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Offline tsp37

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« on: October 25, 2010, 06:42:31 PM »
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Re: CNN article
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2010, 07:15:30 PM »
They're somehow lumping a bunch of touring bikes and the Ninja of all things into cruiser category.

I didn't realize the new Triumph came with fake carbs. That's just dumb...
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Re: CNN article
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2010, 07:23:06 PM »
Doesn't say too much, just fluff, yeah those fake carbs are FI.
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Re: CNN article
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2010, 07:40:29 PM »


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An archetypal cruiser, the Gold Wing, was introduced in 1980 and has been in production ever since.

I think they misplaced five years somewhere... ::) ::)
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Re: CNN article
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2010, 08:15:07 PM »
Wasnt 1980 the first year for the big bagger style 'wing, though?

"And niche manufacturers of high-end bikes who blossomed during the boom (Victory, Triumph, Star, Indian) are trying to plumb the depths of the new normal."

Whoever wrote this is an idiot, I am sorry. High end bikes? Indian went away several years ago. And they were crap for longer than that. The last few years were built by California Motor Company or something... Garbage(and yes I worked on and rode one). And Star is just Yamaha's cruiser line. How about MV Agusta and Buell who were sacrificed to save fat cat Harley Davidson with their 100yr old tech. Buell was the innovative lifeblood of HD and MV Agusta was an amazing motorcycle company.

Maybe I should write a REAL story.

And I think the FI made to look like carbs was a nice throwback. Though they made em look like CV carbs, I would have liked something more old school. I'm nit picky.
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Re: CNN article
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2010, 08:28:24 PM »
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Though they made em look like CV carbs, I would have liked something more old school

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Re: CNN article
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2010, 08:37:50 PM »
Quote from: vanillagorilla on October 25, 2010, 08:15:07 PM
Wasnt 1980 the first year for the big bagger style 'wing, though?

Perhaps....but '75 was still the first year for the 'Gold Wing'.  ;)
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Re: CNN article
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2010, 05:04:01 AM »
Quote from: vanillagorilla on October 25, 2010, 08:15:07 PM
And I think the FI made to look like carbs was a nice throwback. Though they made em look like CV carbs, I would have liked something more old school. I'm nit picky.

Can they make the FI look like a coal furnace because that'd be pretty bad-ass.

Do they have a fake choke knob too?  I'm going to have to find a triumph dealer and see this for myself.
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Re: CNN article
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2010, 05:06:37 AM »
Quote from: Schmthaus on October 25, 2010, 08:37:50 PM
Quote from: vanillagorilla on October 25, 2010, 08:15:07 PM
Wasnt 1980 the first year for the big bagger style 'wing, though?

Perhaps....but '75 was still the first year for the 'Gold Wing'.  ;)

Right. The early wings are my favorite... Who needs all that plastic?
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Re: CNN article
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2010, 05:10:53 PM »
that looks like an older article
things could be better or worse
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