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| Pappasgarage | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 05/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 371 | | Location | : | Espoo, snowbird in California, Finland |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 10:22 Post title : IMS Long Beach Notification | | | Believe it or not, a new Hard Tail Thunderbird for 2012
| Speedmaster 2004 in Espoo Fi, Rocket3 Touring 2014 in Oceanside Ca. IBA Finland SS1000
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| Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 13:47 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: Pappasgarage) | | | SCHWINGGGGG!!!!!
Love it, great looking bike, save one thing.... the chrome engine. Would of loved to have seen that antiqued a bit so it didn't pop out so much, otherwise sh looks great.
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| daz | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 14:07 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: Thatch) | | | Yeah.... here we go again. Thatch, it's amazing that we both bought thunderbirds given how radically different ourt tastes are !  I'd have to take a honda 250 rebel over that monstrosity above ! 
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| RedBird2010 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 666 | | Location | : | Spokane Valley, Washington, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 14:08 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: Pappasgarage) | | | Cool looking if your into the retro look, not for me though.
Thanks,
| Rick 
2010 Thunderbird SE 1600
"Harley-Davidson; the worlds' most efficient method of turning gasoline into noise without the harmful side effect of horsepower."
"The wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned to ask"
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| DizzE | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,141 | | Location | : | Sunnyvale, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 15:26 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: RedBird2010) | | | Rider looks a bit scrawny for that size bike. 
Is it really a hard tail? I was thinking about the crossbones seat with springs but did not like the HD bike beneath.
What's up with that front mudguard? Is that a fin?
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| MickeyBoy | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 18/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 553 | | Location | : | WiNe CoUnTrY TeMeCuLa, Socialist State of Kalifornia, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 16:52 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: DizzE) | | | I want the fenders and rims for my SE.
DizzE, I believe that was the old style European license plate. Might be wrong, but that's what was on the old German bikes.
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| paulc | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 08/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 441 | | Location | : | Brackley, ENGLAND, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 17:21 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: DizzE) | | |
DizzE wrote:
Rider looks a bit scrawny for that size bike.
Is it really a hard tail? I was thinking about the crossbones seat with springs but did not like the HD bike beneath.
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& he's giving the wanker sign. rude little man
| infidel troop scooter club
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 18:26 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: paulc) | | | looks a mix of 4 different bikes, coherence of nonsense
not for moi
maybe it should have ape hangers
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| ray548 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/02/2010 | | Posts | : | 299 | | Location | : | sylmar, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 19:39 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: zolti) | | | I made it down there yesterday, left in pouring rain which let up over the Sepulveda Pass, took the car. I was surprised at the number of people who rode in. The Triumph set up was good, and I enjoyed watching people sit on the TBs. Even a few HD riders.
I want to look for one of these Honda 90s when we get to VN in Jan, there are still a few over there. And they can be fixed up on the cheap.
| 2010 TB, 2007 America
2009 Black Bonnie
owned by daughter, but fun to borrow
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| Kando | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 08/11/2009 | | Posts | : | 780 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 19:46 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: Pappasgarage) | |
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| Kando | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 08/11/2009 | | Posts | : | 780 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 19:46 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: ray548) | | | where are the pics of all the other new triumphs?????
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| Pappasgarage | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 05/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 371 | | Location | : | Espoo, snowbird in California, Finland |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 20:01 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: Kando) | | |
Kando wrote:
where are the pics of all the other new triumphs????? |
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I m waiting for Gary to send me more, see I m now in Finland for a few weeks
skiing vacation and Gary was in Long Beach.
| Speedmaster 2004 in Espoo Fi, Rocket3 Touring 2014 in Oceanside Ca. IBA Finland SS1000
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| DizzE | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,141 | | Location | : | Sunnyvale, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 21:19 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: ray548) | | |
ray548 wrote:
I made it down there yesterday, left in pouring rain which let up over the Sepulveda Pass, took the car. I was surprised at the number of people who rode in. The Triumph set up was good, and I enjoyed watching people sit on the TBs. Even a few HD riders.
I want to look for one of these Honda 90s when we get to VN in Jan, there are still a few over there. And they can be fixed up on the cheap.
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That was the big kids bike. We only got to putt-putt with 50cc and only on the dirt roads.
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| RedBird2010 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 666 | | Location | : | Spokane Valley, Washington, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Dec 2010 - 22:33 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: ray548) | | | ray548 wrote:
I made it down there yesterday, left in pouring rain which let up over the Sepulveda Pass, took the car. I was surprised at the number of people who rode in. The Triumph set up was good, and I enjoyed watching people sit on the TBs. Even a few HD riders.
I want to look for one of these Honda 90s when we get to VN in Jan, there are still a few over there. And they can be fixed up on the cheap.
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I had one of those as a kid, we took the fenders off and "trimmed" the weight any way we could.
| Rick
2010 Thunderbird SE 1600
"Harley-Davidson; the worlds' most efficient method of turning gasoline into noise without the harmful side effect of horsepower."
"The wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned to ask"
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| Thatch | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 20 Dec 2010 - 08:48 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: daz) | | | daz wrote:
Yeah.... here we go again. Thatch, it's amazing that we both bought thunderbirds given how radically different ourt tastes are
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Don't worry, there's still time for your tastes to develop.
