Irrespective of brand, it's nice to see naked "natural riding style" middleweights commanding attention. After all, they're shitloads more fun and more versatile than sprotsbikes ever could be.
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Irrespective of brand, it's nice to see naked "natural riding style" middleweights commanding attention. After all, they're shitloads more fun and more versatile than sprotsbikes ever could be.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
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wasnt so long ago that 750s and 800 werent MiddleweightsOriginally Posted by Hitcher
Forum whore
I know! Pains me that people consider a Z750 a "Girl's Bike".
Oh yeah, I'd be happy with either Striple or Shiver, but my licence would disappear on the 2nd or 3rd ride on the Street Triple. I can't behave myself on one.
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Stubborn and Unreasonable
This is true...
The Striple does seem to be a bit of a cop magnet. When I picked mine up from the shop, I only made it 1.5km down the road before being pulled over!!
<- A new way to take a rubber!
How about a Speed Triple? I'm having me lots of fun on one of them I be.
<- A new way to take a rubber!
Why it does. I got pulled over for the first time tonight on the motorway home. Made to ride off from the shoulder through all sorts of crap on the side of the road - just after I picked it up from the shop from a puncture repair. Thanks Mr. Officer.This is true...
The Striple does seem to be a bit of a cop magnet. When I picked mine up from the shop, I only made it 1.5km down the road before being pulled over!!
L-Plate Rider
I've tried a speed triple and thought it was great but just want something smaller and lighter to have a bit of fun in the tight twistys. Thanks for the comment.
Hardcore Biker
Spot on! They're sweet in the twisty's as long as you're prepared to put a little bit more muscle into it.
Davebullet - Very nice profile pic!
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L-Plate Rider
I think I really need to do a trip to Christchurch and get my bum on a shiver and try one out. How do you striple riders find your bikes on longer trips, say 600km in a day? without to many stops.
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I'm only 5'8"and find the Striple just about perfect ergonomically. Not withstanding Hitcher's comments about the stock seat (the size and shape of your arse plus your weight has as much to do with comfort as the seat design itself), I find 700km days just stopping for gas just fine. I completed the 1600 km Grand Challenge in 21 hours in October with the addition of an Airhawk air cell pad (~NZ$130 direct from the States inc postage) and my arse was perfectly comfortable. Wrists and arms ached a bit because it was very windy in places but it was actually more comfortable than either my Blackbird or BMW K100RS that I'd used on previous GC's.
Oh, and I'm 63 so it's not a case of being super-fit!
You're nuthin
Same with me - done trips the length of the North Island in a day no problems.
I splashed out on a Sargent seat for 300 km+ sized trips and it makes an amazing difference for both rider and pillion comfort
FWIW I'm around 5'8.
On the issue of get a Speed - fantanstic bike no doubt about it. However, I have flirted with one twice and prefer the Striple. I felt more merged with the Striple as opposed to "on" the Speed, I find the 675 engine was more engaging and it absolutely carves due to it's lightness.
Having dragged them in a straight line with friends, there's absolutely nuthin in it as any power to the advantages to the 1050 are nullified by weight the increased weight....however no-one on a Speed would catch me in twisties...of that I am convinced
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Not sure I'm up for the task...........but I'd lend my bike to Sugilite for that onehowever no-one on a Speed would catch me in twisties...of that I am convinced
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Hardcore Biker
Just before being laid up due to my crash (temporary abandonment of talent moment) I had riden and was set to buy a Z750
Now with all this talk of St Triples and the fact Mrs Berg sat on one and loved it instantly, I'm going to have to wait until late Jan to get a new bike. Seems I havent done complete homework until I have at least tried a striple
If you are what you eat, then I'm fast, cheap and easy
I have a gas axe and a welder! What do you mean "it won't fit"?
The magic is in the rubbing.
Thanks....I'm looking at getting a Street Triple next...sat a a lovely one down the shop, it fits. Interested to here what you all have to say about them...will help me with my decision...Triumph or R6???
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FZ-8 is worth a serious look too. Bloody good fun bike with "enough" power but not too much. Bit more comfortable than the Street Triple too (I reckon)
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