Re: Trophy Differences

Hi Bob
Even together you and your son dont add up to my weight ;o)

Stef
Scotland



  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Robert Clark
  To: TriumphTrophy@...
  Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:00 PM
  Subject: RE: [TriumphTrophy] 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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