Fw: five years of triumph revisited

["elvus" <kngelv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: elvus <kngelv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 1:32 PM
Subject: five years of triumph revisited


>          thank you one and all for your comments on my recent posting.
there
> were some insightful comments and they did give me pause for thought. yes
i
> should have noticed these things on my generous test ride but there were
> some valid reasons i did not. first off, it was my first decent ride of
any
> length since the previous november. about a month before i took my t-bird
up
> to detroit triumph and had it on the floor on consignment. it was also a
> balmy 40 degrees fahrenheit. i think i was a little caught up after
waiting
> so long to try it. there was a lot of snow melt on the road especially in
> the twisties i did not think it prudent to really hammer on it in the
turns
> considering the water on the road and not being my bike. as far as
magazine
> testers liking the suspension, i've seen both pro's and con's. in case
> anyone is unfamiliar with the sorry road conditions in the detroit are let
> me enlighten you. due to the freeze/thaw cycles and the excessive use of
> road salt ( detroit sits above vast salt caverns as it used to be covered
> by an inland sea. ) the roads are a  pothole laden obstacle course and the
> spring thaw is the worst time of all. i'm not expecting bmw type
suspension
> nor chevette type either. somewhere in between would be nice.
>     as far as the light bleed i rode it during the day when it was not
> noticeable. the same goes for the tach. btw i did put a clutch lever from
> the speed triple on and that helped. but it is true i should have checked
> everything more thoroughly and will do so in the future. i never did
mention
> the notchiness of the shifter and difficulty in finding neutral, which
seems
> to be getting worse.
>       the s3 was an option but i needed a faired bike due to the distances
i
> ride. i did however talk a friend of mine in to buying a triple and he
loves
> it. in fact four of my close friends bought new triumphs this year. there
> are things i enjoy on this bike in fact the good outweighs the bad. i just
> think about the bad things more often. human nature i guess. i am going to
> keep it for now.
>       a big thanks to erik for the dutch importer of ohlins web address. i
> plan on buying the shock when winter hits and removing the forks and
sending
> them to racetech. hopefully next spring it will be like having a brand new
> machine.
>       now as to geoff's comments. "what bike am i riding?" excuse me geoff
> but what pipe are you smoking. using the words excellent suspension and rs
> sprint in the same sentence is a classic example of what is known as an
> oxymoron. the suspension is crap, pure and simple. in regards to your
other
> comments everyone i know of could use fine tuning in their riding
abilities.
> we who ride are always learning. complacency is the surest way to a bad
end.
> btw i am quite willing to enlighten you as to my riding abilities if you
are
> ever in my neck of the woods. adult beverages on me. no drinking and
riding
> though of course. thanks again all.
>
> james
>
> 2000 rs yellow
>
>


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