So having let the Thunderbird Sport go, what next? I am at an age when a cruiser style of relaxed riding suits my needs better. Also, the torque from the TBS isn’t smoothly available until at least 3000 rpm, so the bike is only at it’s best when the engine is singing and it’s being ridden in ‘sport mode’. My reasons for selling were principally that I’m not good on a sports bike which asks me to lean forwards and extend the neck. The first part of this blog is devoted to the Thunderbird Sport, however back in May 2014 I sold the TBS and almost instantly regretted it!Īctually the sale was based on sound logic, but even so I wish I could have just kept the bike as an example of stunning style and beautiful British engineering. This model was derived from the standard Thunderbird 900, but also had some significant enhancements which improved overall BHP output as well as better braking and handling. These machines were built during the period from 1998 to 2004, a period when Triumph’s built quality was considered to be superb and at the top of their game. That Hinckley, British built, classily styled motorcycle has in fact built up quite a following over recent years and is also very popular in both France and America. It was back then that I started this blog, intending over time to build a history of that bike that would also hopefully be of interest to others. I therefore decided to purchase a Hinckley built Triumph and settled on a Thunderbird Sport. Looking back over a lifetime of motor cycling (spanning 40 years) and reflecting on the variety of machines I had owned and ridden, the Triumph stood out for all the right reasons. However it was my wife who had the foresight to say we shouldn’t sell our bike gear and she was right!įast forward a couple years and the love of all things motorbike had not gone away and so I started to consider my options. I then relinquished that bike and tried again to ‘retire’ from the bike scene. I later returned to biking and spent some riding and touring on a BMW R1150R naked sports tourer bike. However circumstances forced me to give up motor cycling for some years and so the Sprint was reluctantly sold. That bike was British Racing Green and I loved the build quality and characteristics of that 885cc engine. My passion for the Hinckley Triumphs started about 20 years ago when I purchased a Sprint 900 triple. This blog has been created about a Triumph Thunderbird Sport and subsequently how I changed it for a Thunderbird 900. morons.Triumph Thunderbird Sport & Thunderbird 900 They just sell the same stuff what they sell in other countries to india. Kawasaki vulcan is a very close call but with 130mm ground clearance and a pillion rider, I had to stop the bike to cross a speed breakers.It seems no bike company designer or research team actually visits the place where they want to market the bike. I am waiting from 11 years to upgrade my bajaj avenger 220 bike, but I am too spoiled by that ground clearance to seat height ratio with that sofa like feeling which no bike of 10x the cost is offering. same guy will scrape every speed breaker with any triumph except an adventure bike on which he will be too short to sit.Interestingly if they add 30mm more ground clearance to T bobber, it matches the exact seat height and ground clearance of bajaj avenger. So a 5.2 to 5.10ft guy can enjoy a bajaj avenger without hitting every speed breaker. Bajaj Avenger is the only bike in india with no.1 ground clearance to seat height(737mm) ratio. T bobber has 140mm and only adventure tourers have 200mm+ ground clearance but seat height is for guys who are 6ft or wear shoes with 5 inch heels. Now the all cruisers and street bikes of triumph have 130mm (3cm less than avenger), imagine the situation now. I suggest to keep avenger 220 has 170mm ground clearance which scrapes some speed breakers in bengaluru, mysuru of karnataka with single rider, with a pillion it scrapes many speed breakers and potholes, even if you are on first gear.
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