Re: [ST] New ST??

["Denis Liakos" <denoose@xxxxxxx>]

10K out the door, with hard bags and cheap financing through Triumph is a
pretty good deal....
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Wetherington" <DEW@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [ST] New ST??


> Personally, I'll be very happy if they revise the ST for '05.  Then
> maybe I can get a better deal on a '99-04 and find out what y'all are
> really talking about...
>
> Dan (still wishing, waiting and saving)
>
>
>
> >>> xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx 7/8/2004 6:27:55 PM >>>
>
>
> original message:
> >From: "Rick & Joyce" <rnjwes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >As a former Trophy owner, I gotta agree with you here.  My '99
> compared
> >pretty well with most of the sport-Tourers of its day but BMW, Honda,
>
> >Yamaha
> >et al have raised the bar significantly over the last few years.
> Hopefully
> >Triumph will move in the same direction.
> >
> >I've always felt there was room for a more touring-oriented version of
> the
> >ST with more weather protection and a friendlier set of ergonomics,
> >comparing to the existing ST  like BMW's RTs compare to their RS
> models.
> >Rick in Oregon
> >'01 Sprint ST
>
>
> Yeah, I gotta agree with my bud, Rick.  I also had a '98 Trophy 1200
> and
> loved the bike, torque out the ass (actually wheelied better than the
> ST,
> not that I do that), and great wind protection and did the twisty stuff
> very
> well (thank you race-tech), but then I got the ST and the Trophy was a
> barge
> in comparison.  I've ridden the new Yammy FJR and it is a barge in
> comparison to the ST as well.  I don't need no barge.
>
> So, the question is, what the hell is wrong with the Sprint-ST, just
> the way
> it is?  Or, just the way MINE is?  Race-Tech took care of the front end
>
> quite nicely.  Hagon, Ohlins, Penske, et al, do a real nice job on the
> rear
> shock.  I think that the original motor is very sufficient and the '02
> + is
> even better.  This bike rocks.  And looks most good doing it.  Y'all
> can do
> what ya want.  For me, embarrassing R1's and Gixxer's and what have
> you, is
> good enough for me.
>
> It's all a matter of perspective, I suppose.
>
>
> STeve
>
>
>
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