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mgv8 said:
I so what one! What is it like to ride? What bikes have your had before?
always had jap bikes, started with 2 stroke racers and went to the usual 4 stroke 4 cyl race reps. never had anything off road, cruiser or cafe racer. last 3 years have had a beautiful ducati 748sps, which luckily went up in value a little which offset the horrendous service costs to some extent.have always liked retro stuff, wanted a modern norton but seen a lot of negative comments about the experience, then had a days test ride on the Thruxton R and immediately placed an order.
comments so far- bit limited due to 4k revs max for 300m, and bedding engine in etc. tyres also a bit greasy as new but now fine. its as good i reckon as my 748 was in bends, although i havent yet got fully confident i feel its very stable and turns in lovely. the seating and riding is spot on, albeit the seat is very firm. i might eventually have it re-padded locally.
brakes are superb. very very strong. its a torque monster bike, you can tell, and very quick on the test ride in sport mode, was lifting the front wheel a bit (or trying).
Ive a few plans to customise the look a bit, thats one of the attractions, Triumph have a million bits out already (if you can actually get them) and also others are starting to supply.
its too quiet by far, euro crap nonsense. pipes to come.
your boot heels tend to scuff the black side pods i've found, i've stuck a sticker on there for now as a temporary fix.
thats about it, i just love riding it, i think you could do a full day on it no worries, my 748 used to kill the wrists. this has a bit of twin vibration but is very smooth. the fairing kit comes with dropped clip ons and puts a bit more weight on your wrist but still a great riding position.
one slight glitch last night, it cut out once on coasting down to some lights, but immediately restarted, I've read a few people have had this and it was cured at the first 500m service with throttle balance reset on the ecu.
Edited by 200Plus Club on Tuesday 20th September 11:42
Don't forget 748 is 20 yrs old. The forks and rear suspension on the Thruxton R are modern and superbly suited. The brakes are better by far, and it's on modern sticky tyres. I can only tell it as I saw it. My ducati felt fine but I expected a 1200 triumph to feel lardy by comparison. Because I was so pleasantly suprised I jumped in! :-)
The triumph one but gone a step further and removed the final extender and rear red reflector which was just gash.
I won't have a problem for mot :-)
And can refit a reflector if ever needed.
I refitted the original led plate lamp to what was left of the bracket. looks ok but I may tweak it yet.
In an ideal world the plate would be under the seat as some of our US friends have done.
I won't have a problem for mot :-)
And can refit a reflector if ever needed.
I refitted the original led plate lamp to what was left of the bracket. looks ok but I may tweak it yet.
In an ideal world the plate would be under the seat as some of our US friends have done.
Michael_B said:
If I ever went for a Thruxton R, I could entertain adding some slip-ons to make it sound a bit fruitier, but still remaining reasonable.
Nothing like the race Termignonis on my 748R, which are possibly the most unreasonable exhausts in the whole of Christendom.
agreed, my neighbours love the fact i sold the 748, no curtains twitch when i come home now :-(Nothing like the race Termignonis on my 748R, which are possibly the most unreasonable exhausts in the whole of Christendom.
traffic used to part like the red sea on that bike due to the noise.
jimmyslr said:
I only came across the thruxton R a week or two back and then I saw this thread too - I'm liking it. Destination Triumph who are near me have a demo bike I happened to notice. I can feel a little visit coming... I have Street Triple R right now and like the brand and I'm more of a grunty guy than a screamer guy (that's referring to bike engines). And I'm 45 and could do with an injection of old guy cool to the extent such a thing is possible.
Right, that's the man logic sorted...
Test ride sold it to me :-)Right, that's the man logic sorted...
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