03-17-2015, 01:34 PM
When I started thinking about adding a new bike to my garage to keep my Hawk GT company I initially looked at the Triumph Bonneville. For whatever reason I found myself more drawn to the Street Triple. However, I wasn't sure that I could see myself running around on the Street Triple to be honest. Then word arrived that Honda was going to be bringing the CB1100 to North America and that was the end of contemplating anything else.
At one point later on, I ended up visiting the local Triumph dealer with a friend of mine who needed to pick up some parts for his Daytona. I was chatting with one of the sales guys while looking over the then new version of the Street Triple that had just arrived. He asked me if I was interested in the bike and I told him no, that I already had a CB1100 on order. He looked at me and smiled and made a comment about what a sweet looking bike the CB was. I was in full agreement. That Triumph dealership struck me as a real class act and I ended up ordering the Staintune for my CB through them later on.
At one point later on, I ended up visiting the local Triumph dealer with a friend of mine who needed to pick up some parts for his Daytona. I was chatting with one of the sales guys while looking over the then new version of the Street Triple that had just arrived. He asked me if I was interested in the bike and I told him no, that I already had a CB1100 on order. He looked at me and smiled and made a comment about what a sweet looking bike the CB was. I was in full agreement. That Triumph dealership struck me as a real class act and I ended up ordering the Staintune for my CB through them later on.