Dealer's offering me a bitchin' deal on a 2010 Speedmaster to make room for the revised-for-2011 model. Right now my daily scooter is a V-Star 650. It's slow, but it's a good bike... Anyways I'm thinkin about getting that Speedmaster as a second vehicle since I'm being forced to get rid of my car (I'm a bike-only kinda guy anymore, the car mostly just sits in the driveway anyways so I'm not gonna be missing it). I'd relegate the V-Star to "city bike" status and use it for commuting, grocery getting, etc, and have the Speedmaster as my real cruising bike. Only thing holding me back from goin to the dealership and signing the dotted line RFN is that I haven't heard much about the Speedmaster, or Triumph in general. What do you guys think? I'd appreciate any feedback you guys have about the Speedmaster or Triumphs.
I'm also thinking about maybe rounding out my stable and getting something like a KLR650 or DR-Z400 instead of another cruiser... leftover 2009 KLRs are going for around $4500 bucks around here. Decisions, decisions...


 

Better than $6599 ?   There's an eBay dealer right now with a 2010 at that "buy it now" price.
I've heard mostly positive about the new Triumph, but my Triumph experience is with a '78 Bonnie I had for 11 years.  
The Scrambler looks like fun, too, although unfortunately, it cannot do very well what its looks seem to promise.

Stay safe

My experience with Hinckley (modern) Triumphs is limited to the 1997 Speed Triple that I owned in 2005-2006 and the 2000 TT600 that I owned in 2008.  So, obviously much more sporty and mechanically elaborate machines than the Bonneville variants.  But they were both durable machines with great components and good build quality, which is a trait that any modern Triumph will share.

From what I understand, the 790 and 865cc air-cooled twins in the Bonneville family of machines is extremely robust and extremely under-stressed.  It's very, very tough to break the things.  2009 + gave us fuel injection on them, which is the single biggest problem I ever had with them, as I simply hate carburetors.  

They're not overpowering machines.  But as I understand they do handle well, they're the lightest bikes in the middle-displacement cruiser class, and just generally work very, very well.  Truth be told, the Speedie and the America are two of the only cruisers (along with the Victory Kingpin) that I would actually like to own at some point.  They look nice, the ergonomics aren't quite as silly as some other cruisers, and there's a respectable (though not Harley-Davidson level) array of aftermarket parts for them as well.  And as stated, you can get them for far less than a lot of competitive bikes, too.  

I'd do terrible things to finally see a Speedmaster-sized bike with the 1050 triple wedged into it.  They did it for a while with the Thunderbird/Legend/Adventurer and the 885 carbed triple about 10 years ago, but they stopped the "Classic Triples" series of bikes before developing them with the more modern engines.  Shame.  

Yes. Better than $6599.
Thanks for the input guys, keep it coming
ETA: dealer is asking 5999, I'm gonna try and get him to do 6K out the door if I do decide I want it. I've been looking at other bikes and 6K for a brand new bike won't seem to get me anywhere near the features and quality that the Speedmaster is offering.
 

At $6k OTD, you'd be practically stealing it.

Good on you!  

That's an awesome deal for $6000, or even $6500OTD.  It really is.

Just so we know, which color is it?

Cool! Thanks guys. I think I'm going in to the dealership tomorrow to check it out again and make a decision. They also have a used America only a few years old for $4500 with all kinds of chrome on it. Decisions, decisions...



And the Speedy is black.

Thats a good deal. I'd move on it.

I can't say much on the speedmaster, but I have a 2000 Sprint ST and its a ridiculously reliable machine. I have been drinking the Triumph kool-aid for a while and might be adding a Thruxton to the stable this weekend.

Threads like this, without pics, are worthless.

lol

fail

Just bought it.



No pics yet, dealer is delivering it tomorrow.






lol



 

LOL!

Ahem, it is usually the respopnsibility of the OP to include pics.  I was just trying to help.  Well, at least we got a laugh out of it.

P.S. - posted a different pic.  We'll have to see how long that one lasts.

That original link can still be seen with a cut & paste into your brower address bar.  It's an all black Speedmaster.

sounds cool...

cut my teeth on Triumphs in the 80's (78 Tiger).

have used the bike for grocery getting and it sucked when a bag of dog food has a small hole in it...  yeap a trail of kibble down the road to apartment.
it's amazing what one can strap on a bike... but their are trade offs...

get a $500 4-wheel beater... if you get a car rolling in front of you, the strapped on extra weight can fuck you up!

yes pics!