I thank you all for the info, I'll do some investigations into Contacting some of the companies/people you've mentioned. I've been out of town for a while so I haven't had a change to reply till now.
triumphs are fun bikes , I have had 2, 1 was a 72 bonneville all original, and the other was a 54 which I chopped. Both were 650s and quite fast for what they were. how old is the one you are looking at?
I was looking at a new 2013 Triumph Thruxton, but not certain about it. A Nab of mine has owned and worked on a lot of bikes for 50 years, particularly necked and café style rides, and he didn't have a very good opinion on the Thruxton and triumph in general. He bought a new 2013 Thruxton and did the fender elimination kit, got smaller exhaust pipes, lighter and better air box, and a few other performance boosting adjustments, and he didn't like how weak the low end power settings were or how "heavy" it felt.
The 2013 Thruxton comes off at something like 507lbs with a full tank, while most cafe races are around 400 to 420lbs. I'm wondering how much lighter it can get with mods, if it's possible to drop a 100lbs.
I'm a small guy, 5'6" and all of 115lbs (I'm "blessed" with a ridiculously high metabolism with no abnormal medical complications that are causing it) and really should get to a workout routine to put some more muscle mass on my body. I used to own a 2009 Suzuki M90 Bulliva rd that ran nice on an open road but was a nightmare for me @ parking lot or traffic conditions at its 730lbs for a lightweight like me. I'm concerned how much a pain in the arch a 500 pound bike would be, where a 400-420 cafė racer sounds more ma nagable (more concerned with the fun vs slow handling characteristics rather then how fast I can get the thing to death-speeds). If I can I'll try to take one for a test run sometime down the road
Any advise regarding my previous paragraphs concerns from other riders would be appreciated