Well that came as something of a surprise

Tanked up the Monster this morning (quite chilly in Essex)

As I pulled up to the pump, I was forcibly reminded of it's tendancy
to ice carbs, as it died immediately (prox 5 mins from home)

Remembering that some had mentioned these new 'super' fuels as a
possible remedy, I decided to chance it.

Well blow me if it really *did* seem that the bike was running
smoother, with more grunt. While it didn't halt the icing entirely,
it didn't die again between Halrow and Clerkenwell, then back again,
which it would normally have done in this weather.

Slightly interested in the 'increased' performance though, I was
expecting no difference at all.

The icing is not really an issues since I am expecting Santa to
deliver a nice sparkly [1] T995i sometime soon(ish)

[1] Sparkly black that is
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Thereby exchanging carb ice for impossible to find and cure
ignition/injection electronic problems. Nice. WTF would anyone buy that over
a Gixxer Thou?

 

You're talking about the speed 4 *again* aren't you?

Erm, well not being 5'8" or liking faired bikes has a slight bearing
on it

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You sure it wasn't just the cold air ?

 

Is the Gixxer Thou a triple now?

How marvellous!

 

Ah you mean the Streetfighter type thang. Better but no Z1000 in looks. The
swinging arm is a peach though. What does height have to do with a Gixxer
though?

 

Not entirely no. I've always thought these claims were utter crap.
However, the air was just as cold before I fueled it up, and I *think*
[1] it was running substatially better afterwards.

[1] not discounting sub-conscious self deception, and of course that
it might have been a by-product of reduced icing.
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Well AFAICT noone's moaned about the Triple's injection

Indeed, Longer seat to peg distance though.

Cos I can't get my legs on the pegs comfortably! They're too bloody
long. (legs not pegs)

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Errrm this sounds like bollocks, just my 2p. I do have a F.I. Tiger and
Daytona. Perhaps you were meaning the TT600, because no other F.I.
Triumph has these problems.
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You sure it wasn't just the cold air ?

You just Imagined the Carb icing, Didn;t you ?

 

That is one thing of which I'm sure, Engine death is hard to imagine


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That was the one I was thinking of (that Hog was talking about), the
TT600

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It's whatever you want it to be.

 

Eh? Not heard of _any_ of these on the Triumph trips. Even Timo's not
had problems with injection/ignition, and the only electrical problem
I ever had was when a coil blew, which wasn't exactly hard to
diagnose.

Good point. Some people are scared of proper power, of course.

 

Eh? Assuming you typoed T955i as T995i, that's usually only (mis-)used
to refer to the Daytona 955i, which is more correctly a T595. The
unfaired one is simply known as the Speed triple, aka T509.

 

Bueno soft and creamy.

 

I meant the triple

I'm having a bad day......

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Insurance.

 

And, amazing as it seems, not everyone wants 160bhp.

I could buy a GSXR1000/R1/ZX10R/Fireblade for my new bike and I've
decided against it. I don't need a bike that quick and I reckon I'll
have more fun on something like a Bandit or an SV1000S. A Speed
Triple does appeal as well but it's a bit more expensive.