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Chapomis_imp · 07-22-2015, 09:17 PM

(07-22-2015, 08:47 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Go ride with someone with a new Triumph Bonneville. No one will even notice you anymore. It happened again yesterday riding with my brother. We stop at a gas station and as I am filling up I notice a guy headed my brothers way and in the mic I say "you're about to have company". Sure enough guy walks up asks what year his Triumph is, proceeds to tell about the 75 Triumph his dad owned. Never even glanced my way lol. If I am alone people will walk up and ask about the Honda, but if I'm riding with my brother, the Honda is virtually invisible.

I will give that theory the East Coast try soon. My son just bought a T100 Bonnie, he's picking it up on Saturday. The Rebel didn't hold his attention very long. Cool

the Ferret · 07-22-2015, 09:21 PM

(07-22-2015, 09:17 PM)Chapomis_imp Wrote:
(07-22-2015, 08:47 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Go ride with someone with a new Triumph Bonneville. No one will even notice you anymore. It happened again yesterday riding with my brother. We stop at a gas station and as I am filling up I notice a guy headed my brothers way and in the mic I say "you're about to have company". Sure enough guy walks up asks what year his Triumph is, proceeds to tell about the 75 Triumph his dad owned. Never even glanced my way lol. If I am alone people will walk up and ask about the Honda, but if I'm riding with my brother, the Honda is virtually invisible.

I will give that theory the East Coast try soon. My son just bought a T100 Bonnie, he's picking it up on Saturday. The Rebel didn't hold his attention very long.

Lol..no it didn't. What's it been, 2 weeks?

veech_imp · 07-23-2015, 01:16 AM

Got another "what year is that?" inquiry just yesterday while stopped at a light from a guy in a beautiful Porsche convertible. The fun never stops!

drodg33 · 07-23-2015, 01:40 AM

I was getting gas a couple weeks ago and a young guy got out of his car and looked over at my bike and told me he thought my bike was beautiful. I have never had that happen with any of my previous bikes.

Catbird_imp · 07-23-2015, 09:55 AM

Similarly, I'm used to a lot of strangers coming up and wanting to know more about my "restored" 2013 Royal Enfield Military.

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jrns_imp · 07-23-2015, 10:14 PM

(07-23-2015, 09:55 AM)Catbird_imp Wrote: Similarly, I'm used to a lot of strangers coming up and wanting to know more about my "restored" 2013 Royal Enfield Military.

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that's an amazing bike. my neighbors son in law has a bike similar to this but with a sidecar. and it gets a lot of attention. very cool!

flynrider · 09-02-2015, 08:46 AM

While I get the "what year is that?" question on a fairly regular basis, today I decided to have some fun with it.

As I came out of the post office this morning I saw two older gentlemen standing by my CB having a discussion. When I got there they wanted me to settle their disagreement. One said he was sure it was a late 70s model, probably a 79. The other was pretty certain that it had to be from the early 80s. Chuckling to myself I told them that those were both good guesses, but that the key to identifying this model was to take a good look at the carbs. After some looking and head scratching, I let 'em off the hook and pointed to the VIN tag on the steering head. After some laughs all around I told 'em that they did well to get within 3 decades. Tongue

Motogeezer1949_imp · 09-02-2015, 12:51 PM

When I was coming south through GA. from OH. with Mikes CB on my trailer I stopped for fuel and a bev. I was sitting on the trailer off to the side when an elderly black man walked up and asked about the bike.
He looked it over, noted that it was injected and read the year on the vin tag.
Told me how much he liked the bike. We talked a bit and he told me he had a CBX.
He had bought it new, and had also gotten a bunch of speed parts for it from Japan.
We talked for about a half hour and I heard all about his exploits racing all his buddies. He had just recently pulled the bike out of his brothers basement where it had languished for a number of years and was having the engine rebuilt. He was on his way to see how the shop was doing. I gave him my card and told him to please send me an email with plenty of pics after he got it back. I'm looking forward to seeing them Wink

Rebel73_imp · 09-03-2015, 01:27 AM

I personally love the fact that our CB is a rare breed. I went on a ride with my buddy's riding crew, which was composed of almost entirely cruiser types, and as soon as I pulled up I was getting all the questions: "That's a nice restoration. What year is it?"

"2014? No way!"

And the way I have it CAFE'd out now it's even harder to identify. It's fun, lol.

Gus_imp · 09-03-2015, 03:16 AM

My most interesting conversation around the CB was with a 40-somethng guy who had a CB1100F in his younger days, but had never heard of the CB750. I had a hard time convincing him that he wasn't looking at a tribute to the 1100F. I'll bet he was at the dealership the next day.

It doesn't take a Bonneville to flush out the Triumph people. You only need the Triumph badges on your tank. My Sprint GT (long-distance and 2-up touring bike) so far gets as much attention as the CB. There are plenty of 60/70-somethings out there that had Bonnevilles in the 1960's and 70's. Most of them don't know that Triumph has been back in business for 20 years.

Gus

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