Triumph st1050

[minesweeper]

Im considering buying 1 for a winter/ long distance/ commuter.
Any opinions on these bikes? and long term owners with things to share?
Plenty on ebay for 4-4.5k fully loaded with panniers and accessories.
sweep
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Rvf400, 955i daytona, 954 fireblade, cbr1000rr fireblade 06 Hm plant

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Nice big front fairing/screen (with double bubble); otherwise, GSXR 1000 does it all better for me .

[minesweeper]

Your recommending a gsxr1000 for a winter long distance bike ive always worried about u G..
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Rvf400, 955i daytona, 954 fireblade, cbr1000rr fireblade 06 Hm plant

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[Paulington]

[minesweeper]

only a ft deep g your slipping mate, would have thought you'd be doing 1 handed wheelies in that with the help of a few chains around each tyre..
Well st's seem to be more comfortable for me and most second hand examples already come loaded with the extras for winter riding. my 955i already caters for my manic side
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Rvf400, 955i daytona, 954 fireblade, cbr1000rr fireblade 06 Hm plant

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Did see 103mph on the speedo in that foot deep snow .

Comfortable, fair enough - though you can easily adapt the GSXR to be more comfortable, but it's a lot harder to adapt the trumpet to be light weight for when you're paddling in the snow or want your tyres to have the best chance of stopping .

[minesweeper]

Round here im lucky to see 103mph on the speedo snow or not
i'll have another sit on one but ive always preferred the triple engine layout. lets no get into another argument about it G, if we all liked the same thing the world would be a boring place and there would be no place for brazilian fart fetish porn
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Rvf400, 955i daytona, 954 fireblade, cbr1000rr fireblade 06 Hm plant

[Bendy]

The ST in question was mine, and G did actually ride it in the snow a bit. I wouldn't have dared. (His zx9 was broken so he used it for a couple of weeks, day in day out).

When he got the GSXR, I used that a few times, back to back with my ST. I personally found the GSXR easier to live with for commuting - I missed the better weather protection and the heated grips on the motorway, but found the smaller bike easier to weave through London traffic, and easier to park when I got there. But, if you're used to hauling a 955 around that probably won't bother you so much.

Did a bit of touring on mine, up to Scotland and over to France, and it was a mega mile muncher. 200+ to a tank and I never got to the point where I wanted to get off the bike due to aches. Hustles pretty well too, if you put your mind to it (and I think handled better fully luggaged up).

The Triumph luggage isn't brilliant, half of it seems to be taken up by the locking mechanism for the luggage, but it does ok.

Underseat exhaust does roast your arse and right leg in summer. Apparently earlier models were worse (mine was an '08).

I'll always have a fondness for the 1050 engine but after owning a Speed Triple and a Sprint, I just with they'd put it in something physically smaller. I want that overrun burble back.

[Mart_er6]

Had my 2005 ST a few months now. Plan to use it all year round commuting just as I did my previous bike (ER6F).

The ER6 rusted alarmingly quickly : needed new exhaust downpipes after a year and a half, so the first thing I bought for the ST was a rear hugger. The next thing was a taller powerbronze screen as the standard Sprint screen before 2006 was very low and not great on the motorway for me (6ft).

The 04 & 05 Sprints have got slightly lower handlebars as standard than later ones so if you want a sportier riding position get an early one or a later one for a comfier more upright position (or buy an old/new one and change the bars to suit !).

Loving it so far, especially the engine's character (nice burbling and popping on overrun) if you have any other questions I might be able to help with let me know.

Martin
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Honda Varadero XL125 "Vara" > Kawasaki ER6F "Smerf" > Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[minesweeper]

Thanks for the advice all, went kind of in G's way and bought a 2002 fireblade 954 in yellow black. Few extras on it and i'll add a few more to make it alittle more practical.
matty
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Rvf400, 955i daytona, 954 fireblade, cbr1000rr fireblade 06 Hm plant

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A Honda, oh well .




In seriousness - remember spending a bit (ok, a few hundred quid) on bars can get you a very flexible/adjustable set that can work for both upright and sporty. Similarly, to some degree you can get rear sets with quite a bit of adjustment - I think ones that swivel often are better for going lower.

I would most definitely recommend toccano urbano muffs. I would also recommend symtec heated grips, but didn't bother putting them on my GSXR because the above muffs were so good!

[truslack]

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Anyway, I was in first gear, so :p.

[FLV]

so whats the big difference between the 1050st and a trophy 1200 then

I mean in bike types rather than 150cc by the way
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