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Posted by jmbo
 - October 13, 2019, 19:27:31 PM

I had to have one! I never knew they existed until I saw this commercial on YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrbs10YiXDc&t=6s  After that I decided I had to have one.  I was riding a '99 Triumph TBS 900 at the time.  Great bike but not exactly my style. Let's face it that a younger mans bike. I also had a '74 Triumph TR7 750. (and oil soaked pants legs to prove it)

I'm an older guy.  I like older bikes. After riding a bunch of "classics" I got tired of all the "Wrench and Ride" business so like I said, I saw the Drifter ad and everything the ad mentioned made sense to me. Its a classic looking bike but built on a modern platform.

It took me better than five years to find my '99er. I live in Wisconsin (read: Harley country) I found the bike on Craigslist across the lake in Michigan.  My nephew happened to lived near by so I asked to check it out. It was the real deal. Bone stock with pretty much every Fire & Ice option originally available and only 10 grand on the clock.

I  quickly sold my TBS, hopped on the Lakeland Express and bought the bike.  I rode it for the first time and knew it was meant to be. I ferried it back on the boat. I was late October so I only road it for a couple of days that fall. I have doubled the millage since then. Sweet bike. And now they are saying it is a cult classic.  Fine by me.

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