it's a good take on a great bike - there is no "right or wrong" when it comes to doing one of these up - LSL stuff is quality and it has a certain feel to it, and some will like it, some will not. I think it's cool and chique, not sure for me if I'd buy into that for what is really a classic looking greasy spoon hopabout!
As for what Triumph could be doing themselves to make the Thruxton a better machine, definitely the exhaust note, because there isn't one.
Beyond that better suspension would be nice, but the last one I thrashed hard was a year old, and it handled superbly, a shedload better than my high mileage 04 model which I now think has lost most of it's damping, boingy boingy boing.
Thruxtons are great, my absolute all time hopped up favourite remains Bob Farnhams Wrotham Rocket - dymag wheels, twin disks, TT600 forks, digital dash, fat rims and original reverse megaphone silencers (I use that word loosely, they're on mine now and they silence precisely nothing) and Wiseco 904 kit. Bob does Thruxtons with flair and passion, and he's definitely going to have some more of my cash to sweeten mine up as I can afford it.
Anyway, great bike, great for modding, and themore we see the merrier in my book!
toosmooth
Posted: 04/08/2009 at 13:09
