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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:09 am
by housil
Big Galloot wrote:This is for Housil and probably of no interest to anyone else; It is a picture of me with my 1995 Triumph Trident. It is virtually the same as your Sprint but comes without a fairing.
Yeah!!!!!!
I loved that "evil" 3 cyl. sound of them.
My one was in "Candy Apple Red".
See me at Alp Mountains at elev. at 2300mtrs (~7600 ft)
I went to vacation once or twice a year by bike
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:38 pm
by Big Galloot
We don't have scenery like that in Florida, but what we do have has more bikinis scattered around.
I have a set of Scorpion exhausts that are not strictly legal but sound great on the Trident. Weirdly enough I have the 2 cylinder RT, a 3 cylinder Triumph and a 4 cylinder K100RS. I keep trying to pick up a Ducati 450 Desmo on Ebay, but I always get outbid. All I need is the Duc and a Valkyrie and I will have the possible cylinders counts covered.
The question I am asking is why don't you have a BMW? I had an American made Buell, but it was run over by an SUV while parked.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:14 am
by housil
Big Galloot wrote:We don't have scenery like that in Florida, but what we do have has more bikinis scattered around.
I have a set of Scorpion exhausts that are not strictly legal but sound great on the Trident. Weirdly enough I have the 2 cylinder RT, a 3 cylinder Triumph and a 4 cylinder K100RS. I keep trying to pick up a Ducati 450 Desmo on Ebay, but I always get outbid. All I need is the Duc and a Valkyrie and I will have the possible cylinders counts covered.
The question I am asking is why don't you have a BMW? I had an American made Buell, but it was run over by an SUV while parked.
I know that there are different "hills" in Florida
I´ve been there in 2001 and really enjoyed it
I´m to "young" for a BMW-bike... I´m driving a BMW X3 SUV, but not a bike. You can´t go to a bike meeting with a BMW
over here...
But I would prefer the cardan shaft drive instead a chain.
The Duc is the "queen of sound", but Italien made means: Just look good...
The desmotronic valve drive will cost you an arm and leg if maintance is necessary. Also the Duc is just for race purpose - nothing you want to spend a 2-weeks-3500-km-vacation on. Will kill your spine AND wrists. But driving a Duc on a German Autobahn (Interstate) could be like heaven as we don´t have speend limits over here
Hope you get well paid for your "KIA" Buell
As paramedics we saw three Bikers killed by accidents within one year in our "jurisdiction" caused by car drivers - so I decieded to keep alive and quit biking.
I bought me my Iltis AND X3 instead
Nice substitute...
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:46 am
by Mkim340518
I used to love riding down Kelly Drive and West River drive in Philadelphia, it's a great curvy road with lots of hills, twists, off-camber turns and so much more. I loved the way my CBR 900 RR used to take the turns...RIP. Well, after my lovely bike and I had falling out, I've never been on a bike after that. I still think I have some asphalt pieces in my back and butt LOL