Traffic Light GP

So the ST3 is nearly half the price of some of these bikes, near as dammit as quick (indeed, quicker than most of them), sounds better, handles better in most real world situations, doesnt necessitate dressing up like a gay Power Ranger to look like you fit the bike, and gives you a lot more satisfaction, and better value for money...

 Minor uprated clutch and some lightweight parts for pennies and then you are humiliating litre sportsbikes with all the top end rush and no low down triple grunt..

 Plus - you dont look like a muppet in an out and out sports bike in town (where these traffic light GP actually occur...!) where your handling at slow speed and visibility is compromised compared to a more upright position..

 I take that as a "real world" win all round.. no thanks to the other bikes (other than the zzr1400 as a second bike for all round work with emphasis on longer distances)..

 So clearly, it IS what you do with it that counts.. Half the bhp and torque does not appear to count for much in the real world.. weird huh..

ST3? I didn't read about a Ducati in that article. Unless you're talking about the "Street Triple Triple"!

SD you're completely right...the Triumph gets the 'real world win'...if your world consists entirely of 'traffic light GPs'...

Me, I'm a grown adult and as such couldn't care less about such frivolities. I need my bikes to work every day, I need my engines to last more than 10000 miles and my paint to last more than a year, I need my bikes to  go round corners and on motorways, and most of all I like to scream the tits off them without constant fear of breaking them

Quote from a Triumph dealer I spoke to about a 675 'don't rev it too hard...it don't like that too much...we've had a few go pop (this was a loan bike while mine was in for service)'.

I'm not sure I can stand the excitement of an impending argument with another Triumph nutcase.

It always starts with some ridiculous post about how much better Triumph's are than anything else, ever. They MUST be insecure to make such posts. Or work for Triumph. It must be one of the two, anything else makes no sense.

Because in reality, they are a bit crap.

One missing word of advice: Watch the cross traffic. Redlight runners abound.

Nothing like a fast launch into the side of a bus to mess up the paint job.

Most of the bones have healed very well, thank you.

Silver Flash wrote (see)

One missing word of advice: Watch the cross traffic. Redlight runners abound.

User 96779 wrote (see)

 fenders

Fenders!....are you in the States..