2013 Triumph Thunderbird: Voted - 64.4%

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#11 Unread post by totalmotorcycle »

One thing I really like about this cruiser (no, I'm not putting in my vote just yet) is the fact that Triumph thought outside the box and used such a different engine for a cruiser. The last cruiser to use a parallel-twin was the Kawasaki Vulcan 500LTD in the mid-20's (why does that suddenly seem a long time ago!?), anyways, this Thunderbird's parallel twin in the biggest parallel twin ever made. I am sure they could easily have used a V-Twin, but hey, they didn't, and that gets it kudo's from me for that part at least. :D

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beautiful motor hidden in an ugly bike. I'm going with uncool because I can't call the engine a fail.
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storysunfolding wrote:beautiful motor hidden in an ugly bike. I'm going with uncool because I can't call the engine a fail.
Was a beautiful motor before they decided to dumb it down with a 270 crank... :?
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HYPERR wrote:
storysunfolding wrote:beautiful motor hidden in an ugly bike. I'm going with uncool because I can't call the engine a fail.
Was a beautiful motor before they decided to dumb it down with a 270 crank... :?
WTF? How did I miss that?!?! :shooting: triumph

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storysunfolding wrote:
HYPERR wrote:
storysunfolding wrote:beautiful motor hidden in an ugly bike. I'm going with uncool because I can't call the engine a fail.
Was a beautiful motor before they decided to dumb it down with a 270 crank... :?
WTF? How did I miss that?!?! :shooting: triumph

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How the heck does a 270 crank equate to a fail?? :blink: Bonneville Americas, Speedmasters, and Scramblers have had 270 cranks for years. I don't hear you guys hating on those bikes...... ???
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#17 Unread post by totalmotorcycle »

LOL, I'm with jstak47. In the end it really just changes the sound pitch and offers only a little different power characteristics.

I would have voted a fail if it was a 45° crankshaft angle though. :lol: Ok, only joking there.

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#18 Unread post by madjak30 »

Someone explain the difference between a 270 & a 90 deg crank...isn't it the same? a full rotation is still 360...so...
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#19 Unread post by montanalifter »

Nice bike, unique, parallel twin has good power and steps apart from the v-twin crowd. I live in a rural area and all open road interstate so usually the bigger the engine the better. I'd buy one. :D

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#20 Unread post by totalmotorcycle »

I voted: Awesome

It's a great bike, but what really makes it awesome for me isn't about it's looks, it's the engine. Triumph really went out on a limb to create something unique, something different and in the end, something special. It wasn't just "the biggest V-Twin ever made" or "a V-Twin with more power" or "a V-Twin with more cubic inches this year", it was the fact it wasn't a V-Twin. And that to me make takes guts. It's like how Honda and Kawasaki made the inline-6 motorcycles of the late 70's and BMW is making them today. Either brand could have made a bog-standard inline-4 and Triumph could have done a V-Twin, but they didn't and in the end, they might have just made something really legendary.

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