What Have You Being Doing With Your Non-triumph Today?

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  1. Helmut Visor

    Helmut Visor Only dead fish go with the flow
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    Picked up a new toy yesterday :D
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  3. Ducatitotriumph

    Ducatitotriumph Crème de la Crème

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    That'll be in the "this made me laugh" thread soon.....
    Gorgeous bike. Love to get one!
     
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  4. johne

    johne Standing on the shoulders of dwarves.

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    Not all VF's suffered from the cam weakeness issues. These had bulletproof motors like the VFR but the bikes themselves were very heavy. I think they held the title of worlds fastest road bike for a short time until eclipsed by Kawasakis GPZ900.



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  5. Ducatitotriumph

    Ducatitotriumph Crème de la Crème

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    They do look nice though don’t they.
     
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  6. andyc1

    andyc1 Lunarville 7, Airlock 3

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  7. johne

    johne Standing on the shoulders of dwarves.

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    The fit and finish was superb. The fairings were carbon fibre and the paintwork deep and lustrous. It was one of those bikes I fancied owning when they were new, but couldn't afford at the time so I bought that one a few years back with very low mileage. The motor is very strong about 125 bhp (if I recall correctly) which was a lot of power in the early 80's, but the frame was made of steel not alloy, so the whole package was up around the 240 Kg mark and you really had to muscle the bike around. Still quick in a straight line today, but not so wonderful in the twisties. IMO they would suit someone over 6 foot tall with longer arms than me. I found it quite a stretch to the bars over that long fuel tank. I sold it to a friend of mine who is a self confessed Honda nut, he also owns a very tidy NS400 two stroke and several Fireblades of varying vintages.
     
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  8. ramon

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    Phwoooaar.............. that's tasty and a half
     
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  9. DCS900

    DCS900 Careful, man! There’s a beverage here!

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    @Helmut Visor - great looking bike fella, gis a shout if you need someone to ride it for you! ;)
     
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  10. Helmut Visor

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    No worries, will keep you posted :p
     
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    s'cuse me m8................ join the queue....................
     
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  12. Wessa

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    Well that time of year has come for the interceptor to go into hibernation. So into its vacsac it went…. See you in the spring :)

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  13. Yorkshireman

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    Cheer up guys, it’s only 165 days til the clocks go forward:cool:
     
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  14. Johnjo

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    Well you're a cheerful so and so. Still 19 days till they go back.
     
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  15. Helmut Visor

    Helmut Visor Only dead fish go with the flow
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    Taxed, insured and about to take the Tuono out for a leisurely stroll :p
     
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  16. andyc1

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    Leisurely my ass :p
     
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  18. Mrs Visor

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    My non - Triumph today (and will be for the next three days) has been a Suzuki Gladius - the first day of my DAS course. We did some low speed work - u - turns, low speed riding, controlled braking, manual handling etc and spent the afternoon road riding. It was brilliant although it will be a very early night for me tonight!!!

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  19. ramon

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    GO Girl GO Girl !!
     
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  20. Sandi T

    Sandi T It's ride o'clock somewhere!
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    That's terrific, @Mrs Visor, and a big step up from your previous bike. Sounds like you are doing fantastic. :grinning: Good luck with the remainder of your DAS course. Please keep us posted. BTW, what does DAS stand for??
     
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