RE: [ST] Customer Input

["Heyer, Matthew A." <mheyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think here lies a problem.  I can't stand the people that want to make the
ST more like an FJR, or that sort.  Shaft Drive?  No.  I couldn't have
changed the sprocket on the rear then...  Bar Risers?  No.  I want a
comfortable sport bike, not a tourer.  I bought this bike because I wanted a
sport bike that I could ride hard on weekends with full-blown sport bikes,
yet travel a distance with a little more comfort, and some ability to carry
some gear.  I wouldn't want the ST to be any less sport than it is right
now.  I already grind my feelers and kickstand nub, and wouldn't want to
lose any of that performance.  Hell, I've put an underseat exhaust, high-fly
air filter, and changed the rear sprocket to get more performance from the
bike, yet left the ergos alone.  But everyone has a different opinion, and
everyone is welcome to that opinion.  I guess it's one of those that it's
hard to make everyone happy...

Matt
'01 BRG Sprint ST

- -----Original Message-----
From: Bil Swartz [mailto:bil@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:17 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ST] Customer Input


On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Manuel Gonzalez wrote:

> what we want.  I guess when Yamaha built the FJR, they found a 
> "Previously
> undiscovered breed of sport-touring motorcyclists," unbeknownst to
Triumph, 
> who wanted fuel economy, power, good suspension, and comfort.

Funny that.  I recall when the FJR debuted in EU asking the Yamaha reps at
the cycle shows when it was coming stateside and getting the "there's no
sport-touring market in the US" response.  I think we got that line for the
first 2 years of FJR's existense was it?  

I had my heart set on FJR when it first came out but by the time it came
here I was happily putterin' around on my ST.  I've often thought that FJR
would be my next bike unless Triumph gave the ST a shaft drive and have
often wondered if Triumph was listening to us at all.  Given your examples,
I'd have to guess not.


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