Re: [ST] RE: RS vs. ST

[Marc Cook <marccook@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Our BRG ST just made 101 hp on the dyno today. Blows that theory.

> From: "Darwin Holmstrom" <dholmstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:38:07 -0500
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> Subject: Re: [ST] RE: RS vs. ST
> 
>>>> Tim Mitchell <Tim.Mitchell@xxxxxxx> - 7/12/01 4:37 AM >>>
> As there any reasons why the ST panniers shouldn't fit an RS -- apart from
> the colo(u)r matching ? In any case, Givi lists a fitting kit for RS (anyone
> out there tried it?)
> 
> The pipe is too high on the RS for the ST bags to fit.
> 
>>> I notice a bit in the back of the July Motorcyclist last night, I don't
> have it right here to quote figures but the ST excels in every
> performance figure they quoted: Horsepower, ET/1/4 mile speed, and 60-80
> roll on. IMHO, the conception that an RS is sportier than the ST is an
> illusion, nothing more than ad copy. <<
> 
> Every U.S. magazine got higher horsepower and torque readings when they dyno'd
> the ST than they did when they dyno'd the RS, even though the engine is
> supposed to be identical. My theory? The pre-production ST test bikes Triumph
> sent to U.S. mags were pumping out a few more ponies than were actual
> production bikes. This may have been intentional, or they may have had to make
> some last minute changes to the engine to meet EPA regs. Whatever the reason,
> by the time they released the RS the following year, the production specs were
> set in stone (ie. the pre-production bikes had dead-stock engines straight
> from the production lines). I bet if Motorcyclist tested a new 2001 ST against
> a 2001 RS, the ST's performance would be just what you'd expect from a bike
> with the same drivetrain weighing a few pounds more and pushing a bit more
> plastic through the atmosphere.
> 
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