Truth be told the pipes on that bike are pretty heinous. He would of been much better served keeping the original headers. The whole bike isn't something that I would have done but I like seeing someone taking it this way. The full headlight nacelle is a nice touch and certainly speaks to the original tbirds. I'd much rather see this than the 'I'm a bigger badass than you' style mods that invariably come from a new cruiser being released.
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 20 Dec 2010 - 14:21 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: Thatch) | | | Well, to be brutally honest that bike is pretty much the antithesis of what i like. Nothing they did to it is anything short of fugly to my eye, and you couldn't give that thing to me. Literally every single change makes me cringe. So when i see people digging it i just can't understand it even knowing these things are subjective. But to make things worse, it seems the bike world is now copying something the guitar manufacturers have been doing for a decade or so now..... "relicing". The act of purposely making new items looking worn out, and as guitars go i can sorta understand that tho wouldn't want one myself. But relicing bikes is just far beyond my ability to understand.
trust me on this thatch....this is one area where my tastes will NEVER develop !
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| DizzE | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,141 | | Location | : | Sunnyvale, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 20 Dec 2010 - 15:03 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: daz) | | | relicing...had not heard that. I suppose it's like "distressing" furniture. Oh yeah, those slot screw driver
punches all over, look natural....sure they do.
No wonder I think it looks like something that recycled from Star Wars
and ended up in a Road Warrior movie.
Actually, I still can't believe it's not some kind of cruel joke. For 2012? Really? Oh, Really?
After putting out the BDMW, next is Storm and Relic....really?
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| weatherman | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 19/02/2009 | | Posts | : | 232 | | Location | : | Vista, Ca, United States |
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| | Posted : 20 Dec 2010 - 16:46 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: DizzE) | | | Hey guys - This is not a bike to be produced. It was on Triumphs show floor yes but just someone's
rat bike and it was hard-tailed. That HD headlight cowl did it in for me.
Sorry I was having so much fun looking at everything that i did not take pictures on many bikes. There were so many people around all the new Triumphs that I could not get a clear shot anyway.
They were giving away a new R3 Touring and for your personal information you received a chance to win.
Pekka has a picture of the Storm he can put on here.
I'm pretty sure the price on the Storm was $13,899 as she sat at the show. A very desirable bike with all the right stuff. It would have been nice to see some upgraded suspension on it but probably wasted on the average buyer.
The New Tiger 800 and 800xc will make that kind of rider (i am not) very happy i'm sure.
The New Speed Triple is a very cool bike too and if I was 30 years younger I would be wanting one for sure.
There was also the new Daytona 675R, America and Speedmaster. If i was buying a Speedmaster now instead of 2005 I would probably purchase the America. But, then again, of them all I would likely purchase the new Storm.
That Triumph Bag give-away was the joke. Just a pull-string, flat nylon bag (14" x 17"). Maybe it was meant to be a "Show Media Stuff"
carry bag. Mine will go on the bike shed wall.
Again sorry for not enough pictures - I only had my cellphone camera anyway.
| If there's a T-bird in the garage then your either sick, broke or missing the time of your life.
Get out and ride that Bird.
The Tbird arrived June 26, 2009 - Speedy was traded in June for a 2012 Bonnie T100.
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 20 Dec 2010 - 17:52 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: DizzE) | | |
DizzE wrote:
relicing...had not heard that.
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heres a mild relic... Link
And heres a signature series one thats slightly more distressed. Witness the Rory Gallagher Signature Stratocaster Link
Boy, i sure love that beautiful sunburst finish. Makes me wanna take a hammer and file to my Tbird's tank.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| Pappasgarage | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 05/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 371 | | Location | : | Espoo, snowbird in California, Finland |
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| | Posted : 21 Dec 2010 - 06:15 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification | | | meet the storm&storms at IMS LB 
| Speedmaster 2004 in Espoo Fi, Rocket3 Touring 2014 in Oceanside Ca. IBA Finland SS1000
and T-Bird 09 gone
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| DizzE | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,141 | | Location | : | Sunnyvale, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Dec 2010 - 16:49 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: daz) | | |
daz wrote:
DizzE wrote:
relicing...had not heard that.
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heres a mild relic... Link
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I've seen a lot of worn guitars but never this mark.
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Dec 2010 - 19:40 Post title : Re: IMS Long Beach Notification (Re: DizzE) | | | Well you should see the "roadworn" series. every one has the exact same wear pattern ! The whole idea of pre-worn guitars is wacky to me. Others think it's great. i bought a cheap little fender squier duo-sonic a while back for kicks and it turned out i hated it. So the guy i sold it to tells me he's gonna relic it and sell it for double the cost i paid new ! he even sent me a pic after he "destroyed" the poor thing. People will buy anything....all ya gotta do is convince a few weak minded individuals it's a good thing and once they adopt it the hoards of lemmings will follow. Gotta figure tho that is a great trend for retailers....1)-if someone scratches a relic while testing it out, not big deal, as it's worth even more now. 2)-if someone dents a non relic one while testing it out, the dealer now has a much more valuable relic model on his hands. In fact, if i were a dealer i'd just throw a grenade in the showroom and run. Then your entire inventory just got a whole lot more valuable.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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