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[ST] Tom and his FJR vs. Your Sprint

I cannot believe you guys from over the pond.
Here in England there are two types of motorcyclists, ones who ride bikes
(bikers), the others ride JapScrap.
I have an FXDWG for summer use and a Sprint ST for a winter hack.  Only at
the weekends, if they are warm, do the power-rangers venture out to show off
their matching leathers and latest toys.
If someone thinks his latest "Honzuki" is the best thing, let him waste his
time, then simply take the piss.  He'll soon realise the error of his ways.

Rik
'02 ST
FXDWG
Cambridge, England

http://www.cambridgemc.net



STeve Wrote:
OK, my turn, and a little "inside info"  :]

First off, all y'all need to understand that my good friend Tom is Canadian,

so "American" is not his native language.  The idioms and phrases we all 
take for granted do not come natural to Tom.  If you do not have the 
capacity to translate his Canadian back to regular "American", I will 
endeavor to do so....

When he says, "The FJR is superior to the ST" (in whatever way), he really 
means; "My ST was eaten by rocks in Colorado, halfway into my Grand Tour 
that I had been planning for months, so I opted for the latest, greatest 
sport-Touring bike that all the Bike Mags were ga-ga over and so far I like 
it just fine, and I want all of you to know what a cool bike it is".

When Tom says, "the ST is 90's tech", what he really means is; "I want newer

better more trick bikes every 6 months!" (this is evident when you see he 
has a TL1000S, and WR-whatever, and the mighty FJR).

So you see, it's really all a matter of semantics.  Chill.  ;)

I will say one thing tho', many valid points have been made on this subject 
by a lot of y'all, including Tom.  What bothers me is the level of venom in 
some of the posts.  Tom stated his OPINION on a motorcycle related subject, 
debating his opinion is cool, but personal attacks definitely are not (in my

book, anyway).  Since when has this become the "Taliban, Sprint-ST/RS 
list"???

Hey, it's cool to state your differences of OPINION with anyone, but when 
you make statements questioning someone's ability/integrity or knowledge, 
but you have NO PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, with that person, you need to step back

and take a breath.

I have personally ridden with Tom for many a mile, he's pretty damn good.  I

have personally worked with him in the garage, watching him deftly sinc 
throttle bodies, adjust valves, install the complete 3-bag system, and many 
other mechanical duties, all on the mighty SPRINT-ST.  The dude knows the 
mechanical working/attributes of the ST better than any one I know outside 
of professional mechanics (and better than many of those).  But he is 
Canadian  :D

So before you guys fly off the handle "defending" your precious Sprints, 
just remember you are really preaching to the choir.  Tom ~is~ one of us, he

is just a temporary "backslider".  Pray for his return to the flock.  He is 
looking for 100K from the FJR, knowing him that should only be about 2 1/2 
years, if the FJR holds up, that is.

You may now go back to your regularly scheduled, 
oil/tire/exhaust/screen/riser/fuel sender/sprocket threads
(even tho' all the answers are already in the archives)


STeve Duncan
T.S.R.A Charter member
00' ST 36K/2yrs (RIP)
next '00 ST 6K and counting

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