Should I?

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

ha! they're so ugly!

Sorry, got to agree there, old bike and loads of miles with high insurance, where the fun in a load of outgoing dosh, youl be wantin to paint it blue next..!!

You asked 'should i'... if you have to ask then you don't really want it. Look yourself in the mirror and ask, will i dust the cops on this if i need too or will i have to stop and reason with them ....

Personally i love mine to bits. best bike ive ever had (apart from blowing it up). The whole widow maker rep is a bit over the top its just that the rear shock isnt that great and if your going to get one get one which has got an ohlins rear shock. about 50% of them do. I spent a long time looking for mine and ended up with a really nice one.

If i was you i would seriously reconsider if its going to cost 1600 to insure cause thats just silly. Also dont listen to anyone who hasnt riden one as they dont know what they are talking about when it comes to the 'bad handling' Ive riden 4 tls's and 3 tlr's and only 1 of them was horrible and i think that was because it had crash damage he wasnt telling me about. The others were nice but im a short **** so i ended up getting one which was lowered slightly.

[yorkie_chris]

Whats happened regards it blowing up?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Whats happened regards it blowing up?

hadnt changed the oil in a while and it was low, then i decided to rev it way too hard on a very cold night when it wasnt warmed up properly. Entirely my own fault for poor maintinace and being lazy.

Basicly i was following some guy and trying to get him to pull into the inside lane so i could over take as he was just sitting in the outside lane with no one in the slow lane. I decided that reving my engine would be a good way to get him to notice me and move in given its so loud but i just over reved it. The thing to remember with the tls is that its power is all midrange, its not really that fast at the top end so if your used to screaming your bike it takes time to adjust to the difference in the power band. The drop off at high revs is a lot more noticable than the sv.

as i said before great bike, love it to bits, so much so that im actually rebuilding it with a new engine rather than just parting it out which is what i would normally do if something this terminal happened.