Personal Styling

Discussion in 'Triumph General Discussion' started by chiari1, Jan 27, 2017.

  1. chiari1

    chiari1 Elite Member

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    Rich Bryce Dead Eye Dick

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    I always think it would have been much nicer if Triumph had put decent chroming on the top of the front forks and headlight bracket rather than the paper thin wrap around excuse on my 2010 SE Bonnie.
     
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  3. crispey

    crispey crispey creme de la creme

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    Thruxton 900 rear light cluster is absolute trash, looks ok on Bonnie but what a cheap way of saving money
     
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    The early T300 range would have looked better without those amber/yellow reflectors in the radiator covers !!

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    When you have 25 litre tank and close to 500 klms range. Why ?
    My 94 trident got 25 klms a litre @ 90 odd klms/hr. I got over 22.5 @ 110 kph, only did a couple of small mods to get that mileage ! 3 into 1 exhaust, K & N filter, drilled out the vacuum ports in the carburetor's, lifted the needles about 30'000 inch and geared the bike down (2 teeth bigger rear sprocket) as top gear was too much of an overdrive!

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    I customize first for comfort, second for performance / handling and third for looks. The form versus function question is ongoing with every bike I have owned.
     
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    crispey crispey creme de la creme

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    Looks!! I need all the help i can get!!
     
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    GaryM It's him, you know who. Him from you know ....

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    Likewise I mod the bike only if it's clearly Better performance/handling. As to things I wish they had put on the bike like most I always think hazards and pass switch should be standard on all bikes now, not always done sadly.
    Can do hazards on the TBird with a complicate series of key/button turning thanks to the alarm on the bike but can't remember how to do it.
    If I'm ever on the ferry I'll have to take the alarm manual so that I can put it into sleep mode for the crossing.
    As to looks long past the age where anything less than a full body swap will improve how I look :D
     
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  9. sprintdave

    sprintdave Nurse, think it's time for his medications.

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    How fuckin true.
     
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    wish the new street trples still had a choice of the old round headlights, i may be young but still love abit of retro!
     
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    If my Speedy Triple had been delivered with a super model on the pillion then that is a styling upgrade I would have paid for :).
     
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    So old fashioned!! My Suzuki had em as standard in the 70's
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