Greetings. My name is John. I live in the Chicago western suburbs. I began riding in Junior High on Honda 50s moving up to dirt bikes. I bought a Honda 125 as a Senior in high school and never looked back. My bikes have gotten progressively bigger over the years. My last bike was a Magna 750 about 8 years ago. I wanted to get back into riding after being away from it for too long. I re-entered last week by getting a 2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600. I have never owned a Triumph before and am excited about exploring all there is about this new brand for me. I am looking forward to doing more touring as I'm getting older and have a little more time.
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Hello and welcome to TT from the east coast of Canada 
I think you will have plenty of fun on your T-bird
I think you will have plenty of fun on your T-bird
Welcome, from Northern California. That T-Bird should give you plenty of smiles.Thank you kindly. I appreciate that. I'm looking forward to this warm weekend to stretch it's legs for my first ride.
I was also wondering if there is a place in this forum where I might be able to ask about a part or two that I was looking for that my dealer says is obsolete?
Thank you Rocky. I'm looking forward to many miles.Hello and welcome to TT from the east coast of Canada
I think you will have plenty of fun on your T-bird
There is a sub-forum just for T-Birds like yours: Thunderbird 2cyl 1600/1700
There is also a section for Trades, and one for The Workshop
Welcome to TT from Eastern Canada.
The 1600 T'birds have a good track record for reliability if it wasn't neglected by the previous owner(s).
Hope you found a good one.
They do have a habit of running rough once in a while. Get familiar with where the MAP sensor tubes are cause sometimes they vibrate off and cause rough running/won't idle. Minor issue, but can be annoying.
Lots of good info in the T'bird section like Greyfell stated.
Hop in and enjoy.
The 1600 T'birds have a good track record for reliability if it wasn't neglected by the previous owner(s).
Hope you found a good one.
They do have a habit of running rough once in a while. Get familiar with where the MAP sensor tubes are cause sometimes they vibrate off and cause rough running/won't idle. Minor issue, but can be annoying.
Lots of good info in the T'bird section like Greyfell stated.
Hop in and enjoy.
TO TT from Mississippi, nice bike!Thank you for that tip. I will become familiar where the MAP sensors are. Things I would have never known otherwise.
Thank you kindly for those links!
