Moderator drewpy Posted June 23, 2014 Moderator Posted June 23, 2014 Nice, although the lamps are the sticky point for me. Triumph are doing really well in racing so must be doing something right in the engine dept.
bippo Posted June 24, 2014 Author Posted June 24, 2014 Ahh my poor bike's getting a bashing in the light department, lol!! Just ridden it down to my parents - 200 miles of non motorway bliss and not exceeding 60mph as per the running in schedule. That was tedious! Tyres are nicely scrubbed in now and it was a good way for me to get to know the bike a little better. Wow...! 3
Moderator DirtyDT Posted June 24, 2014 Moderator Posted June 24, 2014 An interesting observation Bippo. Personally I like the lights. The way the bike manufacturers have pushed the middleweight cc up from 400 to 500 to 600 and now to 700/800 it would be interesting to know how defunked the larger cc bikes are? My FZ does everything well so how much use would an extra couple of hundred cc be? The street is an amazing bike so, on the road, is there much point in going for a speed?
bippo Posted June 24, 2014 Author Posted June 24, 2014 An interesting observation Bippo. Personally I like the lights. The way the bike manufacturers have pushed the middleweight cc up from 400 to 500 to 600 and now to 700/800 it would be interesting to know how defunked the larger cc bikes are? My FZ does everything well so how much use would an extra couple of hundred cc be? The street is an amazing bike so, on the road, is there much point in going for a speed? Well you can stay on my Christmas card list Numan... ;-) I know the Tiger and Street are a different class of bike, but they share the same engine (longer stroke for the Tiger). They also have many other similar components. Granted I've only done 300 miles on it, but I'm already finding the bike less work. You can't feel the weight and you can flick it about. I'm also finding this bike smoother, it glides along the road. I just need to get into the mindset of going around sunken manholes and potholes instead of over them like I did before! I've jarred myself a few times already...! I'm still to test it at motorway speeds, but at 60mph I'm not getting so much pressure on my shoulders or head, which surprised me. I thought in would be horrid after sitting behind a big screen. It has a tonne of torque, as did the Tiger, so pulls without any real thought and I can already see myself using it on long trips. However, the trip last night showed just how much the Tiger protected me from the elements as I was kind of wishing I had my Buff on me which I've not worn in months. So perhaps I won't be as enthusiastic come autumn/ winter... Who can say?! The Speed is a really nice looking bike, but as one of the guys said to me in the showroom, the Street is the kind of bike you can just jump on without thinking about it. I get what he's saying after riding it...
AndrewElvisFan Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 I'm liking the lights too - not sure how it will look with travel bags/boxes though
Tommy xs Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 Lights or no lights I wouldn't say no bipps & that goes for the bike as well 2
Noise Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 DIRTY BOY!!! Normally its foamy to drop the sex bomb first tommy, but im not disagreeing with you tho haha 1
AndrewElvisFan Posted June 26, 2014 Posted June 26, 2014 Ye dirty buggers!! Lol... You love it really!! 1
wild foamy Posted June 29, 2014 Posted June 29, 2014 Behave peeps!, bipps is amazing and we love her muchly, she even offered to hold my helmet in her soft warm hands at squires... hat was a good day. 2
Tommy xs Posted July 4, 2014 Posted July 4, 2014 I can't believe it's not F#ckin Butter, Foamy gets blessed & I'm a dirty bugger .... well OK the dirty bugger bit is quite accurate to be honest but Foamy getting blessed come on. the only time he gets blessed is Sunblessed bread to put his butter on. 1
wild foamy Posted July 4, 2014 Posted July 4, 2014 Such spite from you Tommy, i am shocked and a tad upset... I am nothing but pleasant 1
finnerz89 Posted July 7, 2014 Posted July 7, 2014 Yay for another street! I love mine, definitely recommend some different pipes though!
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