Triumph Scrambler - Like it?

[ÜberDoober]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/EKron/TriumphScrambler.jpg


Do you like it? I sort of do. I think I like the regular Bonneville a little more and not because it sounds like DooberVille. :ack2: Think the high pipes on the scrambler would bug me and it reminds me a little too much of an old Honda CL-350

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/EKron/CL350.jpg

The American Motorcyclist online magazine has a "Ridden & Reviewed" report that you can view here (http://www.amadirectlink.com/riding/reviews/2008/scrambler/index.asp).

[Cornbread Red]

Well, it probably doesn't leak oil anymore, or lets Lucas, Prince of Darkness give you a headlight failure at midnight,, So.. can it really be a Retro Triumph if it only gives you pipe burns?

Chip

[Hoofhearted]

Triumph had high pipes eons ago. The retro look is not too bad. I might have done it a bit different but a CR says it'll get you there and back. And the lights will work!

[Cornbread Red]

'Sides, let's be nice to those old CL/CB 350 Hondas.. Many a high school kid got around on what we all used to call "The $150.00 Motorcycle" ..For years and years, you could buy a used Honda 350 for that price, and when you sold it a couple years later (..If it was still streetable i.e. running), you got exactly the same 150.00..

Those things were butt-slow, handled like a double-jointed Sumo wrestler, and were made from Jap sewerpipe, but the engine was a good, simple workhorse, and it even sounded kinda, sorta good with some baffle ..er, adjustment..

There were so many around in the 70's-80's that parts were cheaper than you could buy for your Schwinn. I saw every kind of lash-up used on those things, and mine even had a 2-into-1 pipe and cafe seat for awhile.

I courted my future wife in '73 and it was the first motorcycle she ever rode on. My Triumph chopper was somehow allergic to Jamie, and it never ran when I wanted to take her out..

Yeah, the 350 Honda was kinda kludgy, but it got the job done.
Chip

[Hoofhearted]

Inflation my dear CR inflation. I have a '71 SL 350 in the garage. Cost me $200. A wonderful machine with a touch of the Lucas right now. The alternator insn't alternating. But we will deal with it a bit later. The then future Mrs. H travelled in style on a Norton. Which, thankfully, I as smart enough not to sell. That and marrying Mrs. H were probably the only two smart moves I ever made.

[Cornbread Red]

Three marriages later, I'm now single and ridin' a Guzzi or three, with fourteen motorcycles in the garage, life's good. :D

[ÜberDoober]

I knew a guy in high school who's dad bought two SL 350's for dirt bikes. They crashed it a lot.

Found a site dedicated to the old Honda's. http://www.honda350k.com/

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/EKron/SL350.jpg

[Hoofhearted]

I gotta go check that out. The SL I bought was pretty stock right down to the pipes. The way the pipes go under the engine I always reckoned they would be the first thing to bashed to oblivion. But the real reason I bought it was the front tire. Its a 4:00 x 18 Dunlop trials unversal. Made in England to boot. How old is that? It reminded me of my desert days when the hot set up was a big fat tire up front for riding in sand. Stupid reason I know but then I never claimed to be smart.

Whoa!! The photo didn't show when I first looked. Thats my SL exactly. I often wondered how stock it was and if thats stock then mine is 100%. Its a fun bike. Lousy front brake but its still a fun ride.

[Motoman_AZ]

This one has me a giddy inside!!!!!

http://www.metisse-motorcycles.com/media/pictures/large/steve.jpg


Originally Posted by Metisse Motorcycles
Complete bikes are ready to order now utilising a fully reconditioned period Triumph TR6 engine complete with a single Amal carburettor.

Faithfully built encompassing the ideals employed by Steve McQueen all those years ago. These include styled footrests made to his original design, 35mm Ceriani forks, with seven inches of travel which he found to be the optimum. The yokes are from BSA being his preference because of the handlebar position, set behind the steering stem for better control.

This Desert Racer faithfully adopts a Mk III chrome-moly, nickel plated, oil bearing frame. Chromed steel wheel rims, period chromed exhausts, scramble rear tyre, trials front tyre, Amal competition levers & twist grip. A period Triumph front hub with BSA rear, along with an authentic colour coded tank, seat and panels complete the specification.
This bike is sold in its original form as a thoroughbred competition racer and is therefore offered with no warranty whatsoever



As a limited edition of 300 from Métisse, each one has its own framed and embossed certificate of authenticity. Steve McQueen’s signature is also on the tank badge of each bike.

[Hoofhearted]

OOh OOH! Damn Rickmans are too good looking! And too clean to be that close to that muddy hole.

[ÜberDoober]

And too clean to be that close to that muddy hole.

Really. Helicoptered in maybe? At any rate, it shure is purdy. :)