05-23-2019, 01:54 AM
The Triumph is a great looking classic bike, no doubt. While I do agree that everything about a bike is a very individual thing, I would have to question the no mid control thing from my own experience. I had a Harley CVO for the 10 years prior to my now beloved CB1100EX. The Harley had forward controls, and when I bought the bike I though it was going to be more comfortable in that riding position. As it turns out, yes it was comfortable for riding in a straight line on the freeway, but had drawbacks that I found, at least for me outweighed that comfort factor. Initially I thought it was just because it was the only forward control bike I had ever owned, and I just needed to get used to it, but 10 years after purchase I never did.
Every bike I had ever owned prior to the Harley, was mid control, upright riding position. For me, it was never about lean angle, it was a sense of balance and control. With mid control the body is basically all in the same line, perpendicular to the bike. That perpendicular to the bike position I think increases the sense of balance and control. By comparison, feet forward control basically puts the body line in a rearward angle to the bike. As a result, feet forward throws the sense of balance and control off when going into curves or turning corners...at least for me it did. I dont know if any of that made sense to the reader, but it is the best I can do to try to explain it.
For anyone considering forward control, I would suggest considerable test driving around town at slower speeds, doing a lot of left and right turns, as well as moderate speed curves left and right, before purchase. I can do a U turn on the CB with my feet on the pegs, but I couldn't do it with feet forward. Like I said, from my experience straight down the road cruising with feet forward is OK, but twisties, curves and turns, not so much fun.
Every bike I had ever owned prior to the Harley, was mid control, upright riding position. For me, it was never about lean angle, it was a sense of balance and control. With mid control the body is basically all in the same line, perpendicular to the bike. That perpendicular to the bike position I think increases the sense of balance and control. By comparison, feet forward control basically puts the body line in a rearward angle to the bike. As a result, feet forward throws the sense of balance and control off when going into curves or turning corners...at least for me it did. I dont know if any of that made sense to the reader, but it is the best I can do to try to explain it.
For anyone considering forward control, I would suggest considerable test driving around town at slower speeds, doing a lot of left and right turns, as well as moderate speed curves left and right, before purchase. I can do a U turn on the CB with my feet on the pegs, but I couldn't do it with feet forward. Like I said, from my experience straight down the road cruising with feet forward is OK, but twisties, curves and turns, not so much fun.