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Agreed, love my Speed Twin.
they are a bike that is always in demand second hand, but never sold that well new, i like the new fairing tho, looks good,
I picked up a Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster about 5 weeks ago. 2 weeks into owning it a jackass pulled a illegal Uturn n front of me on the Coast Highway. I laid on both brakes and turned with the car and hit it about 15 mph. First time I’ve wven made contact with a car, not fun at all! Anyway it has less than 200 miles on it and now it’s at the Triumph dealer for who knows how long. Over 7K in damages. This is my 4th “modern” Triumph, the first one with a 1200cc engine. It’s a awesome motor and a very well handling cruiser. Excellent attention to detail on the Triumphs.
For a Japanese bike I think Kawasaki did a excellent job on styling. I’m sure it will perform well also...I just prefer the more original look of the Triumph over the bike that tries to copy its styling.
Glad you weren't hurt. Your insurance wouldn't total it for 7K?
I had just paid over 15K for the bike (ordered it with pipes, side bags, wind screen, seat, etc) so the repairs were less than half it’s value so that’s why they did not total it. Other than a bent fork leg the rest was all cosmetic. And I do totally trust Triumph of San Diego to make it as good as new. I’m working on the insurance company to try and get some “diminished value” out of them. I know it will be hard to sell if a report shows it had that much damage.
I have no doubt the Kawasaki is most likely a better built bike, most Japanese bikes are stone reliable and excellent performance. I just like the details on bikes like Triumphs, Harley’s, KTM’s etc.
And yes I do piss hard earned money away foolishly. Its why I’ll still be pounding nails into my 60’s
I’m absolutely amazed at the amount of old guys that come up to me to talk about Triumphs whenever I’m out on mine. So many “that looks just like the one I had in high school!”
New vintage is popular here on the So Cal coast. I really enjoy them and love to see companies like Kawasaki putting out a good effort to replicate a classic style
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or this:? (a retro bike that rips)
.The Yamaha TT / SR was a great motorcycle. They weren't really fast but down a windy road they were hard to beat. Always fantasized about the Isle of Man.
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