RE: Sprint RS impressions

[Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:56 AM 4/25/00 -0400, Gaske David G DLVA wrote:
>What annoying trait is involved with the fuel injection??  So far mine has
>been spot on (stock pipe).  The mirrors aren't in the same class as the ST
>but they are the same as most other sport bikes (ZX, GSXR, CBR, etc...).

Francisco responded to the wrong list - the following was posted to the 
Hinckley list.
- - Eric


>Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 20:35:40 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Ain Vale <ainv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: triumph@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Sprint RS impressions
>Sender: triumph-owner@xxxxxxxxxx
>Reply-To: triumph@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>So I've got this Sprint RS over the weekend while my Sprint SS is in the
>shop.
>
>First question: who is responsible for that "Fireball Orange"?  The
>British have the perfect word to describe that shade: naff.  Then again,
>Kawasaki has been painting their bikes that stupid green for years and no
>one complains, so what do I know?
>
>It's otherwise not a bad looking bike, though the cheese-grater effect on
>the sides of the fairing is not to my taste.  (A darker color might help
>with that.)  It's a great bike to ride.  It feels much, much lighter than
>my SS, though it's every bit as stable.  Comfort is in my opinion quite
>good-- a marked contrast to the Ducati 900SS I tried out a couple of weeks
>ago, which was obviously not designed with six-footers with big feet in
>mind.  Or maybe I wasn't supposed to take it farther than the neighborhood
>espresso bar.
>
>Throttle response is good, and acceleration is so effortless that I was at
>times breaking the highway limit by a substantial amount without even
>meaning to (honest, officer).  This was also at least partly due to the
>fact that wind noise is much less noticeable at speed than on my Sprint--
>now I know what people mean when they say the Shoeis are quiet helmets!
>
>It had two annoying traits.  The first was that the fuel injection didn't
>seem to know what to do with itself at low rpms on trailing throttle-- it
>gave a definite lurch if you let the engine wind down to 3000 rpm or so.
>Annoying around town, but I guess you could learn to ride around it.  It
>may have had something to do with the "off-road" silencer, although the
>fuel injection had been reprogrammed to compensate.  Also, the mirrors
>were complete and total crap: perfect for checking on your elbows, but
>useless if you tried to use them to see anything else.
>
>I have to say that I like it-- it's a great sport tourer.  I would
>probably choose to spend the extra bux and go for the ST though.  Or is
>that a different sort of animal altogether?
>
>Ain Vale
>Portland, Oregon


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