Hi, My name is Slim and I'm new the forum. I just wanted to say "hello" to all of the Triumph enthusiasts out there. I'm a "younger" guy and my first street bike was a BSA Rocket 3 back in 1973. A great bike if you could keep the three carbs and sets of points synchronized. Another great feature of the bike was that the vent for the air cooled clutch was in a perfect location to catch any oil dripping from the crankcase (and who ever saw an old British bike that didn't leak oil;-)) and then the clutch would slip. I traded up to my brother's Triumph Bonneville. Great handling bike and nothing sounds like a Triumph! Unfortunately, due to some mechanical issues with it, I swore that I would never own another British bike, sold it and went into the Honda fold for decades. What made me buy another Triumph was that my oldest son purchased a Bonneville after returning from Iraq. Naturally, I thought that he was crazy, but when I visited him, I checked it over and decided that it was a well-made and well-designed bike. Later, after purchasing my current 2011 Sprint GS, did I discover that the company had been taken over by motorcycle enthusiasts (similar to the tale of Harley-Davidson) and reformed. Currently, I ride a 2011 Triumph Sprint GS. I still have my old 1984 Honda CB650 NIghthawk with 70K faithful miles on it (you can't get rid of an old friend). The Triumph is a fantastic bike although with only 6K miles on it, the starter spline teeth stripped. I'm currently replacing the starter (getting it out of the bike seems to be a task as the mounting bolts aren't very accessible) and keeping the battery fully charged in the future to hopefully preclude this situation from reoccurring. Anyway, I'm new to the forum and glad to be back in the Triumph fold.
Haddock. That will do nicely. Another black beauty to cam the inmates tonight as nursey administers the meds. Great to see them being used as they should. Now get that bucket and sponge out. Thanks for sharing a picture. Regards Joe.
