Tbird big bore

[Dilligaf]

I rode a Rocket, like you I love the engine but the bike has major flaws IMHO.

 

[dazco]

[quote author=Dilligaf link=topic=11265.msg55141#msg55141 date=1292627585]
I rode a Rocket, like you I love the engine but the bike has major flaws IMHO.
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There ya go. I felt the same. I rode home on my speedmaster from that demo thinking to myself, wow, i like the speedy a lot more ! Unfortunately the power is just so intoxicating. happily tho with the 1700 and short pipes the Tbird isn't too far off and i think a great map will make it even closer.

 

[CarlS]

[quote author=DaveM link=topic=11265.msg55120#msg55120 date=1292608328]
:silent: :silent: :silent: That has another meaning here in SA :y114:
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And it has that same meaning in the US. :y114:

[quote author=Dilligaf link=topic=11265.msg55141#msg55141 date=1292627585]
I rode a Rocket, like you I love the engine but the bike has major flaws IMHO.
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I agree 100%.

 

[DaveM]

[quote author=dazco link=topic=11265.msg55129#msg55129 date=1292624278]
There is nothing more satisfying then pulling away from a stop and feeling that monstrous pull trying to yank your arms out of thier sockets.
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Boy how I love this as well better than any high speed ride :y115:

 

[Dilligaf]

HD Dyna 1/4 mile 12.500 105.5 mph
TBird 1/4 mile 14.07 92.6 mph

 

[dazco]

Yeah, i know. I've seen that and it's not right, i guarantee it. The old honda 450 did about that and I even found 1/4 mile times for my old speedmaster that were about the same. Trust me....dead stock as a 1600 mine was in another world compared to me speedmaster. Not even close, so that time is nuts. As a 1700 it's in another galaxy altogether. I believe it would whip my old kawi 750 2 stroke triple in some scenarios, and that had the fastest 0-60 time of any bike for years an even today beats the R3 by 1/10 of a sec. It may now whip it 0-60 but after 60 the 2 stroke ran out of steam and mine takes off like a rabbit from 80 and hit's 120 in no time. Don't believe everything you read. I read that the 1600 and the 1700 both ran the same 1/4 times. This is so laugable my head is still shaking back and fourth !

 

[Dilligaf]

Too many bikes, not enough garage space.. :wink:
Today I was wishing I still had my Roadglide and Scrambler vs. what I have now.

 

[dazco]

I honestly can say the Tbird is by far the best thing i've ever owned or ridden. So i don't really long for anything aside from my old 2 strokes which are a whole other story. I love those things ! Just a whole other feel and all. By the way, i thing the street bob is 13.5, not 12.5. And that makes more sense because 12.5 is just too quick for a bike with that engine. I'm sure the Tbird also couldn't do that, at least not in stock 1600 form. 1700 tho i have no doubt.

 

[CarlS]

[quote author=Dilligaf link=topic=11265.msg55216#msg55216 date=1292720933]
Too many bikes, not enough garage space.. :wink:
Today I was wishing I still had my Roadglide and Scrambler vs. what I have now.
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Gary, I can relate. Not enough garage space and certainly not enough $$$.

 

[Dilligaf]

[quote author=dazco link=topic=11265.msg55220#msg55220 date=1292739000]
. So i don't really long for anything aside from my old 2 strokes which are a whole other story. I love those things ! Just a whole other feel and all.
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There is a clean Suzuki GT380 for sale here in town. I was tempted.

 

[dazco]

[quote author=Dilligaf link=topic=11265.msg55241#msg55241 date=1292780263]
There is a clean Suzuki GT380 for sale here in town. I was tempted.
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Same here. Saw a GT550 (exact same bike but larger bore) in nearly mint condition. I could never do it for a number of reasons, bit i would love to. If i owned a home i would. Those are my fav 2 strokes, the suzuki triples.

 

[Dilligaf]

[quote author=dazco link=topic=11265.msg55243#msg55243 date=1292785082]
Same here. Saw a GT550 (exact same bike but larger bore) in nearly mint condition. I could never do it for a number of reasons, bit i would love to. If i owned a home i would. Those are my fav 2 strokes, the suzuki triples.
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I had a GT500 new in 1972.

 

[dazco]

[quote author=Dilligaf link=topic=11265.msg55244#msg55244 date=1292788159]
I had a GT500 new in 1972.
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Yeah, the twin. I always wanted one of those badly but never got one. I had it's little brother tho, the 350. I also had the GT750 water buffalo and a GT380. The 750 was a fantastic bike, but believe it or not the 380 had the better engine. i bought the 750 new and by 7000 miles it already had pretty bad piston slap, which was normal for 2 strokes after a number of miles, but not that soon. My little 380 never developed slap in the time i had it, well past the 7000 mile mark. i think i had 15 or 20k on it when i sold it. But the 750 was one heck of a bike anyways. I had a kawi 750 triple which was the bike everyone talked about when it came to quick, but i swear the suzuki seemed just as quick, tho the wheel didn't become airborn in the first 3 gears like the kawi. :ya2:

 

[Dilligaf]

Typo, I had a 550 Triple.

 

[Silli]

[quote author=Dilligaf link=topic=11265.msg55141#msg55141 date=1292627585]
I rode a Rocket, like you I love the engine but the bike has major flaws IMHO.
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Which flaws are these?????

 

[Dilligaf]

IMHO, it's ugly, ergonomics are questionable, it's ugly, it's too heavy, it's ugly, too many plastic parts, it's ugly, bad MPG and......it's ugly :smile:

 

[dazco]

Which flaws are these?????

For me it's just a matter of several things i personally wasn't too fond of. Not anything wrong with it, just taste thing. However, there have been a lot of mechanical issue written about with them and one i even experienced with my demo. So the mechanical issues would have been a concern but i can't say whether i would have passed on it or not if those were the only things. But the bike just wasn't in line with what i like in ways that others do like. So it was in large part subjective. the Tbird is just a very different bike and fit perfectly in line with what i like. So don't take it the wrong way. There are people who go on about the Tbird and i don't mind at all because i know that I love what they hate. however, it's when they start lying about it or saying things that aren't true because they never rode one. If it's just a matter of not liking the feel or look etc, then i just smile and think to myself thank go.....because if not for people like that i'd be riding the new harley and seeing my bike everywhere i go. :ya2:

 

[DaveM]

I want a Yamaha 360 RT1 again, just like I had before

 

[DaveM]

[quote author=Silli link=topic=11265.msg55256#msg55256 date=1292831743]
Which flaws are these?????
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The biggest one for me was it had a flat tyre when I wanted to demo it

 

[steve59]

Re: Tbird big bore

I wonder if the tbird with big bore kit uses exactly the same map as the storm? btw I'm new to this forum so if i'm repeating posts try to bear with me til I catch up.