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Message started by LostArtist on 06/13/11 at 15:13:48

Title: tempted
Post by LostArtist on 06/13/11 at 15:13:48

http://www.tmpsw.com/new_vehicle_detail.asp?sid=04775507X6K13K2011J4I29I22JPMQ1363R0&veh=6041&pov=2170338

or

http://www.tmpsw.com/new_vehicle_detail.asp?sid=04775507X6K13K2011J4I29I22JPMQ1363R0&veh=13040&pov=2170354

triumph is cheaper and has a bigger gas tank

and it's a triumph

Title: Re: tempted
Post by ALfromN.H. on 06/13/11 at 15:30:32

I'd take the triumph and change the seat color. Looks like a good deal.

Title: Re: tempted
Post by Boule’tard on 06/13/11 at 15:33:00

I'd almost give you a "DUDE! Just pick a bike already, and be happy with it!" ..if I had not gone through 4 bikes in as many years. I'm pretty settled on the DR650 though.

So just cut to the chase and get a DR650 :D

Title: Re: tempted
Post by Boofer on 06/13/11 at 16:44:34

I don't know why, but I absolutely love Old BSAs and Triumphs. I have always thought their sound was definitely better imo than Harleys.

Title: Re: tempted
Post by WD on 06/13/11 at 16:58:10

Go for the Triumph. Leave the seat as is, adds character.

S83 is just a cosmetically revamped 1400 Intruder. Common and boring.

Title: Re: tempted
Post by babyhog on 06/13/11 at 17:06:00

Oh Lost, you're killing me! The America is my dream bike and that looks like a great price, even though its an '03. (I check them out on ebay all the time, just to drool) Don't see the mileage listed anywhere, but it wins by a landslide for me. Seat isn't really my taste, but it looks like a very nice after-market add-on. For the right deal, it could grow on me or I'd change it.

Title: Re: tempted
Post by Silly Ogre on 06/13/11 at 18:11:27

The Triumph hands down...Both nice bikes but the It is a Triumph...

Title: Re: tempted
Post by kimchris1 on 06/13/11 at 18:18:00

Both are nice bikes. Which ever one you decide on,
should bring you many miles of enjoyment.
If your heart is leaning towards one more than the
other, follow your heart.. :) kim

Title: Re: tempted
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/13/11 at 19:10:17

Before ya do anything, look into the basic maintenance procedures.
If I was just goin with GUT, Id lean toward the Triumph, but I wouldn't go for it til I did some homework, customer complaints, maintenance issues,, etc.

Title: Re: tempted
Post by LostArtist on 06/14/11 at 11:17:11

they sold the Triumph already so I test rode the S-83, and I wasn't overwhelmed, at 0-60 or so my S-50 does a ton better and is way more fun. and the vibrations at above 60 - 70 at least are the same as my S-50

and the clutch was sticky so it kinda ruined my test ride, hard to get going in 1st without just popping the clutch.

think I'll just get my S-50 tuned up.

Title: Re: tempted
Post by bill67 on 06/14/11 at 12:01:36

7855555C5F483A0 wrote:

I don't know why, but I absolutely love Old BSAs and Triumphs. I have always thought their sound was definitely better imo than Harleys.

That American is not going to sound like the old Triumphs. It fires at 270 degrees instead of 180. I like the 270 better for sound and has more low end power.My 1983 Suzuki GR 650 was 270 firing.

Title: Re: tempted
Post by Boofer on 06/14/11 at 12:25:05

5F4046415C5B6A5A6A52404C07350 wrote:

JOG2, I'm with you on that, but I'm just wishing...not buying. I have a doctor who has a 1997 959? or something. He is 70 and getting a little afraid of his abilities, so he is debating whether to spend $1100 on a spark unit to make it run. Problem is his wife bought it for his birthday years ago. So he has to be careful about fixing OR selling. :-/

Bill, I know what you mean. That's why I said the old Triumphs in my post. The mc magazines are all over the Triumphs and Ducs. I think they both look like a mc should, running or not. :)