Bike for Sale - I've Ordered a New One!!

[Heff]

That's the Tiger sold! She was a great servant to/for me.
Great bike!

Will be organising collection of the new Explorer this week!! :woohoo:

Will that didn't take long (thumbs)

Make sure you let us all see it and post a few pics :woohoo:

[AndyB]

Hey Threepot

Yeah....it's a big bike but felt almost like a race bike when on it. I couldn't believe how nimble it was.

I agree completely....the triple engine has always been Triumph's "ace card". For Yamaha to imitate it is quite a compliment!

I think it's more a case of Triumph imitating Yamaha because they had a DOHC triple available in the '70s & '80s and even though the 750 was a bit of a dog the 850 version was capable of massive mileages (thumbs)

[sprintster]

I did suggest that on the MT-09 thread but I don't really care who's imitating who so long as more triples are being produced.The MT-09 is the only bike that might tempt me away from Triumph at the moment. (thumbs)

[threepot]

To be fair to Yamaha,they have got their act together,and released some nice bikes recently. And the new R1 is supposedly awesome! But Triumph/BSA and Laverda released their triples in 1968. Yamaha 1976. And MV triples

[AndyB]

To be fair to Yamaha,they have got their act together,and released some nice bikes recently. And the new R1 is supposedly awesome! But Triumph/BSA and Laverda released their triples in 1968. Yamaha 1976. And MV triples

Hmm, Triumph Trident & BSA Rocket 3. Horrible old pushrod engines and not British bike manufacturing at its best :whistle:

Laverda 3C. A proper bike (thumbs)

I still don't see that Yamaha have copied Triumph with a DOHC Triple.

[threepot]

Maybe they copied MV then?

[AndyB]

It's going to be pretty difficult for anyone to bring out something original.

I think Kawasaki might be the first with a supercharged production bike even though they and others turbocharged them a few decades ago but that's about it.

[threepot]

Yes,for years now its a Case of a 'newer version of an old theme'. Ceramic engines were the next big thing in design..what happened to those? I think manufacturers are maybe holding back on developing new 'petrol' engines,knowing the 'electric' revolution is just around the corner.