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| | | Ted | | Chaac |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/06/2010 | | Posts | : | 551 | | Location | : | March, Cambs, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 10 Jul 2010 - 09:45 Post title : New Cruiser shop at Letchworth | | | Went down to Alchemy Custom Parts Link , just off the A1 at Letchworth. Primarily to look at some touring tail packs. They've got a large, eclectic range of bags, aimed at cruisers and a fascinating display of cruisers of all kinds, sans Tbird. Plus a clonky website (the owner, Roy, explained they were having a new site constructed).
He had some American pipes in, for the Tbird.....and I've lost the details!! £500 is all I remember.
bought this: Link
and ordered this: Link
They're not cheap but superb quality. Roy appeared to be very knowledgeable about the Tbird 1600 and was busily pointing out a vast range of bolt-on custom products, often cheaper than Triumph, that he had tried with R3s & Tbirds.
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| | | zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 11 Jul 2010 - 17:18 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: Ted) | | | jusr had a peruse of the site and the pipes advertised are £699. was he doing the boss for £500?
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| | | paulc | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 08/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 441 | | Location | : | Brackley, ENGLAND, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 11 Jul 2010 - 20:34 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: zolti) | | | not far from me think i'll nip down there & see if they have any footboards that'll fit
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| | | Ted | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/06/2010 | | Posts | : | 551 | | Location | : | March, Cambs, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 11 Jul 2010 - 21:33 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: zolti) | | | I think he was trying to seduce me (& my wallet)
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| | | paulc | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 08/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 441 | | Location | : | Brackley, ENGLAND, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Jul 2010 - 07:13 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: Ted) | | |  they're all just money sluts
saw a nice handle bar rack on a tbird at the thunder rally. made by highway hawk. i'll see if he can order it
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| | | Ted | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/06/2010 | | Posts | : | 551 | | Location | : | March, Cambs, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Jul 2010 - 12:59 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: paulc) | | | The pipes are D&D and normally £545. If you go, ask for the Kuryakyn and Highway Hawk catalogues, if you haven't already got 'em. They've got one of the best pannier displays I've seen. I would've got the pipes but I've bought spotlamps, seat, Grantour bag, 2 x helmets and an intercom this week and the back tyre's looking past its best. I'm wondering what a kidney's worth nowadays.
My new Commando cost less than those pipes. Eee, when I were a lad.
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| | | mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Jul 2010 - 14:49 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: Ted) | | |
Ted wrote:
I'm wondering what a kidney's worth nowadays.
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Have you tried the classified board on this forum - you just never know your luck.
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| | | BlueNose | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/09/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,478 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Jul 2010 - 22:17 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: Ted) | | |
Ted wrote:
My new Commando cost less than those pipes. Eee, when I were a lad.
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That 'll be when they laid the foundations to them there triangular things in desert and Tutankhamum was just just a twinkling in his mummy's eye!
Try Mick at www.customcruisers.com he might be able to save your kidney and settle for just one of the kids.
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| | | Ted | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/06/2010 | | Posts | : | 551 | | Location | : | March, Cambs, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 13 Jul 2010 - 08:14 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: BlueNose) | | | When I used to cadge 50p (10/-) off my mother, fill the tank, drink beer, buy fish & chips and cigs on way home.
When the Government gave you money to go to uni/learner bikes had unlimited capacity/Insurance was £5/cruisers were predatory homosexuals
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| | | paulc | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 08/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 441 | | Location | : | Brackley, ENGLAND, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 16 Jul 2010 - 14:59 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: Ted) | | | called in there today. those pipes do look nice. think i'll have to sell the shorties on mine the get a pair of those. £545 he told me.
taking the bike up there next week to see what rear footboards & front pegs will fit the bike
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| | | British_Steel | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 164 | | Location | : | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 16 Jul 2010 - 15:27 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: paulc) | | |
paulc wrote:
called in there today. those pipes do look nice. think i'll have to sell the shorties on mine the get a pair of those. £545 he told me.
taking the bike up there next week to see what rear footboards & front pegs will fit the bike |
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I have the Triumph rear foot boards on mine if you want to have a poke around (take em off measure em etc) your more than welcome.
You need to be careful re the position if you have bags and/or rear dresser bars. It was a bit of a faff to find the right position on mine. But then again my wife is a short arse 
| "My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them." Jack Kerouac
Black T'bird 1700, LH rider and passenger seats, front and rear dresser bars, light bar, roadster screen, passenger footboards, QR sissy bar and rack, LH backrest, bags, longs TORs, high flow air filter.... for now 
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| | | paulc | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 08/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 441 | | Location | : | Brackley, ENGLAND, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 16 Jul 2010 - 16:17 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: British_Steel) | | | allo mate. the idea of the rear footboards is to stop here boots from marking the exhausts & swingarm covers.
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| | | British_Steel | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 17/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 164 | | Location | : | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 16 Jul 2010 - 17:37 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: paulc) | | | That will work but....
Dependant on position you may find you end up getting marks on the pulley cover instead 
| "My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them." Jack Kerouac
Black T'bird 1700, LH rider and passenger seats, front and rear dresser bars, light bar, roadster screen, passenger footboards, QR sissy bar and rack, LH backrest, bags, longs TORs, high flow air filter.... for now
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| | | paulc | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 08/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 441 | | Location | : | Brackley, ENGLAND, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 16 Jul 2010 - 17:47 Post title : Re: New Cruiser shop at Letchworth (Re: British_Steel) | | | next option is to cut her feet off then
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