site with all kinds of info, including flattened penny machine locations... PennyCollector.com
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Lemme know if you need any from St. Augustine, FL to add to your collection. I pass a couple of those machines every time we're down there. I've got a couple lying in a drawer somewhere around here. Most of my flattened coins came from RR tracks. 
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