I’d go Speed Tripe R. Couple of mates have had them and swear by them.
I get my kick from a new Aprilia Tuono V4 Factory and in winter my KTM 450 Exc.
None are bad choices - enjoy.
I’d go Speed Tripe R. Couple of mates have had them and swear by them.
I get my kick from a new Aprilia Tuono V4 Factory and in winter my KTM 450 Exc.
None are bad choices - enjoy.
Not sure of the context, but I had a Speed Triple (not the R) and it was a magnificent bike. Triumph triples are the best engines ever IMO.
If it hadn’t been for the crap turning circle and weight I’d have kept it, but those two things counted against it as a commuting bike (in my experience). As a leisure bike, superb.
Had my first little venture out of the year today. Just a little squirt to J&S for no other reason than to simply get out on the bike. The roads were dry round here, but 5 miles out they were wet. However I bloody loved every minute of it, and cant wait for the spring/summer and warm days and roads to arrive. Been itching to get out for ages and that was partially scratched today.
Stuart
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Enoch, that looks well nice. Bet you are dead pleased with it mate?
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Dear god, if I ever buy a bike that’s “designed for commuting” just put a pillow on my head.
Most bikes are pretty good at commuting, to be fair. Including the Speed Triple, although it is heavy and the turning circle is terrible (for some reason the lock stops were really restrictive).
I don’t commute on the bike any more, but I used to ride into central London every day, and while any bike will do it, my preference was for something really light and flickable to deal with all the traffic (80% of my commute was filtering).
When I think of a bike ‘designed for commuting’ however, my mind turns to the likes of the Deauville and the CG125. Both excellent bikes, but not my idea of motorcycling nirvana.
unless you are doing u -turns all day the turning circle on a speed triple is fine , that said although its more upright the seating position does put some weight on your shoulders when riding long periods at slow speeds and i would not like to be on mine all day every day at slow speeds in traffic for that reason (would prob buy an mt07 or something similar if i was doing that all the time).
Speed Triple turning ability doesn't look that bad!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIJqZKwkfs
What voodoo is this?
Next you’ll be telling me that you can go track racing in a Volvo estate!!!
Yep, the Street is a great mix. I did consider getting one for a while, but knew I’d miss the Speed’s engine (best engine ever made, IMO)
I get the point, btw. The Speed Triple is a perfectly capable bike, and very talented people can do very impressive things with it.
It’s also the bike I miss most of all the ones that have come and gone. But as a commuter it’s not perfect.
I think the last shape F800 GS would be a great commuting bike. The handle bars on any GS are like a bicycle and it's light enough too. The R1200 GSA isn't bad at all but with half the weight gone, like one the 800 model, it would be transformed.
No that’s tail light was just the fuse being lit for me to have a bike such as this, it was built by Kevils they have some amazing machines on their website, I have another donor bike inbound to spend the rest of this year working on, I figure it’ll kill time when isolated 😂
RIAC
OK chaps, serious question...
Considering that signing up to an 18-month contract for Sky Sports last week wasn't a great move, would this week be a good week or a bad week to buy and enormous continent crushing touring barge?
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OK chaps, serious question...
Considering that signing up to an 18-month contract for Sky Sports last week wasn't a great move, would this week be a good week or a bad week to buy and enormous continent crushing touring barge?
Good week obviously! Always a good week
Definitely one of if not the nicest looking R9T I've seen Tony, mines been garaged since last year, itching for a ride now.
Thanks very much - I do think it's nearing the point of being finished, although I have a couple of bits on the way from Pier City Custom (a headlight grill and some black neoprene fork covers - both from Unit Garage).
You must be going nuts having not ridden through the winter... fingers crossed that we don't end up on full lockdown just as the sun starts shining!
On my couple of hours out on Friday I must have seen a dozen badger carcasses on various roads in Kent & East Sussex.
Today the obstacles were pheasant, but alive and running/flying down the roads - I had to duck to avoid one. If the supermarket shelves keep getting emptied I might go out with a net on my next ride.
Be careful what you wish for ... I think you saw the carnage when I hit that pigeon - which is a lot smaller than a pheasant.
https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...=1#post5194433
Well, weather permitting, me and a couple of mates hope to be out and about round North Wales on Sunday. Cant wait for a good scoot on the bike, it hasn't been out properly since October. I also want to get a decent ride in before any possible lockdown may be enforced, se realistically, this could be my first and last rideout this year. Hope its not of course, but who knows what could happen. Andy, are you out n about Sunday pal?
Stuart
My wife and I went for a drive in N. Wales last week , probably only 70 miles. I lost count of the badger carcasses. Having stood next to a live one , these are big animals and hitting one on a bike would be a very serious affair.
I understood badgers get killed when their route to and from their set passes a road, ok , but why in the last 2/3 weeks has the number increased so much?
i did around 50m around the bridgnorth area yesterday, no badgers but a high proportion of dead pheasants around (i guess its close to the breeding season and they are more stupid than normal - which takes some doing as they are pretty stupid to start with)
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Decided to flip the bar end mirrors upside down today and had a quick blast up the road to Lewes to make sure they still work. They sort of do lol.
I’m sure Anne of Cleves would have been thrilled to have had a ride.
At least you were doing something valuable, rather than just arseing about!
*doffs cap*