Triumph is redesigning a legend

It shouldn't a surprise so far to any of us that Triumph has created a brand new bike for 2010 that will shut some mouths but that will also create some controversy around it. This is the bike, the 2010 Triumph Thunderbird.

It sports an engine capable of crusing and dragging as far as I can see from its numbers. The biggest parallel twin in history is a 1600cc with 84bhp that can be even increased up to 1700cc by a kit also designed by Triumph.

With this move, Triumph has clearly gone to the Harley Davidson range as producing a bike so similar in numbers can only lead to an attack to the USA market, which is a piece of cake to everyone, that's for sure. But this model has existed for far longer that the new parallel twin as it was Steve McQueen's bike in The Great Scape. The bike has obviously had many changes since them.

For many Triumph fans, the name Thunderbird, however, refers to a more sporty bike rather than a cruiser and there were instant reactions on the web whether the guys form Hinckley have gone mad or something like this. To see what are their base we just have to look the Thunderbird before this new one.

From my personal point of view, I think the bike is superb. Despite the fact of the name, the bike looks awesome and I'm willing to ride it. To be honest, it could become my next bike as it is in the exact range that I am looking for and the price is not a Harley price. It seems this bike is one of the most well balanced cruisers in the market and it allows cornering easier than others. The parallel twin will also be noticed in a cloned V-Twin bike world. Wanna see some more, you can check Triumph's site.

The bike mounts a 200mm rear tyre, lots of original accesories and looks pretty well. As I see it, it would be more authentic to have a Bonneville, but with my great passion for the Bigger is Better theory, and having the Rocket III so far out of my reach this bike could represent the best of the old café racers -never forget is a Triumph and even being a cruiser, it will be one of the fastest cruisers- and a Harley without their typical problems.

Killed by Death

There's nothing better than a real Motörheadache!!!

Laia Sanz - Another young promise, but also a great CHAMPION

This good girl you can see here probably rides much better than you, what I'm sure of anyway is that she rides better than me! Her name is Laia Sanz.

She started at a real young age with all her family support and has proved so far that she is a real champion in a world of men. But this young woman has already won nearly everything and she is still adding some more tropheys to her shelves. This is another prove that with effort and a young start we can all go far.

Never surrender

For all of you fighting you personal wars; for all of you who suffer, win or lose; for all of you who didn't agree but who couldn't win; for all the desperately heartened with some blood still in our veins... for all of us actually: NEVER LET OTHERS CONTROL YOU, YOU CAN ONLY BE KILLED BY DEATH ITSELF; AND IF BY OTHER BEING, NEVER WITHOUT FIGHTING. GO FOR WHAT BELONGS TO YOU AND I WISH YOU THE BEST.

Annie Seel

Now that the worldwide known Dakar has finished I must now talk about one of their contesters. Annie Seel is one of those women fighting in a world fit for heroes. No matter that you're men or women, Dakar can destroy you in a glimpse. Only those who are born strong are those who will succeed, and being strong is not only about muscles but the capacity to make efforts continously until the end of your forces...

Happy new year!

Sorry for the delay if anyone was waiting for me. However, I kept myself busy with stupid things and broken computers... anyway I wish you well for 2010 and let's start as soon as possible with our gals and bikes things!