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06-29-2006, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Cobb County,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR1427
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I love a woman with a British accent ...
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06-29-2006, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Riverside,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cutting Edge, Boss 429
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Well done Bud. Classy ride.
I recently sold Excelsior-Henderson #977 and am beginning to miss her. Thinking about a replacement already.
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06-29-2006, 07:42 PM
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Location: Cobb County,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR1427
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Well done Bud. Classy ride.
I recently sold Excelsior-Henderson #977 and am beginning to miss her. Thinking about a replacement already.
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Thanks for the compliment. I'm a big Steve McQueen fan and this bike just says "Steve McQueen coolness" to me everytime I look at it. What cracks me up is this thing brings out the questions like the Cobra does. Not so much in the way people will scream and "whoooo" at ya when you're in a Cobra, but strangers will come up and ask, "what year is it?" - "I use to have one, my uncle had one, my old girlfriend's brother had one ..."
Oh - have to admit, I had to look up a Excelsior-Henderson. Never heard of one, but I read the back story on them from their Registry site. Definitely a smooth ride that puts you out of the mainstream brand names.
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06-29-2006, 07:43 PM
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I often get the fever real bad for an old Brit bike (my weakness is a red/chrome '67 BSA Lightning), but with a 16 and 12 yr old in the house I really don't want to even get them thinkin' of a 'cycle. I know I was lucky to live through my teenage years with my various 2 wheeled modes of transportation... I am not gonna put myself through the parenting side of that equation.......
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Enjoyment may be 9/10's anticipation, but that last 10% is oh so sweet....
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06-29-2006, 07:46 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: BDR 302 AFR 165
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I prefer an italian accent (Ducati). That is a very nice bike.
later
dennis
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07-02-2006, 07:43 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Knoxville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Ford F100; 496 Shelby, MassFlo, BlueThunder, Kee-Al-TopLoader, Detroit Locker
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Sweet lookin' machine. Keep it oily side down.
Scott
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07-02-2006, 10:09 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX 4995, Keith Craft built 427 SO
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Beautiful bike svobud! I know what you mean! My wife just got the Steve McQueen DVD Biography. It shows him riding Triumphs all the time! Great bike! Take a look at my Bonne in my profile album. Tell me what you think.
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07-02-2006, 10:27 AM
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When I was a young man...
Bought and old BSA that had been 'chopped' for dirt cheap. Forks extended so far it didn't have front brakes, no foot pegs so you just kind of held your feet up. Backfired through one carb, which would alternate between raw fuel and flames and soon caught my pants on fire. Trying to beat out the flames I ran off the road into the woods, hit a barbed wire fence. I learned a LOT fixing that bike!
Ahhh, the memories of English bikes...
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07-02-2006, 10:36 AM
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Location: Toronto, Canada,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX 4995, Keith Craft built 427 SO
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When I was a young man...
Bought and old BSA that had been 'chopped' for dirt cheap. Forks extended so far it didn't have front brakes, no foot pegs so you just kind of held your feet up. Backfired through one carb, which would alternate between raw fuel and flames and soon caught my pants on fire. Trying to beat out the flames I ran off the road into the woods, hit a barbed wire fence. I learned a LOT fixing that bike!
Ahhh, the memories of English bikes...
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Amazing we lived through our teen age days! Ahhh, but the memories! When you think about it, that is all we will have when we are sitting in the old Cobra Lovers Home, telling people "I remember the day...."
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"The 427 Cobra is easily the highest performance car ever sold for street use. A decent 427 - not the worst, not the best, will go from zero to 100 mph and back down again to zero in less than 14 seconds. All thing considered, you can put together a pretty good argument that the 427 Cobra is the ultimate performance car, judged on any basis you want to name." Taken from; Corvette, The Sensuous American
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07-02-2006, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Brunswick,
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Cobra Make, Engine: BDR 1311 428PI
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That's sweet man. It should get you in less trouble than a woman with a british accent can as well. LOL
Steve
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07-02-2006, 01:26 PM
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SVO - for once, a woman's approach would have been more economical.
Like the seat - how'd your better half cope with your rainy day blues therapy?
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07-02-2006, 01:33 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 302 Fuel Injected
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Very sweet I think you fooled a few people into thinking it was old.
I take it that its brand new...very nice, you have to look twice to see that its not from the 60's!
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07-02-2006, 01:48 PM
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Very sweet I think you fooled a few people into thinking it was old.
I take it that its brand new...very nice, you have to look twice to see that its not from the 60's!
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Yeah - I noticed a couple thinking it's a vintage bike - it's not. It's a 2006 model. Triumph re-introduced the Bonneville, Scrambler, and Thruxton - calling them "modern classics". In alot of ways, it's VERY close to the vintage bikes of the 60s-70s, but the shortcoming have been addressed for sure. It doesn't leak oil, it has VERY nice disc brakes, and modern iginition. It's also an absolute pleasure to ride.
Cracker - I change out better halfs more than I do my cars/bikes.
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07-02-2006, 06:18 PM
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Bud - for some odd reason, I believe you.
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07-02-2006, 09:55 PM
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Location: Metro Atlanta, GA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: roadster/coupeGT350 clone/GT40
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Beautiful! Had a Triumph 21 in high school: It was a small version: 350cc/21 ci. Had english bubble rear fender and the vertical license plate mount on the front fender: stripped it down to a cafe racer, no fenders, short pipes with no mufflers: ahhh..the good ole days....cb
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07-02-2006, 10:34 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Sunbury,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Rat Rod Racer, LS1 & T56
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Great looking bike. looks good with the low bars on it and the reverse cone megaphones. I've been checking out the Thruxton version at my local dealer for a while now. I wouldn't mind one in my shed. I've been a fan of the British twins for a while now and built my own homage to the cafe racer based around a rough old yamaha XS650 I had in the shed. Good fun to ride but the long and low riding position is a bit painfull after a while and the kick only starter can be a pain on a hot day.
Cheers
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07-03-2006, 12:50 AM
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Whaddya mean it don't leak oil? Heresy I tell you, CAN'T be British!
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07-03-2006, 01:32 AM
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Aussie Mike - that's a swwwweeeet bike ya got right there. Very nice.
Chip - you can customize the new ones out like there's no tomorrow. I've seen a couple running the front vertical plates.
427SnakeSC - nice dude. I think I like the Norton the best tho. There's a local 73' 850 Commando for sale here in the Atlanta area - it's on Craigslist. Check it out. Talk about low mileage all original .. this thing is it.
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07-03-2006, 04:20 AM
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Location: Toronto, Canada,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX 4995, Keith Craft built 427 SO
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Hey Bud, thanks, I like the Norton best, too. It just pulls like crazy. The Triumph seems to be really nice for just cruising around town but the Norton pulls like there's no tomorrow! Beautiful bike you got there! I've been looking at them, at the local dealer. Not a bad price either.
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07-03-2006, 07:17 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Central ,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #298, 302 5 speed
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cool bike. My wife's boss bought a new Bonneville. I couldn't believe how much it rode just like the old one I had in the 70's The handlebar and seating posution were so much the same. Ran really nice. I took it on some back rodes and then on the highway for 50 or 60 miles whike he rode my Harley. It was a lot of fun.
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