Finally got it back and got a couple rides in. The ride home didn't count because i was freezing cold, had 50 Lbs worth of old parts (cams, pistons, sleeves, etc) in a backpack tearing my shoulders out of thier sockets, traffic was horrible, and it was all freeway. But i rode yesterday and today, so i have a good feel for it. What can i say....it hauls a$$. 
really, theres not a lot to say other than it's now a real brute. Seems like it would do just over 2 seconds 0-60 if you got a good start. I don't do that tho....that is, dump the clutch from a stop to get a burning jump like that. But from a slow roll of 3-5 MPH, when you wack the throttle you're at 70 so quick it's nuts. 100 mph is the new 80. You'll hit the ton real quick when on the freeway and you decide to roll it on.
I never rode a sportbike or the tiger or any of those, and no doubt they would slaughter me. But i don't think you're gonna find too make non sporties that will keep up with it. There are some of course, the R3, Vrod, maybe the M109. But it's up there now. The power is considerably better. Not sure how else to put it. It's not shockingly better, it's not disappointing in the least. It's just a very considerable jump in power that i would recommend to any tbird owner. Put it this way...it feels like double the increase percentage wise that i got with the speedmaster by drilling out the airbox, thunderbike pipes, nology coils and wires, side gapped irridium plugs, uni filter, and rejet. It's just hard to describe. But it flat out moves now.....love it ! The bike is otherwise almost the same....no more vibration, just a slightly lower frequency, a slightly deeper tone but not by a lot. The only negative so far, and i'm not sure about this so i may be wrong, but it seems to gulp fuel faster. Granted i've been riding it hard, but when i rode it hard as a 1600 the gauge didn't seem to drop as fast. Oh, and he told me not to baby it during break in so hence the hard riding. One more thing of note....looking at the old jugs i was surprised to find after 12k miles they looked brand new. The cross honing marks look like they were done today and the jugs were never used.....like the rings haven't even marked them in the least! I guess nikasil+water cooling=zero wear. Of course you have a lot of other wearing parts that can go first. But i think it shows the quality triumph puts into these bikes.
Anyways, weather is about to turn again and even the best looking days in the long range forecast aren't great. So it may be a while B4 i get to dump the break in oil and fill her with full synth. I think at that point it's going to be even better. But as is right now it's a beast, and too darn fun. :y115:
really, theres not a lot to say other than it's now a real brute. Seems like it would do just over 2 seconds 0-60 if you got a good start. I don't do that tho....that is, dump the clutch from a stop to get a burning jump like that. But from a slow roll of 3-5 MPH, when you wack the throttle you're at 70 so quick it's nuts. 100 mph is the new 80. You'll hit the ton real quick when on the freeway and you decide to roll it on. I never rode a sportbike or the tiger or any of those, and no doubt they would slaughter me. But i don't think you're gonna find too make non sporties that will keep up with it. There are some of course, the R3, Vrod, maybe the M109. But it's up there now. The power is considerably better. Not sure how else to put it. It's not shockingly better, it's not disappointing in the least. It's just a very considerable jump in power that i would recommend to any tbird owner. Put it this way...it feels like double the increase percentage wise that i got with the speedmaster by drilling out the airbox, thunderbike pipes, nology coils and wires, side gapped irridium plugs, uni filter, and rejet. It's just hard to describe. But it flat out moves now.....love it ! The bike is otherwise almost the same....no more vibration, just a slightly lower frequency, a slightly deeper tone but not by a lot. The only negative so far, and i'm not sure about this so i may be wrong, but it seems to gulp fuel faster. Granted i've been riding it hard, but when i rode it hard as a 1600 the gauge didn't seem to drop as fast. Oh, and he told me not to baby it during break in so hence the hard riding. One more thing of note....looking at the old jugs i was surprised to find after 12k miles they looked brand new. The cross honing marks look like they were done today and the jugs were never used.....like the rings haven't even marked them in the least! I guess nikasil+water cooling=zero wear. Of course you have a lot of other wearing parts that can go first. But i think it shows the quality triumph puts into these bikes.
Anyways, weather is about to turn again and even the best looking days in the long range forecast aren't great. So it may be a while B4 i get to dump the break in oil and fill her with full synth. I think at that point it's going to be even better. But as is right now it's a beast, and too darn fun. :y115:
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