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| tamboritha | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 26/08/2011 | | Posts | : | 366 | | Location | : | morwell, vic, Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 Oct 2015 - 08:04 Post title : the old silver bike gone | | | made the decision today to get rid of my 2010 thunderbird.. tossing up over getting a Victory, Valkyrie or a trophy..The Val was just ugly, the Victories didn't do much for me and the Trophy was just a bit high in the seat department.. They happened to haee a LT sitting on the floor and that appealed to us, gotta keep the women happy too...So after 5 years on I'm now the owner of another one..Didnt have a problem with the other, just on 70.000 ks so that was the final decider
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| Irish | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 28/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 854 | | Location | : | New England, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 Oct 2015 - 08:51 Post title : Re: the old silver bike gone (Re: tamboritha) | | | congratulations Greg and Pam good choice. what colour did you get? you are gonna love it more every day, just like the old one
and I hope the new owner of your old silver bird gets as much joy out of it as you did.
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| Swagger | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 15/04/2012 | | Posts | : | 1,103 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 08 Oct 2015 - 09:19 Post title : Re: the old silver bike gone (Re: tamboritha) | | | The King is dead! Long live the King! 
| The Force is strong in this one
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| Smitty | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/10/2012 | | Posts | : | 996 | | Location | : | Hawkesbury, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 Oct 2015 - 09:22 Post title : Re: the old silver bike gone (Re: Irish) | | | Awesome Greg, can't wait to see it.
A big decision, but really after owning a Bird, there isn't a lot out there that's comparable.
So a newer Bird makes real sense and the LT should fit the bill for all the two up riding you and Pam do. Congrats to you both 
| Cheers Smitty
2013 Matt Graphite Storm, Foran Razorbacks, Hagon shocks & springs.
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| Leethal | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/01/2011 | | Posts | : | 6,589 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 Oct 2015 - 09:33 Post title : Re: the old silver bike gone (Re: tamboritha) | | | Good stuff Greg, glad you stuck with the Birds.
I have just clicked over 70k as well, waiting to see if Triumph are going to make the 1700 standard throughout the range.
| Experience is something you get just after you needed it
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| tamboritha | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 26/08/2011 | | Posts | : | 366 | | Location | : | morwell, vic, Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 Oct 2015 - 09:37 Post title : Re: the old silver bike gone (Re: Smitty) | | |
Smitty wrote:
Awesome Greg, can't wait to see it.
A big decision, but really after owning a Bird, there isn't a lot out there that's comparable.
So a newer Bird makes real sense and the LT should fit the bill for all the two up riding you and Pam do. Congrats to you both |
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that's the main decider buying that model with all the touring we do, the bags are there and away we go...The front and rear fenders are a lot longer so that should keep out a lot of crap..And Irish, its the red and black one, not quite as appealing as that SILVER though...I didn't mark myself down for Brissie because didn't know what I was doing because of this, but will think about it over the next few weeks....Even if we just come up for the run with you lot from nsw
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| rabbi | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 28/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 926 | | Location | : | Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 Oct 2015 - 16:13 Post title : Re: the old silver bike gone (Re: tamboritha) | | | Good choice Greg I hope you enjoy your new ride, you are also welcome to join the Victorian run to Brissie we are leaving Wednesday morning.
| "Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably why so few people engage in it"
Henry Ford
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| gwight | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 26/04/2011 | | Posts | : | 761 | | Location | : | Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 Oct 2015 - 22:09 Post title : Re: the old silver bike gone (Re: tamboritha) | | | Good choice, Greg, if I were to upgrade, that would be my choice also, being vertically challenged the 'Bird fits me perfectly.
Happy & safe riding to you & Pam.
Hope to see you both at Jindabyne in March.
Guido & Di.
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| Daddy_Bear | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 03/01/2014 | | Posts | : | 62 | | Location | : | Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa |
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| | Posted : 09 Oct 2015 - 06:05 Post title : Re: the old silver bike gone (Re: tamboritha) | | | Hey Greg, good choice.
We upgraded our 2011 T-Bird to the LT mainly for comfort reasons and we have now done 20,000kms on our LT and have no regrets.
I did add the Triumph wide back rest making it even more comfotable for my wife.
Glen
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 09 Oct 2015 - 06:44 Post title : Re: the old silver bike gone (Re: tamboritha) | | | Enjoy.
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