Owing to one thing or another I've had a strange year, from a 139 bhp speedtriple I when onto a 100bhp TT600, not a bad change as the little lightweight was so different the two were hard to compare, but braking and performance (top end) were close, handling and acceleration were good on both although in a totally different way.
Anyway from that I had an enforced "rest" for 9 months before riding a scooter (12.24 bhp) which simpley was a nightmare,not so much the power (or lack of) but more the delivery, but then on to a CB750F2 (71 bhp) it was heavy but predictable, went well enough (about an indicated 130-40 or so) didn't feel anywhere as nice as the triumphs but way more comfy, now I've got the Thunderbird sport, another triple, with proper suspension (90 bhp) it goes great and handles better than my old Speedtriple did before I re-built the thing, I've always been addicted to the
powerful mid range of monster engines ( the lump in the re-built Speedtriple has been dyno'd at 152 bhp
), but somehow the T'bird doesn't seem to need it, even to the extent of being over geared (on purpose) cracking the throttle open to just hear the lump digging in and the exhaust bark it's .50 cal imatation, rather than dropping a cog and getting the performance I could ?
Guess it must be me, but I seem to be happy with the power it's got, getting old and slow, (see the insurance people did get it right
).
Cheers Mark.