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This is why bay is one of my heroes!! As much as I love looking at new bikes and reveling in the power and advancements, I cam barely ride Andiamo to her limits on the track let alone on the street. She is my perfect bike and although getting a wee bit long in the tooth, the only bike I would replace her with is another T (hopefully a Factory!!). Thanks for the much needed perspective, bay.


bay_1472 said:
Bikes are getting better all the time but my old Tuoldo is still more bike than I can handle. What I like about mine is how easy it is to ride slow. Fuelling is spot on. Powers there if you want it but can be a ***** cat riding through town. People go on about all these new bikes but I wouldn't swop mine for a Gen 2 let alone the new V4T.

Sometimes you just have to be happy with what you have I think. Give me a V4T and I'd be no faster than a good rider on a Tuoldo.
Its just about the riding experience for me. I've had new bikes but its just the character of the one I have at the moment I just love. I'm not sure the new V4T has the character thing for me.

Nice bike for sure but not sure I could look upon one in the same light as me old Tuoldo. Just summat about it for me. Loved it the 1st day I rode it. The previous owner must have been mad to get rid of it.
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Cheers SHW. I also don't ride enough to warrant changing my bike often either (only 12,000 miles on a 9 year old bike so hardly run in).

I made the mistake when I first passed my test of buying a bike before riding it (GSXRK7 1000). Always hankered after a Suzuki 1000 and just didn't have that character thing for me. Sure it was powerful and very fast but you know didn't feel involving when riding it. Twist the throttle go fast and that was it. Never really bonded with it.

Changed that for the BMW R1200S which had the character I was looking for as it was quirky but didn't have the power or really the sound I was looking for.

At the moment I think I've got the ideal bike for me. Its not the prettiest bike but you don't see many of them and in my eyes its a true classic which I hope to have for a very long time.
 
bay..dead on mate, me too. 2003 T...does everything I want and doesn't owe me the earth..why change...fD
 
Love the T Love the torque & all that been said already can't ride it sensibly though, got to be full hammer all the time. It's the RD350LC hooligans bike that I always wanted & never had.
Also love the Blade I've got. Can cruise/tour with enough torque at low revs but a differant animal when in the zone. K2 Gixxer was a beast that just needed to be ridden hard & didn't like anything below 90 was too mental for me on the roads I used at that time.
 
Good call

The new ktm super duke looks one mean beast,
That guys got some skills to :thumbup
 
Ive got to admit,i do like the ride of my 2003 carbon T racing

over the last few years i have owned a k2 gsxr 2 x zx10rs , r1 ,mv agusta f4 all great bikes but big power dose not make better riders.

It puts a big smile on my face dicking the big sports bikes on the twisties then watching them sail back past head down on a half decent straight.

Not quite sure yet what would tempt me away from the T.Ive not rode another bike that yet that baits you so much to have a dice on the dark side.

Great fun :yes
 
Bike would be totally wasted on me. me too or i d be totally by it :banghead
 
Totally agree with Stix, how often do we use 120bhp let alone 180 on the road. A lot of guys pass their test now and buy mental machines, they don't get to work up from small bikes and get satisfaction of making a small bike keep up with much bigger machines. Just my opinion
 
I`ve had quite a few bikes and they where the right bike at the time.

Some I wish I had kept and some glad I got rid but in all I was not dissapointed.

I have had 3 "T"`s (still have one) ,why ? .

It`s the ONE bike I like to go back too , an animal in it`s own right.
 
Cheers J428TGS, stopping putting crazy ideas our way! Was looking/thinking/toying with the idea to trade in the Tuono V2 for the T'V4. Then along comes the crazy KTM, absolutely barking.

Then I got real and thought...hmmm......the T'V2 can be that animal aswell, but gets me down the shops in one piece and burns off a few bikes/cars on the way hame agen.

We all have no doubt searched for the next best thing, when it could already be sat in the garage :) :Drool:
 
180slayer said:
Totally agree with Stix, how often do we use 120bhp let alone 180 on the road. A lot of guys pass their test now and buy mental machines, they don't get to work up from small bikes and get satisfaction of making a small bike keep up with much bigger machines. Just my opinion
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Damn right 180Slayer, well said that T rider!

It was like when you were growing up you starting on a small cc bike and worked your way up, like an apprenticeship or similar (or am I talking dross?). As you earned a few quid more you saved up for the next CC band of bike...I did 50cc...125cc....350cc....600cc.....750cc.....1200cc....er....1100cc.....er 955cc.....er......997cc must be getting old! Considered a Duc 848SF for a week, then snapped out of it! :bigthump:
 
a dinae ken, ahm fair tain wi the triple likes, its no as savage as ony prilly have had, but a think its pretty cool, an soonds the ****** nuts wi the wee werx can in aw, loved the fechter when a had it, loved aw ma prillys, pretty much had aboot 20 odd bikes and thocht they were aw great at the time o owning them, only bike a ever fully regreted sellin wis ma tl1000r
 
Me, I think I'd upgrade to a Factory if I could. V twins don't produce more torque than 4 pots, they just put it where you need it- all through the rev range. I've had many jap 4 pots and to be honest it's riding that does it for me, the Tuono just the icing on the cake. And what yummy icing it be :thumbup
 
Got a gen1 and I KNOW I'll not part with it, just add another bike now and again. I've had any number of jap 4s and recent triumph triples and they're great, but nothing has earnt my loyalty like the T. It has the noise and the attitude I always associte with biking, I can sum it up with a tale; one guy in a white van stopped when I was parked up and leant out the driver's window and looked at the Tuono. I was expecting the usual abuse.... he looked up and said; "that looks f*cking brutal, its f*cking great", smiled and drove off. He was right.
 

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