RE: handling

[Martin Retherford <m_a_retherford@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

one more time...
This is a subject I just went through.  What bike to purchase after Baby is 
gone.  I could not justify more money spent on the front suspension of the 
ST.  Sure it would be tuned to a single rider or double or maybe a 
compromise of the two and that would be it.  It would require major work to 
manipulate it any other way.
	I then focused on the Daytona, silver is nice, but, man, is that riding 
position murder or what?
	So I am left with Speed T.  This was sort of my approach to the bike. 
 Upon further examination I realize that although it is no where as 
beautiful as the Daytona, ST, or the RS.  But the bike does have a fully 
adjustable suspension of which, I agree with Erik, they should have made 
the suspension fully adjustable.   Perhaps this is in the future of the ST, 
but I digress, the triple has some good qualities as well.  It doesn't have 
any fairing which will make the bike not nearly as hot to ride in those hot 
summers of the L.A. area.  It may potentially be cheaper to fix than the ST 
in some of the spills I have had as well.  The riding position is more 
upright than the ST but the trade off is higher foot pegs.  The triple, 
with stock can, is significantly quicker than my ST was with the "race" 
can.
	So...  I went for a test drive.  I found the ergos and motor to be 
captivating, as we have come to expect from Triumph.  Only thing I can 
truly find not to my liking is the wind blast at speed and the seat.  Wind 
blast would be taken care of by a screen that is available and the seat, 
hmm, what to do with the seat?
	In any case I have put my money where my mouth is and put a deposit on a 
Blk 00 Triple with a few goodies.  I am perhaps a bit too serious about 
this... :-)
	I won't leave the list unless you Ladies and Gents throw me out though. 
;-)
the crowd around hear is way too cool!

Martin "Broke Dawg" Retherford
99 HD Sporty - worthless
99 ST - Triumph heaven
00 Triple - As soon as the check gets here

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Erik Miner [SMTP:axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:	Monday, May 08, 2000 10:18 AM
To:	ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: handling

Loose the stock tires and Racetech the front forks. I've got new
tires set to go on this week. But replacing the front fork springs
with the Racetech has made a really big difference. Much less dive
and cut the standing up by about 40% hope the tires will add another
40%. Also for those that have Racetech-ed their front ends I had my
suspension guru change the front fork oil in ONE fork to 10 wt (
still have 5 in the other) it helped get the rebound just about
perfect. I also had on Racetech's advise a quarter turn added to the
emulators, so compression damping is also right on the money. Frankly
I really wish Triumph had spent the extra few dollars and given us
the Cartridge fork of the Daytona and Speed T . I can't see why they
had to cheap out on the front forks. The ST is about the same price
as the Daytona.. Hell I would have spent another $500.00 on the bike
to get the better forks!

Erik
_____________________________________________
NetZero - Defenders of the Free World
Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email
http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

     *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
      The ST/RS Mailing list is sponsored by Jack Lilley Ltd.
          http://www.TriumphNet.com/st/lilley for more info
   http://www.TriumphNet.com/st for ST, RS and Mailing List info

=-=-=-= Next Message =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=