That’s quite the pair. I love me some old Triumphs!

1989 Fiancee, because she handles great and puts up with my shit.

Great story and a beautiful bike!

So putting a 1/4” steel cage around the gas tank ( a tank that met all safety standards when it was made) isn’t good enough for you? How would you have liked to see it done?

I find myself agreeing with everything you said. Especially on the gauges. So much so that I caved and went digital so I could have the gauges I wanted.

also Steve McQueen was actively advertising for Triumph at the time.

I disagree.

The Batmobile from the Animated Series still stands as one of my favorites. The long, sleek, mean looking thing which fit perfectly in the dark Art Deco atmosphere that show.

Steve McQueen’s triumph in the great escape.

At the time, I thought they were cool. I never got to drive one.

The Obama administration has admitted that it doesn’t have the resources to follow suspected terrorists. But, it has apparently managed to find enough resources to round up “illegal” SUVs.

Of course it’s awesome, it has a Jeep

Princess (now Queen ) Elizabeth during WWII

If you’re going to combine scantily clad women and cars, at least be creative!

the FIAT side of FCA isn’t going to recover anytime soon, and apparently Elkann and his ilk think sacrificing everything to resuscitate Alfa Romeo is going to save the farm.

the saddest thing is that the head honchos of FCA are delusional enough to believe that they’ll be selling 150,000 Alfa Romeos a year in North America by 2018. Yeah, in three years you’re going to be selling that many cars of a brand nobody has heard of based on characteristics nobody gives a shit about.

But ramming some hapless Mexican spectator off the road sucks. If it happens all the time, that sucks too. This time it was caught on camera, so now we’re talking about it. And lines like “we will destroy your personal vehicle in pursuit of that $29 dollar Baja 500 trophy” is the kind of thing starts a shitstorm of…