tl000s v tl1000r v sv1000s

anyone know top speeds? bhp's?
the reason i ask is i came back from the stomy petel last night with a few mates one with a tls and one with a tlr, on the straights both bikes seemed to have more speed than me but in the twistys the sv1000s seemed better handling altho the guy on the tls was throwing it around just as hard. the tls seemed to handle better than the tlr? this was prob the rider.

More speed... you would have been clocking a little over 150?

[fizzwheel]

Both TL's have more BHP than you have...

[dizzyblonde]

The TL's are twitch monsters. You could have a million conversations about them. Im indoors wanted one but decided to get a Raptor. TL engine and the italians apparently ironed out all the bad points.(and put in a whole load of others instead) Maybe your mates prefered to not throw themselves off in corners!!! although our mechanic mate says the Sv1000 is more smooth and a lot more superior to all three of the above.

SV1000S smoother probably cos its injected rather than carbs???

SV1000 engine detuned, with different Cam profiles and timing than TL's too.
Cant remember the numbers but im sure the SV is about 15 BHP down.

Lots of history abt TL;s and handling...

Originally Posted by jessie

SV1000S smoother probably cos its injected rather than carbs???

SV1000 engine detuned, with different Cam profiles and timing than TL's too.
Cant remember the numbers but im sure the SV is about 15 BHP down.

Lots of history abt TL;s and handling...

and whats 15bhp between friends when your talkin 1000cc twins.

and its not top speed that counts, its how u get there!! lol

(and have u seen that ugly rear shock..yuk)

the guy in question with the tls says he wouldnt swap it for any modern sports bike he had it now for 8 years and still loves it to bits, his tl is FI not carbs.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Both TL's have more BHP than you have...

but the top speed is ment to be higher on the sv.

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

but the top speed is ment to be higher on the sv.

All tls tlrs were fuel injected they never made a carbed one to my knowlege, they recon the main problem with tls was that riders didnt know how to ride them any torque monster vtwin is going to shake its head if your heavy handed enough, couple that with a badly designed rear shock that doesnt work very well and a steepish head angle and in the wrong hands its going to be a handfull