You had me fooled, Larry. It looks nothing like a Scrambler. Sounds like
an expensive exercise.
LAD
-----Original Message-----
From: Macy Larry
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 8:13 PM
To: hardy.john at cox.net
Cc: Spridgets net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] (no subject)
Wrong-O old buddy, old pal. It is not a factory "do-over".
It is a custom rebuild of a 05 - 08 Triumph Scrambler. They are built by a
friend of mine here in Philadelphia. They take a modern bike and remake them
to look and feel like the old ones James grew up with. The goal is to
recreate the look and feel of the 60-70's Triumphs but get the modern
reliability.
THis one is called the Jack Pine.
https://hammarhead.com/motorcycles/jack-pine/
FWIW, I prolly won't own a bike any more (I had a Choppered Bonny in the
70's) but this is one fine ride. I loved it. He also builds (well has a
prototype) of an all electric bike. Fast, but strictly for city commuting.
Larry
On Jan 28, 2011, at 8:27 PM, hardy.john at cox.net wrote:
> Yes it does look like a 60's era Triumph, but actually its one of the new
> Vintage look bikes that Triumph is producing out of their factory in
> Hinkley, Leicestershire. This particular one looks like their Bonneville
> model. They do a pretty good job of keeping the look but they don't puke
> oil, continually blow fuses or vibrate like a by the hour hotel room bed.
> In the past few years they have done replica Trophy, Bonneville and
> Truxton models. Even though the Truxton was originally a Vellocette not a
> Triumph. They also produce a brilliant 675CC sport bike called the Daytona
> (another legendary Triumph model name) as well as a couple of big
> cruisers, dual sports and my personnel favorite the Speed Triple that's a
> naked sport bike Hooligan machine!
>
> I cut my teeth on 500 and 650 Triumph and BSA twins, then I completely
> lost my mind and made the transitions to Ducati's.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
>
> ---- "Shop at " Just Brits "" <shop at justbrits.com> wrote:
>> << For just a bit more sanity
>> http://vimeo.com/18976012
>> Larry >>
>>
>> Anybody know for sure but the bike looks like a '60s era Triumph
>> to me ?!?
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