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08-31-2007
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Supersport 400 Favorite Bike: 2002 Triumph Bonneville
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: San Jose, CA
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8 Speed Transmission?
Right, then..
Has anyone gotten the latest "Please buy more stuff from us" e mail from Triumph? It contains a sound bite of a triple running a titanium exhaust system: http://www.adz2go.com/mailmgt/Url.as...238&UID=106059
Do I have a counting problem, or did they shift eight times?
TBD
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08-31-2007
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SuperBike Favorite Bike: '07 Tiger
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: On Buzzards Bay, MA
Posts: 1,697 Other Motorcycle: '06 Sprint, sold along with '05 America and '69 Bonnie Extra Motorcycle: 200cc cheap dirt bike
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i think they got caught like the rest of us and shifted twice more while in 6th. hey, admit it. we've all done it.
TBD, you've got a nice looking bike.
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08-31-2007
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SuperBike Favorite Bike: Sprint ST 1050 ABS Blue
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They did have some extra gears on that bike. Maybe it's a new secret engine. The 8 speed triple.
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08-31-2007
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Supersport 400 Favorite Bike: 2002 Triumph Bonneville
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Me? Shift twice in 6th? No...never, never... ('specially since mine only has a five speed) 
I have, more than once, found neutral while taking off from a light...
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Formula Extreme Favorite Bike: 05 Speedmaster
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Piedmont, Alabama
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Having listened to the sound byte twice, I find that the rider shifts seven times, the last sound you hear is him backing off after hitting seventh gear. In addition to my beloved Speedmaster, i also ride my beloved Trophy. It has six gears.
I think Triumph should provide us with the necessary smoking materials to imagine that we who ride their products can really get into a seven-gear transmission.
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08-31-2007
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Team Owner Favorite Bike: '04 Thunderbird Sport
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When I had the Ural, which only had 4 forward gears, I was always trying to select 5th.
Ironically after riding the Ural, when I got on the TBS (6 speed), I would find myself screaming down the road in 4th or 5th.
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Team Owner Favorite Bike: '98 Triumph Thunderbird
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Originally Posted by Wombat
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when I got on the TBS (6 speed), I would find myself screaming down the road in 4th or 5th.
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now that's what I call hoarse-power !
...but only on full moons eh Wombat ?
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09-01-2007
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No, Then I would be HOWLING down the road 
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