Everyone....meet Valerie!

"themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce) 09/02/2018 at 22:42 • Filed to: None

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I pulled the trigger. 1300$ and this girl is all mine. Sh e’s a 1998 Triumph Trophy 1200 with over 40k miles on it. It’s rough aro und the edges and needs a proper carb and throttle body cleaning. But damn is she a gentle girl for a 1200.

The side panels are rashed (it was dropped on the right side and looks like it suffered a garage scrape on the left) but there’s enough that I can cut up the part near the headlight to make a bikini type fairing. The undertray is in decent shape, but was removed to give access while the current owner got it running again after sitting for years.

I had to bundle the bike with some vintage oil and gas signs to get that price. He wanted over 1500$ but I was only willing to pay 11-1200. I agreed to 13 and I’d take some of the vintage stuff off his hands to help him clear out his inventory. Tu rns out that was the key so I might get some cool stuff when I pick the bike up on tuesday? We shall see.

But yeah, I’m psyched. This is a hell of a bike that needs a good clean and some elbow grease to be good but she’ll be worth it.

shop-teacher > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 09/02/2018 at 23:02

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Whoa! Fantastic score!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > shop-teacher 09/02/2018 at 23:13

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Thanks! It’s my first non japanese bike and my first “big” bike. It’s a pretty solid bike and it isn’t a twitchy sport bike so I nailed that requirement although the engine is a bit bigger than I would ideally like and the weight is high but she wears it well. 

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 09/03/2018 at 00:03

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Needs some muffs

Tristan > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 09/03/2018 at 00:11

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Nice!!!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/03/2018 at 01:07

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The fuck are muffs?

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 09/03/2018 at 01:08

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mufflers

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/03/2018 at 01:22

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Ah, gotcha.

Eh, they’re fine as is. It has a nice sound and it is grunty without being too rough. I won’t replace them until they wear out.