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Re: [ST] What are the non-cosmetic differences between RS and ST?



'03 and '04 RSs have silver wheels

as Ken pointed out the earlier RSs (w/DSSA) had the narrower 5.5" rear
wheel, but the '03 and '04 (both w/SSSA) have the wider 6" rear wheel
(offset) as one might expect

Neil



- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Heyer, Matthew A." <mheyer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: January 31, 2005 5:51 PM
Subject: RE: [ST] What are the non-cosmetic differences between RS and
ST?


>
>
> <<snip
> Later on, I believe that changed and the bikes all got silver
> frames and black wheels. True?
> Snip>>
>
> '01 through '04 ST's have the silver wheels.
>
>
> Matt Heyer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gavin Lawrie
> Subject: [ST] What are the non-cosmetic differences between RS and ST?
>
> Hi
>
> Partly in the hope of dragging focus of list back to bikes... the
> question
> about differences between RS and ST.  I had my ST get its 12K service
> from
> Jack Lilley today (came back feeling like a 'new' bike - not sure what
> they
> did but it really made a positive difference - but glad it did as
> service
> was very expensive!) and they loaned me an '04 RS.  I've not been on
an
> RS
> for a while, and so it was good to be able to do a back-to-back
> comparsion
> of the two bikes: I got to do basically the same 30 mile mixed road
> route
> four times today - out and back on ST and back and out on RS.  What
> surprised me was that they feel so different to ride - but I can't
work
> out
> how or why.  The RS felt lighter, and narrower, I rode it lower in the
> corners and found myself riding it one gear lower on the same roads.
It
> also had the stock seat
> - which I found much less comfortable than the Triumph gel seat on my
> ST.
> But I had forgotten how good the instruments on the RS are compared to
> the
> ST.  Anyhow - hence the question: I had assumed until now that they
were
> mechanically identical, varying only in the faring / centre stand etc.
> Are
> there other differences - or am I just hallucinating?
>
> Best regards
>
> Gavin Lawrie
> ST'03
>
>
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