Ditto ! They were my thoughts exactly , but you put them far more eloquently than I did . life is full of anti climaxes ain't it ! My childhood anthem of " 2 little boys shattered and my adulthood dream of finally finding a bike that kicked arse and I felt far from self conscious on , turns out to be built for Tom Cruise ! I might just start shooting more often to make myself feel better ! Is it because Triumph only employ umpha lumphas and it's as high as they can reach ? or maybe get more in a shipping container ? They should be cheaper not dearer , They've saved enough metal to make a bobber ! and if you think the old models were hard to keep clean , they not a patch on the new ones . Not to mention by the time you taken an angle grinder to that ridiculous number plate mount , you not not half gonna get a wet arse ! just the shortening of the rear end alone must be half a speed triple ! Why when it had every reason to be perfect ?