TL Discussion Thread

Yes and they sound fuggin good with this high level carbon can on it! Pete and Lissa didn't like it, it was rather tinny, but i can imagine it going along.

[yorkie_chris]

The triples sound better being ragged, don't have the nice tickover of the V twins though.

My dad had a T5 with some wunoff underseat pipes, that sounded like the end of the earth, way deeper note than the standard triumph race can.

Only problem is they don't have a reputation for being reliable motors, early ones eating gearboxes etc.

[Mr Speirs]

MMM that T595 had 10k miles written on the info sheet on the bike but on the interweb its saying 23k.
It was a very nice bike tho and the price has gone down. It was £2850 or thereabouts but now its £2500.
Insurance will be a bit steep won't it? I got a quote for a Triumph something or nothing and it was expensive.

[yorkie_chris]

Yes the daytona is in a high group, slightly lower than jap thous but still more expensive than the tillis from the quotes I've done.

(can you tell what I've been looking into as a next bike....)

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

The triples sound better being ragged, don't have the nice tickover of the V twins though.

My dad had a T5 with some wunoff underseat pipes, that sounded like the end of the earth, way deeper note than the standard triumph race can.

Only problem is they don't have a reputation for being reliable motors, early ones eating gearboxes etc.

Yeah I know which is why I'm not 100% keen on a Triumph. Gramps has owned 3 from new with his last bikes and never had probs but I may go and has a test ride on that 595 when I'm full licence (de-restricted) see what she's like . And if its still there.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Yes the daytona is in a high group, slightly lower than jap thous but still more expensive than the tillis from the quotes I've done.

(can you tell what I've been looking into as a next bike....)

You told me you wanted a Daytona or summit like that, can't remember.

[yorkie_chris]

Yeah looking at either a t595/955i (would be turned into a speed triple though, I'm not a fan of fairings) or a TLS (would also probably get naked-ified). However I wouldn't touch a TLS with the standard shock in it.

Originally Posted by plowsie

You'd be suprised Who says I haven't already had a go on one and felt very nice

A short test ride is nothing like day to day owning/riding it ,
i speak from experience here with the 675-loved it on test ride yet its taken me 6mths + to start feeling confident and settled with her (also alot of persuading from treacle to keep her) and i willa dmit i do sometimes till wish id bought/kept a sv
iirc it wasnt long ago you said you werent feeling 100% on the sv, not lecturing but id stick with 600s for awhile longer-The tl isnt exactly a very forgiving bike and we dont want to here youve run your foot over again or worse ok

[yorkie_chris]

I've had lots of people tell me not to get one, that they're total deathtraps, funnily enough none of those people seem to have ever ridden one

I don't see point of sticking with a 600, CBR's etc can be fun, but that forgiving nature does tend to make you push harder than you should. A big bike can sometimes make you take a big step back.

[dizzyblonde]

meh...boys and big toys .... leave em alone. Don't even bother thinking til unrestricted, and used to extra power. You'll only get your fingers burnt, then its too late. Mom mode..my opinion.. your welcome.