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Formerly known as Aldermog Member of the Inner Circle
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Should I ?
Buy this bike?
I rode it today.
It is everything I wanted my 2004 Thruxton to be but it never was...
Looks like a Thruxton should, especially the tank. I love the fake Amal carbs.
Not so obvious are the alloy wheel rims and alloy swing arm.
The bike has modern electronics, including the traction control, ABS and three traction/stability modes, rain, street and track.
Then the modern components...
USD Showa ?
Ohlins piggy-back rear shocks?
Brembo front discs and pads?
All a bit too modern? I don't think so....and they transform the bike. The ride is supple, it corners and turns in more like a sports bike...
Anyway after 5 years away from bikes it was an absolute delight to be back on 2 wheels. I've not had so much fun for a while. I love Tarka, but it is still a car....
I stopped riding in 2013 because of neck/back problems: these seem to be resolved. So, I'm very, very tempted to return to biking.
Advice please!
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Hey great news Peter.
Many happy miles ahead.
Ride Safe!
Neil
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You don't have to shush about it, Peter.. There's lots of us on here that are just as interested..!! Well done, you. 
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You don't have to shush about it, Peter.. There's lots of us on here that are just as interested..!! Well done, you. One of the things I love about it, other than the obsessively PC Owners manual with its persistent warnings about accidents and death, is the attention to period detail. Take a close look at the photo at the top of this column... 1. The engine, though water cooled, looks as if it is air cooled. 2. There is a circular plate where the contact braker was on a T120. 3. The fuel injection is hidden behind really good but false Amal Monoblock Carbs and pancake air filters, even down the position of float chamber screws and a brass, knurled ring on the top of the slide housing. 4. The fuel tank looks like a Dunstall tank, complete with a fuel cap cover that looks like a Monza cap. It is all window dressing, but I like it, why? It makes me smile. I also like the 42mm Showa USD front forks, the Ohlins rear suspension, both with adjustment for pre-load, damping and rebound, plus the Brembo radial 4 pot calipers which really work. It is a 2 wheeled Plus 8.... 
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I asked "should I and I did; HF16 MRO is now in the garage!
This is a Morgan Forum, so I'll shut up about it now. All that needs to be said is "THANKS" for all the support and positive direction. well done Peter ; I'm guessing you are 'pleased' to be back biking.....  Far from keeping quiet, we now need to see some photographs of the actual machine  James
Aero8 , Series 1 - Boston Green
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Quite agree James  Yesterday, trundling down the M5 from Chatea Impney in the tinny box, I was passed by a pair of 02 plate Bonnies who peeled off at Worcester South. Felt quite jealous for a moment or two. Had I been in the 4/4 I'd have given a half wave
Graham (G4FUJ)
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