Mission Impossible II - Believe it or Nots

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Some excerpts from a thread on the Suzuki TLS list.

The talk is starting !!! Hello main stream Triumph! 


>Just saw the commercial again. 
>2 Bikes.  The Triumph Speed Triple for sure.
>The second bike,,,,, a Red TLS.  Close-up shot of the front of the bike.

HEE HEE HEE ROTFLMAO

>>sorry guys it's a red triumph daytona. according to my triumph dealer
>>they gave them 23 bikes total. most of the bikes the changed the motor
>>and put a big single in for the stunts.
>>Yep they were trumpies some with thumpers in 'em. I was talking to Matt Mingay, one of the
>.Aussie stunt riders who appears in the movie.
>
>>An awesome stunt guy, legs over the bars, wheelie down the straight, lands and straight
>>into a burnout, spins it around 6 times, straight into another wheelie from the burnout,
>>lands, into stoppie etc etc

>>>I think the red bike is actually a Triumph RS.  It has a half fairing similar to that of the TL.

>>>>Movies are such a fake nowadays.  The black bike seen in the preview of 
>>>>Mission Impossible II is a newer Triumph Speed Triple.  Of course it is a 
>>>>stunt guy on the bike and not Tom Cruise.  The had about 20 Triumphs at the 
>>>>scene.  Several were crashed.  The engine is not stock...they removed the 
>>>>stock 3 cyl. and installed a much lighter Yamaha YZ400 engine.  The 
>>>>>instrument cluster is also not real but simulated.  The wheels are not stock 
>>>>>either...used smaller wheels.  The wider rear tire is due to digital 
>simulated graphics....Sucks when you know that the only thing original on the 
>bike is the word Triumph.  If they would have used a TLS they wouldn't have 
>had to make such changes


Get ready for the sour grapes guys, they will be coming fast and
furious.


Ken "Super Dawg" Pickett 
Apopka, FL
00 ST "Christine"

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