RE: Trophy Differences

Stef:
 
I'm not disagreeing with you.  I've ridden both 900 and 1200.  My
Brother owned a Tiger and our father owns a 900 Thunderbird. And I've
got time on a Sprint 955i  I own a 1200. I'd say I've got a fair idea of
the cross section of models.
 
My 1200 looks stock, but it's not. My fuel consumption is higher though
even than the stock 1200.  Thats also why I'm putting more HP to the
pavement as verified by a Dyno.
 
What I quoted were published figures for the 2 models. I didn't want to
have someone accuse me of having a biased opinion so I was sticking to
published facts.
 
However, IMHO The 1200 will pull STUMPS out of the ground in comparison
to the 900.  many times has it supprised me by lofting the front end
when I didn't intend to.  I'm fairly light at 160lbs so the bike really
doesn't know it's got a load.  Even 2 up, our son only weighs in at
70lbs.  Together we are close to what the average rider weighs.
 
Bob Clark
01 Sunset Red Trophy 1200
96 Mgna Red Honda PC-800\71 Suzuki T-500
Augusta, GA
 
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: TriumphTrophy@...
[mailto:TriumphTrophy@...] On Behalf Of Stef Kirk
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 3:52 AM
To: TriumphTrophy@...
Subject: Re: [TriumphTrophy] Trophy Differences



Robert Clark wrote:
>The differences between the 2 models are not that great. 33lbs, about
>10HP, 15Nm of torque.

Got to disagree with that. Having owned the early more powerfull Trophy
1200's and ridden the later models along with a 900 Speed Triple and the
885i Tiger
The difference in sheer stomp the 1200 has over the 900 is way more than
figures on paper. The only thing the 900 has over the 1200 is mpg and
the sound.

Stef
Scotland
Daytona 1200
R1100GS

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