Re: [ST] Happy Dance

["mark hanke" <MHANKE@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Congradulations! What color? Did you keep the 99? Are you going to STAR?
Mark"Big Dawg"Hanke




>I got the new '02 ST home this afternoon.  After squeezed 35 miles out of a
>45 deg Sat afternoon and I have to say I can't wait for break in to be
over.
>Some random things that occured too me today after getting the bike:
>
>1)  What was I thinking leaving the stock can on the '99.  I have the
Triumph
>Carbon Fiber on the '02 and ooooooo, sweeet!
>2)  Everything seems in the same place, but it flips from side to side alot
>easier.  I've probably been away from riding too long, 3 months.
>3)  The switch gear changed completly.  Buttons are smaller, as are the
>entire switch blocks.
>4)  The mechanics seem to insist on adjusting the clutch to engauge in the
>last 1/4 inch of lever travel.  Hey, I got short fingers get that back
closer
>to the bar.(Will adjust personally)
>5)  BREAK IN SUCKS!!!!! :)
>6)  How do people shift gears with that damn long reach to the shifter.
I'm
>used to riding on the balls of my feet, now I have to be on my arches,
which
>feels like my heels, to reach.
>7)  Even at this mileage the transmission is very, very smooth.  Especially
>compared to the '99 when this new.  Alot less pressure, and clunking taking
>place.
>8)  The old 1 piece Daytona shifter that I saved from the '99 puts the
pedal
>in the same place as the new stock one on the '02.  There is that much
>difference in how the new motor mounts in the frame.  Looks like I'll be
>ordering a '02 Daytona/Speed Triple shifter to try to get that familiar
feel
>back.
>9)  The Zero Gravity SportTouring shield I took off the '99 slid right in
>place on the '02. So no upper fairing changes this year.
>10)  The new throttle cable routing is alittle curious.  I'll try and post
a
>pic in a little bit.
>11)  The new FI system makes a few more R2-D2 sounds(whir, click, whir).
>Kinda cool.
>and finally
>12)  BREAK IN SUCKS!!!!  I wanna rev, just a little, come on.  Oh
>alright(stub toe in ground) I'll be good.......for now.
>
>Steven "Dirty Dawg" Kohlscheen
>
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