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Re: Turbo anyone?



At 12:44 AM 07/05/1999 -0400, Dean C. Harris wrote:
>Wondering if anyone has had any experience with the turbo kit below (or any
>others):
>
>http://www.triumphnet.com/st/turbo.htm

Got to play on it, but like Arno, it's out of my range right now.

The pics at the above URL are from my driveway as Brian was good enough to
leave it with me for a day to play on. I have ridden a few bikes equipped
with nitrous and was quite surprised by the difference that I got on the
Turbo ST. 

It is built around an Aero Charger and fits quite nicely under the fairing.
A couple of the pipes are visible through the vents on the fairing, but
unless you were comparing two ST's side by side, you would not see the
difference. The only indication of something "extra" on the bike is the
boost gauge off the front of the tank. 

After a few pictures, I headed out on some of the local streets and just
took it easy. Brian told me to get the feel of it, take it to 80 and then
give it 
full throttle (and of course hang on). The first thing I noticed was the
incredible uniformity of power delivery. It was not a on / off type of
power (like you get with nitrous), but rather a good strong push - the
power built hard and fast, but never uncontrollably. While out at Kennedy
Space Center, I got to play with a VFR that was also out enjoying the
straightaways - 70 mph roll on and I even let him get ahead of me - when I
rolled it open I was past him almost instantaneously. The only thing that
saved him from a thorough thrashing was the appearance of KSC police -
luckily for both of us they don't have rear firing radar ...... 

When I stopped up the way, the Viffer followed and had to find out more -
he had been impressed with the speed, although he seemed much happier when
he saw the Turbo logo all over the bike. I then proceeded to spend some
time enjoying some of the local twisties to see how it effected normal
riding. All I can say is wow..... accelerating out of a corner takes on a
whole new meaning. 

I found that it did not interfere at all with normal riding, but as soon as
I got on it - watch out. 

Now all I need is the winning lottery numbers.....

- - Eric

http://www.TriumphNet.com/st


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