02-06-2018, 05:40 AM
(02-06-2018, 05:23 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: Love the looks of the Thrux R with the factory fairing but am disappointed to hear of stalling issues. Early F800S/ST had the same issue. Does your seldom-ridden 700GS suffer too?You know, it doesn't. That's one bike that's been very good to me. It runs beautifully. Yes, it did have two fuel tanks replaced, but I did the little venting mod, and no more cracking. No water pump weep-hole leaks either, at least not enough to worry about.
I placed a deposit on a silver Thrux R to replace my DLX but once I sat on the bike, I knew the ergos weren't going to work for me.
Sorry, I have nothing to contribute with respect to your original inquiry.
That's really a very good motorcycle but I don't do any kind of touring where that much capability would be helpful. It has the ABS, stability control, and heated grips, lots of range, smooth, but it just gets picked last of all or not at all these days.
Maybe my style will change and I should hang onto it!
Your comment about the ergonomics are good; that's why I didn't buy the Thruxton the first time I saw it. I have made some very good decisions with no test ride by just sitting on a bike on the showroom floor. One can tell a lot from that after a few decades of riding.
That's how I chose the ZX-10R; it was the oldest of the three superbikes I was looking at, the Yamaha R1 and BMW S1000R being brand-new designs in 2015. But when I sat on the Ninja and realized how well it fit me and how well-balanced the bike was, I figured I'd take a chance on it and it worked out perfectly.