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06-12-16, 03:18 PM | #41 | |
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Anyway Triumph likes mismatching things. I test rode a Rocket III once - it's a cruiser but that ain't a cruiser engine. It doesn't want to cruise, it wants to go.
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06-12-16, 03:26 PM | #42 |
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Badge snobbery? Yeah, I get that. Let's not confuse Hinkley Triumph with Meriden Triumph. When they started, Hinkleys wanted to distance themselves from the old tech Meridens, but then they needed history because retro style became cool. It stuck in my throat. Have you noticed the 'only subtly different' badge? Says it all really.
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07-12-16, 10:43 AM | #43 |
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For a good review of the older model T100 have a look at this Aussie video on the Tube, and try to spot all of the silly bits in it. He's done a similar review of the Kwak W800 which also had me laughing out loud. Shame this guy only has three videos posted under this user ID as I'd quite like to see a few more.
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She is still relatively inexperienced despite having a license for years and only wee. So her being able to get both feet down is important. Easy on the Street Twin not so on a MT-07 and Guzzi V7, the other two we have been looking at. A Triumph dealer is a problem here at the moment although there is one in the pipeline and she was not pleased with the one we do have. Anyway,adjustable clutch and brake levers, ABS, TC (that gets a boak from me though) looks like it will cost peanuts to run and looks fantastic and proper, so little to do to it although the short noisy pipes would be 1st on the list but folk seem to say even the OE ones have got some guts. What kind of range you getting on a tank? |
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21-12-16, 12:40 PM | #45 |
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21-12-16, 04:13 PM | #46 |
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21-12-16, 04:27 PM | #47 |
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Aye, I had the R1150RT which was a two-wheeled lorry. Lifting that was a cartilage popping experience. Great when going but a horror below 10-15MPH.
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21-12-16, 05:04 PM | #48 |
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I had a RT1150 which I put 20,000 miles on in one year from new. As you say a real barge at low speeds but what sticks in my memory was the number of warranty claims that i made in that year and not for small stuff either, things like failed abs, cracked discs etc. Had a look on the Triumph site and someone is reporting that the center stand lugs have torn away from the frame on their Street Twin. Now I too love my SV and not wishing to tempt fate but a great plus with the SV is it's long and gradual development since 1999 should and indeed does translate into cracking reliability.
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She has standard pipes, they give a deep throaty song with out putting in shop windows lol and being a cross plane crank it has a similar beat to the SV The tank is small but she gets well over 70mpg so we are finding fuel stops at around 150/160 miles are good for both SV and Trumpet If your mrs likes the look of it I'd say it is hard to fault in her position, it handles well, and is very manageable for a smaller rider, as Henry Cole stated when he took one around Ireland "it's friendly to ride"
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23-12-16, 09:44 AM | #50 |
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Cheers for that.
The 12L tank was a concern but thats a great range thanks to the good mpg. And less weight carried where you don't want it. Test rides ahead in the *better weather. *Thats a Scottish "better." |
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