My new ride

So...I thought it was time to get another road bike. 
Actually thats not what happened. 

I had a customer who wanted to get their late husbands bike running just to sell it. I gave it a check over and quoted the work. She didnt want to spend much money on it and didnt want the hassel of getting a blue slip and everything for it so she offered it to me for a good price. 

Me being me, couldnt turn it down. So over the past couple of weeks ive been working on it and got it going. 

So now i have a 1997 Triumph Thunderbird 900. Its not a bandit, but it will do. 
Immaculate. He owned it since new. Only 20k km on the clock. 

Photos to come soon.

Nice Cam. My cousin rides something like that, but I think theirs is later 90s.

Nice work, Cam.
It's always so much sweeter when you are in the right place at the right time to pick up a bargain.  

Great bikes, too. 
I have a friend who is 65 yo. At sixty she did a lap around Aus on one and it didn't miss a beat. 
She sold it only recently,  still going strong. .

Welcome back Cam. 
You're wearing many hats these days 

Can`t say I knew much about them, until I just looked it up.

 Nice looking bike.
You`ve done well to pick it up with such low K`s.

In this situation, I`d always have conflict, whether to ride it, or store it.

You know what your doing.

   Onya Cam.    Hope the Volvo is coming along.

ace!  about time

good work Cam

Hey fellas.

Its great to be back on the road. The time away must have done me some good and i now have a new appreciation of road riding.
The triumph didnt skip a beat on the 2300km 4 day snowy mountains ride i took her on last weekend. 

Problem is over the weekend i didnt grow attached to the bike like i thought i would. I love the look of the bike, but it just didnt excite me riding it like i want a bike to do. So ill keep her for a little longer and probably move on to something else. 

I am thinking  BMW K1200s or a triumph sprint ST. Does anybody here have any experiences with either? Or something else they might recommend that i may have overlooked. 

PS sorry i havnt been around lately. Will be now im on the road again. 

Nice one Cam.
I picked up a new mount yesterday. It excites me

G`day mate, I have test ridden an ST, and they`re a nice bike.

The power and torque is very similar to a Bandit.
They`ve got a better chassis/frame, so handling is better, and very comfortable sitting position.

I guess you really have to ride one yourself to get a proper opinion, but they`re a good bike.


I`ve had nothing to do with the Beemer, but I`d assume it would have more get up and go all round.

The triumph st was a heap of shit compared to the bandit. Didn't like it at all. I actually was going to buy a k1200 prior to the bandit,  but the seller pulled out of the deal. They seem to have clutch issues. What are you looking for in a bike?  I loved the new xj900 at Philip island. If I was going to buy a new bike atm is be the xj or the mt09 and I am in no way a Yamaha fan. Current Suzukis are just a bit boring

reddog wrote:The triumph st was a heap of shit compared to the bandit. Didn't like it at all. I actually was going to buy a k1200 prior to the bandit,  but the seller pulled out of the deal. They seem to have clutch issues. What are you looking for in a bike?  I loved the new xj900 at Philip island. If I was going to buy a new bike atm is be the xj or the mt09 and I am in no way a Yamaha fan. Current Suzukis are just a bit boring

Not to mention you won't find anyone saying the 1050ST had good brakes. 
The forks are too light looking to me also for a bike designed to carry a load.