Re: st-digest V1999 #213

[Erik Miner <axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I won't flame you Dave, BUTT having now owed several BMW's and having 
been involved with several BMW mailing lists I tell tell you for sure 
that Triumph is not the only company that " beta tests" on it's 
customers to some extent. Just ask any K1200RS owner, or K1200LT or 
early R1100, or cruisers, etc. Most companies take a year or so to 
fix problems that may not present themselves when the bike is being 
sorted out. At least Triumph got the important stuff right on the 
Sprint. No surging, or leaking main seals or ... I could go on and on 
!


Erik




>No flames...but the original Motorrad article, which was widely 
>available at Triumph dealers around Germany, placed the ST first 
>against R1100S, ST4 and VFR800. It did have comments that the clutch 
>was perhaps heavier than the equivalent hydraulic unit, but it won 
>the test on almost every other count (something like 40 
>categories!).   Perhaps there was another review before this main 
>test (last summer/auturmn) that was not widely publicised by 
>Triumph?   The scanned images from the test are on the web site - 
>David take a look :)
>cheers
>Jonathan
>
> >>> David Sampson <dsampson@xxxxxxxxxxx> 09/09/99 05:42:35 >>>
>Before everybody goes out quoting the Motorrad article in which the
>Sprint ST beat the competition, one must consider the original review of
>the Sprint ST which also appeared in the bike. The reviewers severely
>criticized
>
>1. The heavy clutch
>2. The nearly unusable centerstand (nothing to grab to get the bike up
>on it)
>3. The luggage (from another bike, didn't align with the bike and was
>not level with the passenger seat, and all the steps and parts needed to
>raise/lower the pipe).
>
>I for one, seriously considered a Sprint ST. However, based on the
>number of (outright) design, manufacturing and quality problems, I doubt
>that I will.
>
>Reading this group's messages makes me think that Sprint ST owners are
>an incredibly - actually, overly -  tolerant group (centerstand recall,
>fuel gauge problem, crankcase bolts, etc., etc.).
>
>I have the feeling that that a Sprint ST is a 'beta test' motorcycle.
>
>(Please no flames, I won't read them.)
>
>David
>
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