Triumph Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa Scooter and Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle. Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:34:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 I Want Another Motorcycle https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/06/i-want-another-motorcycle/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/06/i-want-another-motorcycle/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:33:02 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11076 Desire for a Triumph Desire sweeps in unexpectedly. Contentment gives way to desire and as rational as my thought process seems I wonder if it is all a delusion in service of a selfish and irrational desire. I want another motorcycle. Such is the state of things for the past few weeks as I scour […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/06/i-want-another-motorcycle/feed/ 36 11076 Two Motorcycles in the Cold https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/02/two-motorcycles-in-the-cold/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/02/two-motorcycles-in-the-cold/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:23:05 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10618 Cold Comfort There are moments on the road when you realize your estimations of the day are wrong. What’s true in the driveway has become false in another place. As I stood in the middle of the road atop the Allegheny Plateau, it was apparent that the balmy mid-40s temperatures promised at home in the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/02/two-motorcycles-in-the-cold/feed/ 12 10618 The Triumph Tiger XC Experience https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/11/triumph-tiger-xc-experience/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/11/triumph-tiger-xc-experience/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:29:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=241 When Craig Kissell of Kissell Motorsports asked me what I thought of the Tiger after spending a few chilly days with it I told him it has moved to the top of my list.  It’s pretty, it’s fast and it is one of the smoothest shifting motorcycles I have had the pleasure to ride.  But […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/11/triumph-tiger-xc-experience/feed/ 13 241 First Ride on the Triumph Tiger XC https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/10/first-ride-on-triumph-tiger-xc/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/10/first-ride-on-triumph-tiger-xc/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:18:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=242 Just a few quick observations from a short ride home tonight. “Dead sexy”  I’m thinking as I look down at the handlebar assembly of the Tiger XC.  There’s a combination of metallic texture, machining, fasteners and form that come together in a mechanical object that almost makes me drool.  Maybe it was a long week […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/10/first-ride-on-triumph-tiger-xc/feed/ 8 242 Dream the Triumph Scrambler https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/09/dream-triumph-scrambler/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/09/dream-triumph-scrambler/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:12:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=251   I want the Triumph Scrambler in my driveway. It’s been the subject of more than a few riding fantasies. Not long ago I had the chance to test my desire. Next to my bed is an Orvis catalog. Their marketing and creative staff seem to have worked over time to push into my subconscious […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/09/dream-triumph-scrambler/feed/ 30 251 Reflections on the Triumph Sprint GT1050 https://scooterinthesticks.com/2010/12/reflections-on-triumph-sprint-gt1050/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2010/12/reflections-on-triumph-sprint-gt1050/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=325 “Is that the Batcycle?” asked Bonnie, looking out the café window at Barnes and Noble to the location usually occupied by my Vespa. I’m on my Sunday morning ride and all smiles. Bonnie and her husband exchanged words, differentiating Adam West’s Batcycle from 1966 from the one Christian Bale rides in the latest motion picture. […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2010/12/reflections-on-triumph-sprint-gt1050/feed/ 16 325 The Candy Store https://scooterinthesticks.com/2010/11/candy-store/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2010/11/candy-store/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:50:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=333 I like visiting three kinds of establishments — camera shops, stores that sell fountain pens and elegant paper, and motorcycle dealerships. Showing up at Kissell Motorsports brand new facility on Friday afternoon I felt like a kid in a candy store.I had my eye on a yellow BMW R1200 GS. A big version of the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2010/11/candy-store/feed/ 9 333 The Prowl: Experiences with the Triumph Tiger https://scooterinthesticks.com/2010/02/prowl-experiences-with-triumph-tiger/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2010/02/prowl-experiences-with-triumph-tiger/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:57:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=372 Snow’s falling again and I’m daydreaming about the road and the Triumph Tiger I was riding back in late November. The last motorcycle of the 2009 season with temperatures hovering in the mid 40s the memory of that motorcycle fresh. And tempting. The Tiger story’s been hibernating in my brain all winter. Now may be […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2010/02/prowl-experiences-with-triumph-tiger/feed/ 20 372 Triumph Thunderbird Conversion https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/10/triumph-thunderbird-conversion/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/10/triumph-thunderbird-conversion/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:13:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=388 In my dreams the road goes on forever. I gravitate towards empty roads and places off the beaten path. Standing in the middle of old Route 220, once a place of pandemonium and aggressive drivers, I feel at home. And also a bit surprised at how A few weeks ago I sat on a motorcycle […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/10/triumph-thunderbird-conversion/feed/ 18 388 Junior and the Thunderbird https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/10/junior-and-thunderbird/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/10/junior-and-thunderbird/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:52:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=392 PHOTO BY KIM DIONIS Meet Junior — the new canine addition to our family. Seventy pounds of Belgian Sheepdog energy. At 13 months of age he needs a lot of attention, training and love. Time that used to be spent on the road. And this is a Triumph Thunderbird. The latest motorcycle to appear in […]

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