Triumph Thruxton RS Final Edition

[misterprofessionality]

Very nice bike! When I ETS'ed out the army in 1971, from Ft. Eustis, VA, I drove my car home to CA, but made some stops along the way, one of which was at my army bud's parents house in Owasso, MI. When we were in Thailand together, we would go to the beach resort town of Pattaya and rent Honda 350's. We'd ride 'em like we stole 'em, and those Hondas never missed a beat. At his house, his whole family rode, and he and I rode his brand new 1971 Triumph Bonneville two up on a trip around Lake Superior. It took nine days. Then I drove my car from MI, while he rode the bike, to TX, to visit another bud of ours. We left my car at his sister's house whose husband was in the army and stationed at Ft. Hood. We again rode two-up, me driving, from Ft. Hood down to Corpus Christie to visit another bud, then rode back to Ft. Hood, again me driving. I'm still in touch with my friend, and he's coming to TX to visit me this summer. We'll ride my Honda CB1100 and my Yamaha V-star 1300 around TX.

how in the world did you get a 1971 Bonneville to do that without a literal tractor trailer full of oil following you to resupply the whole way? that trip must have been singlehandedly responsible for the oil crisis and subsequent malaise era of american automobiles.

[misterprofessionality]

Another new video of a live model has surfaced at the Tokyo motorcycle show.

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxDkvlvO5F6wC...jqoM0_t_3l

[peterbaron]

Stop showing pics and videos...GET one in your driveway asap

[misterprofessionality]

Tell that to Hinckley.

[GoldOxide_imp]

Another new video of a live model has surfaced at the Tokyo motorcycle show.

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxDkvlvO5F6wC...jqoM0_t_3l

Is that where your VIN is at? At a tradeshow?

[Charlie Bravo_imp]

Very nice bike! When I ETS'ed out the army in 1971, from Ft. Eustis, VA, I drove my car home to CA, but made some stops along the way, one of which was at my army bud's parents house in Owasso, MI. When we were in Thailand together, we would go to the beach resort town of Pattaya and rent Honda 350's. We'd ride 'em like we stole 'em, and those Hondas never missed a beat. At his house, his whole family rode, and he and I rode his brand new 1971 Triumph Bonneville two up on a trip around Lake Superior. It took nine days. Then I drove my car from MI, while he rode the bike, to TX, to visit another bud of ours. We left my car at his sister's house whose husband was in the army and stationed at Ft. Hood. We again rode two-up, me driving, from Ft. Hood down to Corpus Christie to visit another bud, then rode back to Ft. Hood, again me driving. I'm still in touch with my friend, and he's coming to TX to visit me this summer. We'll ride my Honda CB1100 and my Yamaha V-star 1300 around TX.

how in the world did you get a 1971 Bonneville to do that without a literal tractor trailer full of oil following you to resupply the whole way? that trip must have been singlehandedly responsible for the oil crisis and subsequent malaise era of american automobiles.

how in the world did you get a 1971 Bonneville to do that without a literal tractor trailer full of oil following you to resupply the whole way? that trip must have been singlehandedly responsible for the oil crisis and subsequent malaise era of american automobiles.
In the several days before the departure, my friend and his Dad tinkered with the bike to solve an ignition problem and they put a wrench on every single nut or bolt they could find. We had no problems with the bike, but as SRV said, "It's flooding down in Texas." He was right about that. His Dad had a Road King that he kept in top shape.