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| | | shager40 | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 145 | | Location | : | CO, United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Jan 2014 - 23:29 Post title : New 6* triple trees are available for the new 2010 Triumph Thunderbird. | | | Has anyone bought these for there bird and if so how is the ride?
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| | | surfing72 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 20/03/2012 | | Posts | : | 483 | | Location | : | Nth, New South Wales, Australia |
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| | Posted : 22 Jan 2014 - 02:42 Post title : Re: New 6* triple trees are available for the new 2010 Triumph Thunderbird. (Re: shager40) | | | Mate I thought he had stopped selling them. Last time I looked they had been removed from the website. I have never seen them on a Tbird in the wild so to speak. Maybe such a lack of interest in them caused the production and supply to stop. I think I even emailed old mate with no reply some time ago. They look sweet but can't be a positive thing for riding. Sorry not much help.
| Dan
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| | | shager40 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 29/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 145 | | Location | : | CO, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Jan 2014 - 02:59 Post title : Re: New 6* triple trees are available for the new 2010 Triumph Thunderbird. (Re: surfing72) | | | That is a bummer they do make it look nice, I emailed him also I guess i will wait and see if he gets back to me.
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| | | MotorMac | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,947 | | Location | : | Nor Cal, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Jan 2014 - 22:03 Post title : Re: New 6* triple trees are available for the new 2010 Triumph Thunderbird. (Re: shager40) | | | I don't see how you could change the rake without modifying frame/neck - just by changing tripleclamp? Forgive me, but uh, don't think so. Even if that were possible, you'd still need longer fork legs to compensate, too. Something weird here..... Photoshop?
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| | | Xfarmer | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 05/11/2011 | | Posts | : | 407 | | Location | : | Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Jan 2014 - 23:42 Post title : Re: New 6* triple trees are available for the new 2010 Triumph Thunderbird. (Re: MotorMac) | | |
MotorMac wrote:
I don't see how you could change the rake without modifying frame/neck - just by changing tripleclamp? Forgive me, but uh, don't think so. Even if that were possible, you'd still need longer fork legs to compensate, too. Something weird here..... Photoshop?
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It's not unusual or uncommon to change the rake by re engineering the triple trees. Yes, longer fork tubes are necessary to raise the front end back up... If that was desired, but since the rear end is lowered (probably with 11.5" shocks) it sits fairly level. Obviously you lose some cornering clearance, but it looks nice IMO.
I would doubt that the handling is altered much either.
| John
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| | | peteronkarra | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/04/2012 | | Posts | : | 834 | | Location | : | Karragarra Island, Queensland, Australia |
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| | Posted : 23 Jan 2014 - 04:38 Post title : Re: New 6* triple trees are available for the new 2010 Triumph Thunderbird. (Re: Xfarmer) | | | Yep as John said raked triple trees have been around
for a long long time and yes usually combined with extended
forks. Seem to recall they reduce the amount of trail
not sure what that means in terms of handling.
Pete
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| | | MotorMac | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,947 | | Location | : | Nor Cal, United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Jan 2014 - 14:29 Post title : Re: New 6* triple trees are available for the new 2010 Triumph Thunderbird. (Re: peteronkarra) | | | Seriously?! That'd make for some strange geometry, cannot imagine rake without doing it at the neck.
But that's me. Old school, I guess. Learn something new every day, thanks for setting me straight.
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