[pushrod]

Same bike as last year, with a face lift("sleek", "chiseled", "subtle", "vibrant").



Gotta love that triple howl!

 

[pushrod]

Their website(s) still suck!

I hope they aren't paying anyone to maintain the sites. 'Cause they ain't!

I've said it before, I wonder what the people in Newnan (That would be Triumph USA HQ) do all day?

 

[mscuddy]

Wow! An off-road use only, oval high mount carbon fiber silencer.



Does this mean it'll come with knobbies too? Jeez, I guess it's time to sell my old XL600.



I expect a full off-road test soon.

 

[KPaulCook]

I'm in love. I like the new lines. Good price too. Maybe a VFR is still too much of an old guys bike for me.

 

[KPaulCook]

Re: Their website(s) still suck!

I agree. You think that could do better than that. Buell's site is better. Too bad the bikes suck.

 

[Pacer]

Re: Their website(s) still suck!

kpaul, you didn't have many friends in highschool did you?

 

[29134]

So if I paint the air ducts on my 2002 Daytona, put a stripe down the front so it looks like two seperate headlights instead of one, change the logos and the font on the speedo, I too could have a 2004 Daytona!



Naw, I'll keep the one I've got. Now the new Thruxton looks pretty cool...

 

[34763]

"Chiseled?" ... um, those lights look like they were recycled from the front end from a '97 VFR. The Jet Black frame/wheels look purty cool, though.

 

[jbravo1]

Looks like the 1998 CBR900RR that I used to own. Man I miss that bike.

 

[GregP]

Screw the Daytona, the Thruxton Rocks!!!!

 

[Vlad]

Old guys

Yeah. Honda is considering landing wheels and a special storage rack for my walking cane.

Vlad

 

[nitrofly]

Yeah I wanna Thruxton!!

 

[tomhorn]

The best restyling gimmic yet in the form of its NEW LOW PRICE!

 

[Lowrez]

That's a terrible pun. Do you prefer "not for street use"?

 

[15052]

Bingo!

 

[39970]

As the Brits would say, that Red one looks "Brillliant".

 

[3385]

Re: Their website(s) still suck!

One of the things they're doing is looking for a new leader: according to the AMA's "American Motorcyclist", Mike Vaughan resigned as CEO of Triumph Motorcycles America...

 

[pushrod]

Vaughn resigned? Where did you see this?

 

[3385]

There was one on display at the International Motorcycle Show in San Mateo, CA last week. The contrast between the Thruxton 900 and the Bonneville was stunning: the Thruxton looked really nice. The guys at the Triumph booth wouldn't let me sit on the bike, though, so I don't know how well the new bars, pegs and seat work... &ltsigh&gt

 

[3385]

Re: Vaughn resigned? Where did you see this?

As I mentioned, it was buried in an article ("Triumph Makes Changes at Top" on page 43) in the December, 2003 issue of the "American Motorcylist" but here's a link to an online article.