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Lovely retro 'lookers' those Triumphs.
The FI looks like an Amal carb, the gearbox looks like a separate item and the tank is just gorgeous.
I don't like how they've turned them almost into 'choppers' but recognise that a lot of people in the US do. Me? I'm a traditionalist!
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Sharp!!
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Ooooh, nice machine! We expect some ride reports!
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A woman and her iron pony! Great-looking machine!
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(05-22-2019, 11:02 PM)EmptySea_imp Wrote: The lean angle on her CTX wasn’t an issue for her on US129 or in Arkansas. I can’t imagine that the Speedmaster’s lean angle is less than the CTX’s, but she’ll test it a little on Saturday, weather permitting.
I went from CTX700 to CB1100, she doesn't know what she's missing! All my friends that have mid controls when we hit the twisties I have to stop sometimes in a straight area and wait for them. Sometimes I get nervous that they've crashed, they're so far behind.
(05-23-2019, 08:26 AM)Stichill_imp Wrote: With forward controls, I don’t experience any of the reduction in balance and control being described or postulated. You’re more “in” the bike than “on top” of it, so you feel cradled and secure. But like any bike, when the peg scrapers touch down, anxiety rises and puckering is initiated.
I think any sense of reduced low-speed stability is due to the increased rake angle of cruiser-type bikes. The front wheel feels more like it wants to flop over so you have to put more muscle on the bars to keep it under control.
A nice perq of forward controls with pegs (sans floor boards): nothing in the way of your feet and legs at stop lights. Clear all the way to the ground.
I’m equally comfortable and proficient with either configuration.
I can attest to adverse balance of the bike. My CB1100 came with Highway Pegs initially. On a very long ride I decided to test them for a few moments. It really changed the balance of the bike and made me feel very unstable. They came off shortly after that and I have no interest in replacing them. Even for a few moments just to get some rest/relief/adjustment having my feet forward of the engine on the CB was not worth it.
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I suppose you are correct that she doesn't know what she's missing by avoiding the mid-controls and I think you mis-typed or I misread that your friends have mid-controls (you meant forward controls, right?). Regardless, I suspect her response to "They'll help you go faster" will be "I don't want to go any faster"
