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anything is better than that triumph crap

Get a Kawasaki

The America and Speedmaster are both very pretty bikes but they just don't feel like a cruiser should. They're standards dressed up as cruisers. They go well enough and stop and handle better than most other bikes in this class, but if you want to get anywhere near the heft and low down grunt of a proper cruiser then a V-Star 950 or, even better, a Vulcan 900 is what you want. In fact Triumph have tried so hard to make the new Speedmaster look like the Vulcan 900 Custom it's embarrassing. If you just want the look and the Triumph badge, then fine. But the Japanese V-twin cruisers have the sound, feel and tractability that cruisers are all about. And even mentioning the Triumph in the same breath as a Harley is daft. I don't see how anyone who'd ridden both a Speedmaster and a Sportster could think they were comparing like with like.

Clueless

The quote of 'it does what it says on the tin' was cringeworthy, as was the poor writing, but the score is justified.

The speedmaster was great on carbs and likely even better with injection.  The standard cans are muffled and wet, but change them for the TOR exhausts or such like and this bike sounds amazing.

This bike does not excel at any one thing, but manages to do it all well and so be a very enjoyable and rewarding bike to ride.

As for MCN being biased toward Triumph BS!  Triumphs are consitantly some of the best bikes I get (trader),  and I am always glad when they come in, I know they shall be good and that they shall sell!