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  1. Exhaust question specific to the T

    Looks good. I was thinking maybe a Yoshimura-type can but this works. Yea, I know it's never going to be a lightweight but this seemed like a natural. I'll spend more time looking at the old threads. Thanks, everybody.

  2. Exhaust question specific to the T

    I realize that Triumph put twin pipes on the T to give it a balanced appearance and look more like a conventional bagger, and I do like the look, but it seems kinda silly to have all 3 pipes exit on one side but split it into 2 heavy pipes. I'm not really asking a performance question but it...

  3. Hello from Alabama.

    I think that's a good rule for any heavy bike. At least Goldwingers have a reverse! As to normal-sized, I weigh about 190 pounds and stand about 5'9". The guards sound like a wise investment.

  4. Hello from Alabama.

    Thankfully I haven't bounced down the asphalt since I was a kid but it can always happen again.. Saw a kid on a Gixxer go down just the other day. At least he was sitting up when I went by. That was Palladino in the 2nd video, wasn't it? He's supposed to be really good. But all those...

  5. Hello from Alabama.

    Like TxRIIIRider, my last dump experience wasn't on a flat surface. In fact, I was trying to cross a downgrade on a grass surface at an angle rather than perpendicular and dumped the bike (the PC) over and had to lift it up at considerably more than 90 degrees. The PC weighs about 640 pounds...

  6. Hello from Alabama.

    Hello all. I'm another R3 wannabee. I will have to replace my beloved PC some day and I expect that pressing it into service as a commuter bike to my current job will accelerate that so I've been casting about for what's next. I had just about settled on a Harley of some sort for what I...
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