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Originally Posted by Seeker
I chat regularly with a guy with an aircooled scrambler, he likes it but says his low fuel light comes on at 105/110 miles and he usually only gets 40-45 mpg and he's not a quick rider (he says).
To me, it always smells "rich" when he starts up but the dealer says it's ok. He has Triumph's accessory pipe on it.
I do like the look, Triumph have some good looking bikes, I just wish they were made in the UK but I suppose then they'd be too expensive.
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Mine is a 2006 bike (the last of the carburettor models) that doesn’t have a low fuel light, even better - it has an old fashioned fuel tap with a reserve position. I like it because it has everything a bike needs, but not one iota more. I take the point about fuel range though:110-120 miles before going on to reserve (the same as my K6). Small tank capacity is the quid pro quo for the bikes looks - and its ability to leap barbed wire fences whilst evading border guards.
I bought my bike new in Maryland and shipped it back with me at the end of that posting. It was certainly made in England (at Hinckley), and I think a lot of the current Triumphs are as well (I think the company also has a factory in Malaysia, which is reputed to produce higher quality bikes, I don’t know whether that is true or not).
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