MY FIRST TRIUMPH (WELL I HAVE TRIUMPH CAR ASWELL )

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  1. johnc

    johnc New Member

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    I am John from Chester just bought my first Triumph bike its a tiger 1050 09 in white and its beautiful.I had a kawisaki zzr but found it was a bit to low for me I was bent over the bars to much so pk it for the triumph and it is brilliant
     
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  2. thebiglad

    thebiglad Old fart, still riding !

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    #2 thebiglad, Dec 6, 2016
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    Hello John and welcome in to the Triumph Asylum - Good bike the Tiger !!!

    Before anyone else arrives and starts to badger you - pics, we need pics of bike and car (Triumph????)

    PS A very long time ago - before Moses - I had first a Triumph Spitfire and then a Triumph 2000 with manual and overdrive on 3rd and 4th, if my memory serves me well. Then a 3ltr Stag with manual and overdrive.
     
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  3. R_1000

    R_1000 Elite Member

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    Welcome John :). Enjoy the triple

    As Biglad ^^^said . ....pictures please ; -)
     
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  4. johnc

    johnc New Member

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    Hi Dave pictures tomorrow the car is a 1977 triumph stag
     
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  5. thebiglad

    thebiglad Old fart, still riding !

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    Stags - lovely cars. Mine was a 1975 I think; manual with o/d, stainless sills, - a real beauty.
     
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  6. Sprinter

    Sprinter Kinigit

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    Hi welcome.
     
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  7. toad

    toad Active Member

    Never mind the car, its got two wheels too many. You are blessed with one of the greatest bikes on earth! As if you didn't know. I know, you know, don't you know.

    Welcome and enjoy:)
     
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  8. sprintdave

    sprintdave Nurse, think it's time for his medications.
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    Welcome, we love triples in here, and twins, and fours ,even singles if anyone has one.lol
     
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  9. DreadySteve

    DreadySteve Well-Known Member

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    Single..... Brain cell??? Count me in on that one :p

    Welcome to the Trumpet madhouse John. Glad you are enjoying ya first Triumph :)
     
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  10. darkman

    darkman Crème de la Crème

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    Hi n welcome, enjoy your new Triumph.
     
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  11. Sprinter

    Sprinter Kinigit

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  12. Rich Bryce

    Rich Bryce Dead Eye Dick

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    Welcome John boy. Nice choice of motors. My first car was a yellow 'n black 'D' reg 1100 Herald I bought for pennies in '74 not long after passing my test (first time, six lessons, beggars belief these days). Soooo loved that car until it finally rusted around me. My last bike will be a Triumph too.

    Anyway, enuff of that, where the f are the photos? Blimey.
     
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  13. johnc

    johnc New Member

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    IMG_4873.JPG Here we go
     
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  14. johnc

    johnc New Member

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    I Had a Herald convertible before the Stag but as you said they tend to rust away
     
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  15. MickEng

    MickEng Noble Member

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    Welcome to the forum John
    Nice picture!
     
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  16. figwold

    figwold First Class Member

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    Jesus Christ the bike is bigger than the car!

    Welcome John
     
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  17. Rich Bryce

    Rich Bryce Dead Eye Dick

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    My cousin's like a big brother to me, so I always kinda followed him. Support the same footie team. He used to do the leather upholstery on Triumph cars. So I bought a Herald (not leathered-up though). Then he got sacked for allegedly swearing at a foreman (and in all my life I have never heard him utter a single cuss word). So he got himself an upholsterers job at Aston Martin in Newport Pagnal (he did the James Bond DB5), so I bought a ,,, nah, only kidding on that one.
     
  18. Tiglet

    Tiglet Vintage Member

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    Hi John and welcome to the forum :cool:

    Nice ride and drive you have there,,,,,,,,,,,I don't mean the concrete one;)
     
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  19. sprintdave

    sprintdave Nurse, think it's time for his medications.
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    Love the Stag, nice car even today. Bike looks pretty good too,lol

    my ex father in law used to have a Herald some years ago, good little car, and very easy to work on. Oh the fun we had climbing up a stack of cars at the local breakers yard to get the rear suspension out to put on his car. Health and safety would have had a fit.
     
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  20. thebiglad

    thebiglad Old fart, still riding !

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    Hello John, yours is the same era as mine was, with the same alloy wheels and stainless sills. Would love to have another one :(

    So how are you getting on with your Tiger - they are pretty good aren't they?
     

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