Speed Twin.

Nearly 5,000 miles on my Speed Twin and very happy with it. Had a new front wheel, discs and pads fitted 2,000 miles ago, due to bad brake vibration. All good now and would buy again. It's taken us to The Netherlands, Spain and France this summer, it tours reasonably well for a naked.

 

I have a Street twin. I made the mistake of test riding a Speed Twin today. All I can think about now is how underpowered my street twin is.

 

Pleased with mine, had to change the rear shocks as i didn't like the handling at first and also fitted 1 tooth extra to the front sprocket, now happy with the improvement they have made.

 

Mine has 3000 miles now, I'm always very happy with my choice, the Speed Twin is really a fantastic bike

 

just curious why would you gear it up for less acceleration.

 

I have about 3k miles on my Speed Twin and absolutely love it!!! Puts a smile on my face every time I ride. Others have talked about needing to make changes to suspension, but I personally haven’t felt the need to...yet. The Speed Twin has been one the funnest bikes I’ve ever owned.

 

Hi bob 1, having fitted a pair of rear shocks and shorter bar risers that improved the feel of the bike i then thought about improving it further before spending loads on fork cartridge kits, first i was going to remove some links from the chain to shorten the wheelbase but then though if i put 1 up on the front and 2 on the rear i could do the same job, having done the front sprocket only that shortened the W/B by 5mm only i thought i would give it a try and i quite liked it, as for lack of acceleration on a traffic light run with Su on her 1200 i eek a little on her as i hang onto first longer but she comes back at me in second as i then change into second and so the seesawing goes on, as a rough guide at around 70 mph to keep it legal for this experiment Su is doing 4000 rpm in 6th and i am in 5th gear at the same revs, i might leave it as is for now

 

Hi, I've done nearly 5000 miles on my speed twin and loved everyone of them. Down through France, through Wales, Sunday jaunts out, the odd rush hour ride to work, it does everything and looks fantastic.

All I've changed is the seat, not very exciting I know but I'll start fettling with it over the winter months.

 

No. I would not buy a Speedtwin Again. I have put 5000 miles on the bike and feel it’s a flawed motorcycle. A continuous problem with front brake noise, Triumph has replaced the pads twice and the rotors once. Other than that, it’s a fun bike to ride. I plan on getting rid of the bike in the next couple months.

 

Loved the idea of my Speed Twin. It goes well, very well, and handling is ok until pushing hard so keeps it all interesting.
But mine has not been the most reliable. New clutch at 2800k and the damn brake issue is wearing me down. If I get that sorted I’ll be in love all over again.
Get yourself a test drive.

 

Loving mine so far, although it's only been 600 miles. Some sort of touring will happen next year, and hopefully a few more jaunts before it's wrapped up for Winter. I'm happy with my selection; this was a "heart" choice instead of "head" saying Vstrom....

 

I can't answer your question, though I'm really happy with my Beemer (R1200S), which I've had for over 7 years now. The boxer is a great, fun engine in my opinion.

I'm curious - no criticism intended - as to why you change bikes so often. I'm at the opposite end - the shortest time I've own any bike was 3 years - a VFR750 that I never really gelled with. The longest nearly 10 years, an Aprilia Falco that I always felt was better than me, so I was trying to improve and experience its full potential.

Have you just not found a bike you like, or is it too many bikes out there and not enough time to ride them all? As I say, just curious to hear a different approach/experience to bike ownership.

 

Hello,
could you write, which shorter bar risers you do have. best regards

 

Milosz they are from LSL, a pic for you.

 

Superb! THX!