That's All Folks!

My affair with this perky, if slightly temperamental, beauty is over… I’ve sold my Speed 400.

Those with a good one, or who are perhaps more tolerant than me, may wonder why I would do such a terrible thing, but some annoying glitches and the on/off single-cylinder performance characteristics were enough for me to realise this was not going to be a long term relationship!

I don’t know what my next date will be but, for now, ride safe, see you around. :wave:

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No need to disappear Alex! Hang around for the craic :grin:

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Yeah, I’m not currently a trumpet owner but I still hang around here like a bad smell… :joy:
Maybe try doubling the cylinders?

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I’m in total agreement with @Dawsy - no need to get yer coat!

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Yep, hang about if you like it here. If nothing else, my nosiness wants to know what you’ll go for next!!!

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No need to leave, at least one longstanding member has never owned a Triumph :joy:

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Yep, next bike needs to be at least two cylinders.

I didn’t get on too well with my son-in-law’s single-cylinder KTM 690 Duke, and the Speed 400 had that same tendency to be jerky if I was in the wrong gear, so I need something smoother and more tolerant of my lazy gear-changing!

You might not think a decent, smallish, light, twin-cylinder bike would be hard to find, but there are surprisingly few out there!

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Agree with all previous comments, no need to leave the forum just because you don’t have a triumph.

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Hang around Alex (we like famous bike mag contributors). :slightly_smiling_face:

I reckon there’s a large portion of the membership that have at least one non-Triumph in their garage.
(And a few total non-Triumph infidels we tolerate :wink: :laughing:)

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They’re called Bonnevilles from the 60s and 70s :slightly_smiling_face:

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I did find the 400 glitchy too when city riding as I test rode one last year. A friend of mine has just bought similar thing, a BMW310r and by all accounts it has an awful lot of merits going for it.
Think you should keep in this happy cosy family regardless of what bike you prefer to own, I’ve not had a triumph now for quite a while but i know when a forum is ‘fitting’ and I’m here to stay.

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Closest I’ve come to owning a Triumph is a few test rides and having the Tee shirt, but I’m here anyway so this place isn’t exclusively for Trumpet owners :wink:

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Triumphs. Had one. Got one. Want one. Dream of owning one. This is your place.

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Have three. Would like more… :joy:

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Queue Adie… :grin:

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My thoughts exactly when I posted… :laughing:

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Is that queue or cue?

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I blame it on being an idiot…!

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There’s a lot of it about…

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Moi? Ermmmm… what was the question again? Number of Triumphs in current ownership?

OK. Including a T160 I have (I think) 4 - one being a pre-unit 650 motor’d Triton.

Hinckleys? Ermmmm … currently 9 - but I’m in the process of a 2 for 1 swap so, by the end of next week, I should have 8.

EDIT :- I forgot to include the Street Triple - which I’ll count as a Hinckley - so make that 10, soon to be 9.

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