I'm considering buying a Triumph America

Navigator said:

Quite candidly, I am looking for an alternative to my beautiful Rocket and I know there are many bikes out there I could be considering.

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Thunderbird?

Bonneville Speedmaster?

Had a great ride today on my BMW R1200C, wearing a brace on my new knee. It's a nice, lightweight and fairly torquey machine that handles beautifully. I parked it in the garage and went out to my shop to have have a shot of Crown Royal and of course pondered the beauty of my Touring next to my old truck. It sits up very straight on the kickstand so I mounted it and stood it up without a problem. Dang but what a fine bike and it's easy up off the kickstand. Parting with this incredible machine would be very difficult so I'm not going to make any decisions for a few months as I heal. I'll move it into the garage where it is easier to back out on pavement and head on down the road than backing it out on crushed rock.

Navigator said:

I parked it in the garage

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That is a hell of a man-cave - Nice shooter on the bench too.

I forgot that the old M1 was in the pic. I was dissembling it to find why it won't fully eject older surplus military cartridges. I was thinking perhaps the gas tube was plugged but it's all clean as a whistle. I've since read that using the surplus ammo on the market is hazardous, resulting in a bullet stuck in the barrel at times. I'm having it converted to 7.62x54 NATO.

On the shop, we never even had so much of a two car garage so I resolved when I retired to buy a house with one and on a lot with sufficient room to build a shop. I bought the engineered plans from a guy in Oregon, 20ftx30ft and then added a 12ftx14ft addition. I'm selling the old truck as soon as I install a new power brake booster. I'll then have the shop back for my bikes. A couple of pics.



The interior is a 2016 photo. Both the Nomad and the Harley Super Glide have been sold and the VStrom now has a sidecar on it. Through the doors is the edition with where all of my vintage Triumph twins, special tools etc., are kept. I also have the lift back there.

Navigator said:

I looked at a 2016 today and it was a beauty that ocal retired guy is selling. It is black, almost metalflake, and in like new condition with about 3200 miles on it. My wife even liked it and thinks I should buy it. I only sat on it and found it to be extremely comfortable. I read some old ride reports with the America getting very good reviews. $5500 is what he is asking. It has Triumph saddlebags and a passenger backrest/ rear rack plus one of those big round hard luggage bags with an attached rider backrest.

Has anyone owned one of these?

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I had one and I loved it. But I totaled it in a dust-up with slick streets and a school bus. That's a very fair price. Buy it and don't look back!

Navigator said:

Had a great ride today on my BMW R1200C, wearing a brace on my new knee. It's a nice, lightweight and fairly torquey machine that handles beautifully. I parked it in the garage and went out to my shop to have have a shot of Crown Royal and of course pondered the beauty of my Touring next to my old truck. It sits up very straight on the kickstand so I mounted it and stood it up without a problem. Dang but what a fine bike and it's easy up off the kickstand. Parting with this incredible machine would be very difficult so I'm not going to make any decisions for a few months as I heal. I'll move it into the garage where it is easier to back out on pavement and head on down the road than backing it out on crushed rock.

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R1200C was my first bike after 15 years of not riding. Great bike, 2001 with abs, heated grips and huge saddlebags that would fit a 30 pack on each side. Still miss it but my brother owns it and barely rides it so might have to buy it back from him some day.

CrzystghndKC said:

I had one and I loved it. But I totaled it in a dust-up with slick streets and a school bus. That's a very fair price. Buy it and don't look back!

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Am really on the fence, with my wife even pushing me to ride it. I've been wanting a bike to ship to England to ride UK and the America would be perfect.

BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!

The America is the best all around motorcycle i have ever owned. Mine is a 2005 more the style of your daughters.
They changed the setup later and made them more of a mid size touring bike over the early cruiser style.
They are a great leisure bikes. They are not going to win any races, but do a respectable job of getting you down the road.
The only thing I know that people do not like is the speed limiter of 95 mph. TTP has a solution for that, but it is not cheap. Late America & Speedmaster 95mph Speed Limiter Removal :: TriumphTwinPower.com

Here is mine set up for two up riding.

I had a the Triumph America a 2008 model. A nice easy to ride machine with very few annoying little idiosyncrasies. It's not really fast but not really slow either. Style wise, I loved it and the comfort level was a big plus - super comfy to ride! Funny that, it was a lovely BLUE too...