I can't explain what it is I like so much about this bike...

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jstark47
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#11 Unread post by jstark47 »

rapidblue wrote:sat on a scrambler this past weekend, pretty cool bikes, the only thing I do not like a bout them is where the exhaust ends up. My leg was touching the exhaust. Me thinks that would get real uncomfortable real fast. There were shield but pipes still throw a lot of heat regardless.
Sales people claim that the pipe is triple-walled (counting the shield as one wall) where it goes under your leg. Whatever. It's all the same to me, I'm not a Scrambler fan, I'd probably go for a Speedmaster if I were to get another Triumph vertical twin.
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#12 Unread post by rapidblue »

It'll be the thruxton, if they're still around when I can afford one :lol:
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