I was gonna head over and meet you, but got slammed at work. Yah, the first time I heard a Thruxton, it was that bad boy black. When they fired it up it had a very passive tick tick tick. Mine came with TORs, which have a nice tone but still let me ride of to church on Sunday morning.
Congrats. Join our RAT group, even though you are a ways from Austin. In November, we are doing a RAID in the Hill Country so we will definitely want to see you there.
David