Thus spake Salad Dodger unto the assembled multitudes: [/QUOTE] And exactly how long has sir owned and ridden one? I've had mine 8 years, it's bulletproof, oil-tight, lots of fun, and has never let me down. I doubt that I would ever have said that of the old Triumph triples.
I don't have to own one to know how they sound. Or look. I never said they were unreliable, just that they were 'orrible. That said, I've heard of a few amongst ukrmers that have left a bit to be desired in the reliability stakes. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C |_\_____/_| ..73025../..16437.../..3180./.19406 (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5 |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG* \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 '^' RBR-Visited:83 Pts:1800 Miles:6890
Thus spake Salad Dodger unto the assembled multitudes: Each to his own, I guess. I can think of a lot of far uglier bikes. Sprag clutch aside (and that was 6 years ago), I've had no reliability problems at all with mine. There will be a few dodgy examples among just about every model of bike around. [FX: touches wood] BTW TOG, you mentioned that you turn the fuel tap to Prime for a couple of minutes before starting if your Trophy has been left standing for a few days. I did this and forgot to turn it back to normal, and left it on Prime for three days. Didn't have any problems though
Thus spake Lozzo unto the assembled multitudes: OK, now all we need is someone who hates the sight and sound of a Daytona, and someone else who loves the sight and sound of a Daytona, and we can get a right old ding-dong going.
Heh. I did this the other day, and was thinking: "Blimey, the fuel gauge needle has been knocking on E for a few miles now, and yet it hasn't gone onto reserve...... ......AARRGGHH!" Pulled in at the next petrol station, switched back to normal ON position, and put 25 litres in the tank.......
that'd be me then but the bait is far too smelly. I will concede they don't crash/fall very well though. -- Adie (replace spam with nickname to reply) UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ Triumph 955iSS / GSF1200 bandit (pending) / GSF600 bandit (for sale) / CG125 MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11
What's that famous line, "once is an accident, twice is deliberate" ;-) -- Tim two#21, YGL#3 & BOTAFOT#84 Due to the limitations of current email, the lip movements may be out of synchronisation as you move your finger under the text while reading. tim dot ukrm2 at dsl dot pipex dot com
Sorry to drag the thread back on topic, but Triumph triples are 120 degree motors. As TOG said, *nothing* sounds like a 180 Jota.
Champ says... The later 120 Jotas didn't sound right, they didn't look right either when they made them all rounded and swoopy and stuck fairings on.
The original 120 Jota shared more or less the same syling as the originals. It was the RGS that went all swoopy.
The Older Gentleman says... I knew that, I remember the 120 being tested in magazines. It was the RGS that I didn't like the look of.
Corsa was a tweaked RGS. RGA was the same thing, but with slightly less bodywork. I rode an RGS once. Very, very good bike.
And the SFC got similar bodywork. Allegedly. In some cases. They were a small factory & I've a sneaking suspicion that the bikes were specced on the "whatever Luigi has handy" technique. IIRC the Corsas got floating discs (maybe all round, maybe front only), goldline brembo calipers, high comp pistons, bumpy cams & larger valves. The engines should have CR stamped into the heads somewhere or other - but offhand I can't remember where. The SFC1000s were supposed to have the same spec engine as the Corsa, 300mm floating discs at the front, Brembo P08 Goldline calipers & M1R forks. I've seen SFCs with P09 calipers & floating discs all round. It doesn't half make life interesting when Carole Gnash ask if you're bike is standard & you tell them you think so - AFAIK the SFCs came with 2 different types of caliper, 2 different types of clock (Veglia or smiths), 3 different exhausts, 2 styles of wheel - I mean they only made 500 or so of the damn things so how did they manage this much random variety? The SFC is kinda nice as well
