It was a great day in Triumph land.

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  • sixtysix
    No XS but XSive as can be!
    • Jun 2002
    • 1958
    • Central New York State
    #1

    It was a great day in Triumph land.

    My local Triumph dealer had Demo ride day, I volunteered to help with the demo rides, I never rode the same bike twice!! Here is what I rode:

    Tiger:


    Bonneville America:


    Thunderbird Sport:


    Daytona:


    Speed Four:


    Speed Triple:


    Sprint RS


    And a few others........
    Gary Granger
    Remember, we are the caretakers of mechanical art.
    2013 Suzuki DR650SE, 2009 Kawasaki Concours 1400, 2003 Aprilia RSV Mille Tuono
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    • Huron52
      XSive Maximus
      • Jul 2002
      • 713
      • Ontario's West Coast
      #2
      Hey Gary

      When you said you volunteered to help , i thought maybe you would man a table or two. I guess what you really meant was that you had to warm up the tires for the people that came to the demo.


      Very Very thoughtful of you. To make sure that all the models worked properly. Before anyone else took them for a ride.
      Tom
      2004 FJR1300abs 311,000 kilometers and counting
      gone,but not forgotten 1978 XS11E

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        • sixtysix
          No XS but XSive as can be!
          • Jun 2002
          • 1958
          • Central New York State
          #3
          Originally posted by Huron52
          Hey Gary

          Very Very thoughtful of you. To make sure that all the models worked properly. Before anyone else took them for a ride.
          Ummm...yeah, thats me, Mister Bike Checker! PS I had the Daytona up to 100mph, not bad for a demo ride!!

          Gary Granger
          Remember, we are the caretakers of mechanical art.
          2013 Suzuki DR650SE, 2009 Kawasaki Concours 1400, 2003 Aprilia RSV Mille Tuono

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            • Robert Haller
              XStremely XSive
              • Jul 2002
              • 356
              • Atlanta, GA
              #4
              Gary,

              What did you think of the Thunderbird sport? When I got my XS1100 I was also considering Tbirds.
              Robert
              79 SF

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                • sixtysix
                  No XS but XSive as can be!
                  • Jun 2002
                  • 1958
                  • Central New York State
                  #5
                  The T-Bird Sport was the last bike I rode, I thought it was a nice bike but it seemed to have a weird vibration in it, like somthing was wrong with it. It did not do it everytime, so I have to assume this bike had a problem. Has a very straight up riding position like an XS, bars were tall and mostly straight. Seemed like a very capable bike. Did not have the oomph of the Sprint RS and Daytona though! Nice looking bike.....if you could have only one, the T-bird sprot would be a good choice. Very limited numbers only a couple hundred imported each year.
                  Gary Granger
                  Remember, we are the caretakers of mechanical art.
                  2013 Suzuki DR650SE, 2009 Kawasaki Concours 1400, 2003 Aprilia RSV Mille Tuono

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