Modern Classic - The TBS

Jazbee · Aug 3, 2011

An future classic and a bike in demand going by prices.
Just finished semi-Cafe'ing my Thunderbird Sport............

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2001 with only 2750 mls. Great bike to ride, 900 triple with lovely sounding TOR exhausts

ianboydsnr · Aug 3, 2011

thats actually quite nice

you need to lean it a bit more on the non straight bits!

Rushy · Aug 3, 2011

Very nice indeed but you need to lose the rear fender completely and put dropped bars on for it to have the real cafe racer look .....but then your back would get covered in shite and your wrists would ache

Vern · Aug 3, 2011

How can that be a classic. I've got socks older than that!

Deleted account 231002001 · Aug 3, 2011

In what way is that bike a cafe racer?

Alpha · Aug 3, 2011

oddly enough i just sold my TBS this week. hardly used it in the 6 years I had it. in fact it had less than 4k miles on the clock. nice bikes and I had a similar look, but in the black/yellow colours.

Nice 'n' Fat · Aug 4, 2011

Alpha said:
oddly enough i just sold my TBS this week. hardly used it in the 6 years I had it. in fact it had less than 4k miles on the clock. nice bikes and I had a similar look, but in the black/yellow colours.

How much did you get for it?

Alpha · Aug 4, 2011

not enough

but I got the asking price.

photos here:

http://s1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc429/Alpha2328/

In fairness I dropped it recently. just a drop not a crash u understand and I did dint the tank slightly so i had to take that loss on the chin. Asked for £3.5k for it and an extra £150 for the solo seat. Let it all go for the £3.5K

really nice bikes, heavy though (made in the UK from cast iron I think).

I still have the cafe raced screen (has a few scrapes but is unpainted so easily repairable if anyone wants/needs one.

Thankfully it totally saved the clocks/headlight so it served its purpose for me.

Dave

Nice 'n' Fat · Aug 4, 2011

£3500 is decent money ..... you don't have to tell me how heavy they are. I've got a MK1 Speed Triple :blagblah

Deleted account 231002001 · Aug 4, 2011

Nice 'n' Fat said:
I've got a MK1 Speed Triple

Had one years ago and thats a future classic.

cookie · Aug 4, 2011

Trippy said:
Had one years ago and thats a future classic.

black ones. definitely.

well, as definite as you can be about such things

Alpha · Aug 4, 2011

Nice 'n' Fat said:
£3500 is decent money ..... you don't have to tell me how heavy they are. I've got a MK1 Speed Triple

I thought so. it was reasonably priced when i bought it and i sold it on the same. Combind with the money i made off my XT600 theypaid for my GS. So i hae moved on for literally nothing.

I do like the TBS, but it was more for posing at ike meets than real riding for me personally. nice bike tjough.

Jazbee · Aug 5, 2011

Rushy said:
Very nice indeed but you need to lose the rear fender completely and put dropped bars on for it to have the real cafe racer look .....but then your back would get covered in shite and your wrists would ache

Exactly, its a cafe that suits me .... no clip ons and a proper (but smaller rear mud guard) I like to enjoy the bike

Jazbee · Aug 5, 2011

Trippy said:
In what way is that bike a cafe racer?

That's why I said 'semi' cafe, too uncomfortable for all out cafe, I like to ride it

.. Really like to do one with an older twin, all out cafe, drop all the weight etc.... :thumb2

shuck raider · Aug 5, 2011

Some guy on T RAT did this one, I quite like it

Jazbee · Aug 6, 2011

shuck raider said:
Some guy on T RAT did this one, I quite like it

That is very nice

Bryn · Aug 6, 2011

Nice 'n' Fat said:
£3500 is decent money ..... you don't have to tell me how heavy they are. I've got a MK1 Speed Triple

A Mk1 Speed triple holds the record with me for the shortest time in ownership... had it 7 days

The most uncomfortable bike I've ever ridden... looked great in black , but I could only just reach the handlebars

Part exchanged it for a TBS... that lasted a bit longer

Nice 'n' Fat · Aug 6, 2011

I know what you mean about the handlebars that's why mine's got an ABM high bar kit fitted

lewisjohn · Oct 8, 2011

Here`s my Mk1 speed triple

Timolgra · Oct 8, 2011

Vern said:
How can that be a classic. I've got socks older than that!

Agreed

A Thunderbird Sport was the first 'modern' bike I rode, preferred the twin pipe model though. Nice bikes

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