Re: [St] New spec for 2008 1050 ST

[philip.schilt@xxxxxxxxx]

that is my main only complaint about the '07. i miss being able to keep a full face in the bags, i could put one in either side on my '03

----- Original Message ----
From: "brettwilson21@xxxxxxx" <brettwilson21@xxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2008 4:21:50 PM
Subject: Re: [St] New spec for 2008 1050 ST


The 
biggest 
stuff 
up 
IMHO 
was 
the 
factory 
luggage. 
The 
99 
- 
04 
series 
was 
quite 
good 
apart 
from 
being 
not?very 
waterproof.?The 
current 
series 
is 
woeful 
in 
every 
aspect, 
yet 
they 
are 
sticking 
with 
it.?


-----Original 
Message-----
From: 
triumph1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: 
st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 
Fri, 
8 
Feb 
2008 
8:03 
am
Subject: 
Re: 
[St] 
New 
spec 
for 
2008 
1050 
ST



I 
believe 
with 
the 
price 
of 
oil 
going 
through 
the 
roof 
the 
metal 
tank 
is 
in 
fact 
cheaper 
to 
produce.  
Having 
had 
un-lined 
metal 
tanks 
on 
other 
bikes 
rust 
out 
I 
am 
dismayed 
at 
the 
move 
back 
to 
metal.  
Personally 
I 
find 
tank 
bags 
a 
PIA 
and 
I 
can't 
see 
why 
that 
would 
be 
Triumph's 
motivation 
to 
move 
back 
to 
metal.  
As 
for 
post 
'05 
lights, 
yes 
there 
have 
been 
many 
critics 
and 
I 
really 
think 
Triumph 
stuffed 
up 
there.  
If 
you 
have 
ever 
been 
on 
a 
dark 
back 
road 
on 
a 
1050 
you 
will 
appreciate 
how 
lacking 
they 
are, 
especially 
high 
beam.  
I've 
made 
the 
lights 
acceptable 
by 
a 
mixture 
of 
tweaking, 
different 
bulbs 
and 
HID 
conversion 
for 
high 
beam 
(I 
think 
that 
should 
be 
standard).  
A 
complete 
re-
design 
of 
the 
1050 
headlights 
would've 
been 
better 
news.  
..and 
I 
agree, 
a 
larger 
motor 
is 
not 
a 
priority 
in 
it's 
evolutionary 
development.


> 
UK's 
Motorcycle 
News 
(weekly 
paper) 
has 
short 
story 
saying 
that 
> 
Triumph 
has 
revised 
spec 
for 
1050 
ST 
for 
2008.  
Significant 
changes 
> 
cited 
in 
article 
comprise 
change 
from 
plastic 
to 
metal 
for 
tank 
('to 
> 
allow 
use 
of 
magnetic 
tank 
bags') 
and 
inclusion 
of 
a 
'high 
performance 
> 
headlight' 
(??). 

-- 
Mick
06 
Sprint 
ST




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