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[ST] Rocket vs. ST vs. Beemer
- Subject: [ST] Rocket vs. ST vs. Beemer
- From: "Marc Van Est" <MarcVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:10:41 +0200
I did a breakfast run with some Triumph guys on Sunday.
There were three new ST1050's, me on my RS, a Rocket and a new BMW K1200RS.
The rocket is MASSIVE in the flesh. Beautiful attention to detail, and it sounds awesome with the Triumph aftermarket pipes. To me its what a Harley wants to be when it grows up.
In a straight line it kept up with us no problem, but he turned back after 150kms.
We did about 500kms, including a run through the Koo pass, which I've never done before. Absolutely magic -no cars, no humans, no side roads, perfect visibility and a good surface, fast sweeping bends followed by loooong flat straights.
One of the guys challenged the Beemer on the straight sections, the Beemer won but only just.
I lost my bottle at 210kms/h - but this guy showed me his max speed after the run - 255kms/h, and it was still pulling.
The more I see of the ST1050 the more impressed I get.
cheers
Marc
Cape Town
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