Triumphrat

sweatmachine · 03-28-2008

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Originally Posted by KingBear

The first Scrams had 270-degree cranks, but now they are all 360. The difference in sound probably has more to do with the different exhaust.

are you sure? I think that was a misprint on the Triumph website for a brief period, I believe they're still all 270 cranks.

That scrambler sounded great! Makes me want one!

Ringadingdoo · 03-28-2008

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Originally Posted by modre

When I still had the 1150 RT, a guy was fool enough to let me ride his Scrambler...did some acrobatics while he cringed, then idled it across a paved parking lot...after the whiplash headache abated I went right down and traded the BMW for a T100...the Scrambler styling and 450 lbs. sucked me right in...but the 360 brought it home to when the world was younger

I don't know about bark...I do know something about bite tho.

nice bike, wouldn't mind having that now

ohiorider · 03-28-2008

When did they change the Scram from this to a 360 degree crank?

Bob

KingBear · 03-28-2008

I must be mistaken. I thought they went to 360 degrees in '07 but the Triumph website still shows 270. Sorry for the bad info.

BugDeath · 03-28-2008

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Originally Posted by Ringadingdoo

I LOVED this toy when i was a kid

http://www.backtobasicstoys.com/item/productid/6270

the ultimate tribute to Evel Knievel

I wore three of those things out in the 70's. I saw Evel jump at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Ma. and Robbie was just starting out.
My in-laws bought me a new one of those for Christmas last year!

SpaceCoastRat · 03-28-2008

my new wife got me the same thing for Christmas '06 when we'd been going out for only a few months... it was the exact same thing I wanted for Christmas in 1974 but it was so popular that I had to get a raincheck and didn't get it until May of '75... 5 months to an 8 year old may as well have been five years... my wife didn't get it at the time but now that I have turned her spare room into a batcave with an Evel shrine she understands my Evel obsession... the one thing I had forgotten about the stunt cycle was how bloody LOUD the engergizer gets before take-off... that toy actually got rated on some website as the number one toy that adults wish they could play with again...

I actually got to meet Evel on my first day in Florida and shake his hand and personally thank him for giving me a red blooded American hero to look up to as a kid... he said "you're welcome" and autographed a helmet "To Lou, Happy Landings, Evel Knievel"... I didn't realize it until recently but I think the reason I fell head over heels for the Scrambler was that it kinda looks like his old jump bikes...

i've got a respectable collection of memorabilia in my Evel shrine but there's a guy here in Florida that was friends with Evel and has the coolest superfan site on the web and a collection that is truly amazing and a veritable Evel museum... he's got both a replica XR-750 jump bike and a replica SKY CYCLE!!! any Evel fan should definitely check out his site...

http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/track/5573/