Joined Feb 2010
14 Posts | 0+
Oxford
Hello, been lurking here for a little while, but just picked up my new 2003 Tuoldo in grey/gold on Saturday. Came from a 2003 Triumph TT600 and what a revelation, I absolutely love the twin, so much comfier and all that grunt! :thumbup
I'm based in Oxford, but picked the bike up from 3 Cross Motorcycles near Ringwood in Dorset about 100 miles away. Rode the TT down there 0.5 Deg leaving Oxford, snow in the fields south of Newbury, had to stop at services near Southampton to defrost, before continuing on despite 4 layers I don't think I've ever been so cold!
Picked up the bike and got on the A338 to head down to Swanage, (all thoughts of the cold had mysteriously vanished!), where we were staying the night, via Bournemouth. The Missus was following in the car (she had to bring the spare can and a few other bits for the TT down) and said I was just gone, I thought I was plodding! Very deceptive for speed, given the slow thud of the twin, but lacking enough wind protection to keep me just the right side of licence losing speeds! Very comfortable though, my back is eternally grateful for the switch!
Thankfully yesterday was a bit warmer and it was a pretty uneventful ride back, although novel that I could stand up straight when I got back! Looking forward to hopefully contributing a bit here.
In typical fashion I have a few newbie questions which I have searched on and most of which I think I've figured out myself, but anything extra you can offer would be great:
Side stand "“ pretty unstable "“ I've just ordered one of the redesigned ebay jobs and hope that will cure it, looking at a recent thread they seem to have a pretty good write up. Anymore views on this?
The other issue I have with the side stand is getting it down (never had an issue getting it up though! :thumbup ) I think in 2 days I've accidentally knocked it into gear and consequently stalled 4 times despite being careful! Is there a knack to this? Toe first seems to be best, it just seems incredibly awkward!
Rear brake "“Is there one? I'd read that they weren't up to much, but fecking hell, it's absolutely useless above 2 mph!! I've printed off the Aprilia rear brake service bulletin and read around a bit, but my question is how good can I expect to get it? Will it always be a little weak, even after being properly bled, or should it be as good as any other bike?
Thanks in advance"¦.
I'm based in Oxford, but picked the bike up from 3 Cross Motorcycles near Ringwood in Dorset about 100 miles away. Rode the TT down there 0.5 Deg leaving Oxford, snow in the fields south of Newbury, had to stop at services near Southampton to defrost, before continuing on despite 4 layers I don't think I've ever been so cold!
Picked up the bike and got on the A338 to head down to Swanage, (all thoughts of the cold had mysteriously vanished!), where we were staying the night, via Bournemouth. The Missus was following in the car (she had to bring the spare can and a few other bits for the TT down) and said I was just gone, I thought I was plodding! Very deceptive for speed, given the slow thud of the twin, but lacking enough wind protection to keep me just the right side of licence losing speeds! Very comfortable though, my back is eternally grateful for the switch!
Thankfully yesterday was a bit warmer and it was a pretty uneventful ride back, although novel that I could stand up straight when I got back! Looking forward to hopefully contributing a bit here.
In typical fashion I have a few newbie questions which I have searched on and most of which I think I've figured out myself, but anything extra you can offer would be great:
Side stand "“ pretty unstable "“ I've just ordered one of the redesigned ebay jobs and hope that will cure it, looking at a recent thread they seem to have a pretty good write up. Anymore views on this?
The other issue I have with the side stand is getting it down (never had an issue getting it up though! :thumbup ) I think in 2 days I've accidentally knocked it into gear and consequently stalled 4 times despite being careful! Is there a knack to this? Toe first seems to be best, it just seems incredibly awkward!
Rear brake "“Is there one? I'd read that they weren't up to much, but fecking hell, it's absolutely useless above 2 mph!! I've printed off the Aprilia rear brake service bulletin and read around a bit, but my question is how good can I expect to get it? Will it always be a little weak, even after being properly bled, or should it be as good as any other bike?
Thanks in advance"¦.
