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Discussion in 'Newbies Hangout' started by speedrattle, Feb 22, 2021.

  1. speedrattle

    speedrattle Senior Member

    Feb 19, 2021
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    hey folks

    joined here the other day. been looking around. i live in the eastern deciduous woodland of north america, hillbilly appalachia as far as the local culture is concerned. lately we haven't seen anything but snow for much longer than i like.

    ive been messing with triumphs for nearly 50 years now. first bike i ever had was 1962 trophy 500 when i was 16. second bike was a 72 bonneviile i bought when i was 21 and still ride. it's ugly and beat up and still goes pretty fast for what it is.

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    have some other stuff. a commando, two thunderbolts, a victor, and some more recent non-british stuff that i can ride when the brits won't start.

    two race bikes as well. one is a 1965 650 bonneville that i 've been runniog for five seasons now looking for 140 mph. only have 4 mph to go, but that's proving hard to find. blew it up two seasons ago and am still playing catch up

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    working on a 1966 road race machine at the moment, to give me something to do on track bike days around here. it's mostly built from pieces left over from the LSR program

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    anyway, pleased to meet you
     
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  2. TEZ 217

    TEZ 217 Crème de la Crème

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    Welcome to the forum speed rattle gotta say rather nice introduction complete with some excellent pictures, your gonna fit in real well around here buddy - Yee Haw. :D:D
     
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  3. Fork Lock

    Fork Lock Crème de la Crème

    Greetings from a South Jersey Piney.

    Have to agree on the snow. This is the longest that I can ever remember the ground being covered. This year I think we've had more snow than in the last five.

    Hate it. if I ever want to see snow (extremely doubtful) I'll but a calendar with pictures of mountains.

    Anyhow, nice stable of bikes. Welcome.
     
  4. speedrattle

    speedrattle Senior Member

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    hey thank you folks

    ill wander around quite a bit, i imagine
     
  5. andyc1

    andyc1 Lunarville 7, Airlock 3

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    Welcome to the forum, nice bike history :)
     
  6. David Cooper

    David Cooper Triumph Rocketeer.
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    Hello and welcome to the forum.

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  7. Vulpes

    Vulpes Confused Member

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    Hi and welcome.
     
  8. Helmut Visor

    Helmut Visor Only dead fish go with the flow
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    Howdy Speedrattle :cool:
     
  9. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    Welcome in to the madhouse. Those pics remind me of that film ‘Worlds fastest Indian’
     
  10. speedrattle

    speedrattle Senior Member

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    that film didn't do old burt monro justice. he didn't get 200 mph the first time. he had to work at it quite a bit harder. but triumph land speed racing machines are all sort of road warrior-looking

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  11. steve lovatt

    steve lovatt Something else

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    Welcome to the forum :cool:
     
  12. Tiglet

    Tiglet Vintage Member

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    Hello Sr and welcome to the forum :)
     
  13. Jadorff

    Jadorff Noble Member

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    welcome to the forum
     
  14. Patchinko

    Patchinko Senior Member

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  15. Sandi T

    Sandi T It's ride o'clock somewhere!
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    Greetings from Arizona and welcome to the forum, Speedrattle. What a great collection of bikes you have. Thanks for sharing the photos! :)

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