2020 Poll - forum member age

[pdedse]

73
Although an eye issue caused me tp part with my final M/C Sep 2018.
Glad the CB1100 was the icing on the cake!
If I had not promised no more M/C to my wife, a new Kawasaki W800 would be tempting.
But I am not complaining about 17 bikes in 55 years.

pdedse: I sent you a PM type email through the forum, a few weeks ago, asking why you kept your Triumph Street Twin only a short time...was it radiator fan blowing hot air on your feet?

Hmmm...that sounds familiar, but I checked incoming / outgoing pm and I don't see anything. I'm kinda of thinking we had this exchange in one of the threads, but I can't recall for sure.

I think Triumph did a nice job with the long rectangular radiators they use for the Street Twin and others; but no, it wasn't that "radiator fan" : )

I had a CB1100 '14 standard, traded it in for the Street Twin, but after 2 months with it, I realized it just wasn't the right bike for me--too light, and even smaller than the CB, meaning that I was even more hunched over on the Triumph. But the ST was a cool looking, sweet sounding, great handling bike. But I like to do trips and out on the hiways, winds just blew me around a bit much to my liking.

So I sold the Triumph and went back to the Cb1100, a '17ex. A strange motorcycle phase for me.