On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 18:26:24 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 6:28:18 PM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 14:45:08 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

John, I think the 850t was the same engine as the old Eldorado with slightly larger valves, carbs, and maybe a hotter camshaft but not sure if that. At least the cam part. It was a great rock solid engine that was perfect for their sport format which they didn't really have...yet

Even that old 850T would leave Harleys in the dust in the twisties.
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Ban idiots, not guns!

That's one thing about European motorcycles. They were build for handling. My 500 Triumph Daytona, was quite the dancer but light. The Ambassador was much heavier but regardless, it was really nimble.

Triumphs were pretty popular back in the olden days but I never had
one.
(Marlon is riding one in "the wild one")
Those old Triumph Bonnevilles had a bad habit of being made into
choppers in the 70s. People took a pretty good street bike and made
scary to ride choppers that looked pretty parked in a shop window.
That was where the capacitor trick came from (lose the battery and you
can lower the seat)

Fortunately the fad didn't last long.
I went straight from a Benelli 250 dirt bike to a Harley