Triumphrat

roxythruxton

Just a pad to protect your tank . It's nice to have when you're running at high speeds and laying on the tank .
Guess it's an aquired taste .

Here I have both a guard and the pad . I guess it's like boinking with a condom and a diaphram . Never be too safe . But my intention was to break up the mono UJ a little . I don't care . I like it .

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Vegas_07Bonnie

LMFAO

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Calliway

A soft place to bang your head when you realize it looks weird and cost you a small fortune for a piece of vinyl with some foam in it.

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Aussiematt

Its weird - just like the 68 coloured headlight cover - what's thats all about...?

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Vegas_07Bonnie

silly triumph and their borderline useless accessories lol.

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Nickwiz

Whadaya mean useless?

Its to hold your Lyta alloy or fiberglass tank on and to rest your chin on, in your pudding basin helmet, while you get down behind your flyscreen, with the suspension hammering hell out of you, as you fly down the Glencrutchery road at 110mph on your flying lap seconds ahead of a Manx Norton!

Ok, Ok its useless!

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Pythas

Having had my chin down on the tank most of today trying to keep as much of my body below the Dart fly screen as possible wilst going 95ish on the interstate trying to get home from California.... the little pad might have been nice for that bump when I almost bit my tongue off upon when my chin connected with the tank.

Beyond that though.. I've seen chin pads fixed to old Norton Manx's and suspect that it's the same idea. Also seen pads of the like on the fixing straps used to hold Manx tanks to Norton featherbed frames.

That said the Triumph doesn't have either a Manx tank nor the featherbed frame, so the pad seems a bit out of place to me.


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Thats the strap I was talking about on a Triton. I always figured this tank pad was somehow trying to combine that idea with the racing pad I was talking about above.

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Vegas_07Bonnie

i found them on madss for 25 bucks, maybe i'll just get adventurous and get one since they're cheap lol.

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Quirkymart

Can’t find a pic at the mo of a tank pad on a bonnie, but check out the link for an earlier homemade version on a triumph.

http://www.classicbikes.pwp.blueyond...on_his_tri.htm

I’ve got to confess I like the 68 range it was a nice idea to add a little flair personalization to your bike. There was an article in Torque about it all the designs were based on triumph period accessories and the look and feel of the 1968 triumph range. Shame the price was a bit high.
Even the headlamp cover is based on period race accessories, you’d put it over the headlamp to stop glass from getting on the track if you crashed. I know someone who paid quite a lot to get one custom made to his classic bike in the earlier 90’s to give it that clubmans race feel!

If its cheap and you like it buy it as they won't be round for ever!

Daveski UK

No purpose at all, just another thingy to lighten your wallet [billfold]

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