Re: [ST] '99 Sprint ST for Sale.

[JES_VFR <jes_vfr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:02 AM 5/13/2007, you wrote:
>FYI, there is a wealth of Tiger 1050 information at www.tiger1050.com.
>This for example:
>"Monday, April 30th Triumph's Marketing Manager, Jim Callahan attended
>the 11th Annual Ehlert Powersports Awards in Newport Beach,
>California.  Triumph is proud to announce that the Tiger 1050 received
>an award for "Best Sport Standard" by Rider Magazine."
>
>"At the very end of the night, Mark Tuttle, the editor of Rider
>Magazine, returned to the stage for one last award.  The Tiger 1050
>was honored as the 2007 Motorcycle of the Year. A quote from the
>evening's "Awards of Excellence" program says, "The real beauty of the
>Tiger is that it's just as comfortable two-up down a long highway as
>it is in the tight stuff.  With the spacious hard luggage, there's no
>reason why a weekend getaway with a co-pilot shouldn't be a regular
>occurrence."
>
>--
>Rick in Oregon
>'01 Sprint ST < rip :o|
>Tiger 1050 ABS

Hey, help me out here. I know the tiger is a heck of a bike with the 
1050 triple and all that but, I would have thought that you would 
have wanted the added weather protection of the sprint st.
My dad's family in Oregon, having visited them several times I would 
say that the climate there is wet, and that there is precipitation 
almost everyday. I like in NJ and commute from the one side of the 
state to other, and here as well I pretty much encounter moisture 
everyday. It is also often windy here so the weather protection and 
height of any bike is an important point to me.

Is the tradeoff  in weight and handling versus the full fairings 
really worth all that much?

I'm currently on a honda vfr and looking to get onto a sprint st.






JohnS
A Dragon Ascending
"Forging my body in the Fires of my Will"

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