Franky
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Would it have the notchy gearbox..... reliability worries.... Would it make more power..... would we like it!? 
OH would it have a resale value
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OH would it have a resale value
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Dahoum
Registered user
Would I be bovva'd ??? 
littleredrooster
Registered user
Like the notchy thing fitted to Firestorms, you mean??Franky said:
Like any Honda reg/rec unit? Or perhaps cam-chain tensioners that go pop every 15-25,000 miles? Or R1s that destroy crankshafts? (and gearboxes).
Like the MT-01, you mean?
Who would know?
Now you're starting to talk sense!
FATBOY
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I get to a Triumph website fairly often as the missus has a Speed Trip. 
The problem page over there reads just like this one, but with different model numbers. Blah blah injection, blah gearbox, battery boiled over blah blah.
It's a fact of life, nothing's perfect, but if something goes right, no-one wants to write about it, but something goes wrong and...
We all do it, but we don't factor this in when we read the posts here. This sounds like the worlds most unreliable and troublesome bike, but it just aint.
Just my 2p.
The problem page over there reads just like this one, but with different model numbers. Blah blah injection, blah gearbox, battery boiled over blah blah.
It's a fact of life, nothing's perfect, but if something goes right, no-one wants to write about it, but something goes wrong and...
We all do it, but we don't factor this in when we read the posts here. This sounds like the worlds most unreliable and troublesome bike, but it just aint.
Just my 2p.
littleredrooster
Registered user
Abso-fekkin'-lootely. You've got it in one. Direct hit. All you hear is the bad news.FATBOY said:I get to a Triumph website fairly often as the missus has a Speed Trip.
The problem page over there reads just like this one, but with different model numbers. Blah blah injection, blah gearbox, battery boiled over blah blah.
It's a fact of life, nothing's perfect, but if something goes right, no-one wants to write about it, but something goes wrong and...
We all do it, but we don't factor this in when we read the posts here. This sounds like the worlds most unreliable and troublesome bike, but it just aint.
Just my 2p.
kiwiAdventure
Registered user
Franky said:Would it have the notchy gearbox..... reliability worries.... Would it make more power..... would we like it!?
OH would it have a resale value
WHO THE HELL CARES WHAT THE JAPS DO
Mutley
Registered user
The Japs make direct competitors for every conceivable type of bike. Most of them make perfect sense on paper.
Buying a bike isn't about perfect sense. For most of us the bike is a secondary form of transport (I know there are some hard core riders out there) so practicality etc. doesn't come into it. I buy with my heart not my head - the opposite of the way I buy my cars. Funnily enough there's a BMW on the drive as well as one in the garage - go figure
Buying a bike isn't about perfect sense. For most of us the bike is a secondary form of transport (I know there are some hard core riders out there) so practicality etc. doesn't come into it. I buy with my heart not my head - the opposite of the way I buy my cars. Funnily enough there's a BMW on the drive as well as one in the garage - go figure
not sure but it would be about 4 grand less to start withFranky said:Would it have the notchy gearbox..... reliability worries.... Would it make more power..... would we like it!?
OH would it have a resale value
MATKAT
Registered user
Your having a laugh
Or the 1300 pan, that you can't ride coz it weaves like crazy.................phew was glad to see mine gone !! Fine for geriatrics but if you ride at 100mph plus (where legal) Anyway, my BMW's are fine thanks
Or the 1300 pan, that you can't ride coz it weaves like crazy.................phew was glad to see mine gone !! Fine for geriatrics but if you ride at 100mph plus (where legal) Anyway, my BMW's are fine thanks NorthernBoy
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Mutley1150 said:The Japs make direct competitors for every conceivable type of bike. Most of them make perfect sense on paper.
Buying a bike isn't about perfect sense. For most of us the bike is a secondary form of transport (I know there are some hard core riders out there) so practicality etc. doesn't come into it. I buy with my heart not my head - the opposite of the way I buy my cars. Funnily enough there's a BMW on the drive as well as one in the garage - go figure
Which one do you have on the drive to complement the bike?
I have one of the sporty ones, but think that I want to swap it for something faster soon. As in bikes, the cars that they make are great, but just lack a certain something at the top end of the performance envelope, meaning that the call of an Italian keeps being heard.
