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From: ? on 12 Jun 2010 10:08 On Jun 12, 6:02 am, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 12, 6:33 am, "?" <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > krusty kritter has no "ilk," he's unique. > > you mispelt eunich. I used to date a Catholic girl named "Eunice." She gave good head.
From: sean_q_ on 12 Jun 2010 12:04 MikeWhy wrote: > The pre-2005 ST's were the best highway bikes ever built. Naturally I'm interested in "the best highway bikes ever built", so I googled for "2004 Triumph Sprint ST". How could I have overlooked such a wondrous machine? Why, when visiting a Triumph dealership, wasn't I immediately drawn to the Sprint ST as if by a magnet? The simple answer is that, superficially at least, it resembles a sportbike. So does Honda's ST, the Kawasaki Concours and Yamaha's FJ. The main thing I dislike about sportbikes is the humped-over riding posture, which hurts my lower back as well as my gonads (which are not in the least happy about supporting so much body weight, of which I carry a slight excess... not quite having a slim bod like the erotic masseuse in Datesfat's posting "A Proper photo of me"). Therefore it was no surprise to find that the various commentaries on the Sprint ST had a common thread about the riding position, and where to find handlebar risers to make it more comfortable; this one being typical: http://forums.powersportsnetwork.com/Topic59384-119-1.aspx For me the bike with the most comfortable ergonomics is the Goldwing, making it the leading contender for Best Highway Bike Ever Built. And hopefully some day I'll be able to afford one. ps. My lower back and gonads ain't gonna be very pleased about riding the Thruxton which I'm restoring, until I get around to reconfiguring it as a standard roadster. SQ, pre-Goldwing rider
From: Robert Bolton on 12 Jun 2010 14:36 On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:04:37 -0700, sean_q_ <nospam(a)no.spam> wrote: >MikeWhy wrote: > >> The pre-2005 ST's were the best highway bikes ever built. > >Naturally I'm interested in "the best highway bikes ever built", >so I googled for "2004 Triumph Sprint ST". > >How could I have overlooked such a wondrous machine? Why, >when visiting a Triumph dealership, wasn't I immediately >drawn to the Sprint ST as if by a magnet? > >The simple answer is that, superficially at least, >it resembles a sportbike. So does Honda's ST, >the Kawasaki Concours and Yamaha's FJ. > >The main thing I dislike about sportbikes is the humped-over >riding posture, which hurts my lower back as well as >my gonads (which are not in the least happy about supporting >so much body weight, of which I carry a slight excess... >not quite having a slim bod like the erotic masseuse >in Datesfat's posting "A Proper photo of me"). > Yeah, I had to get risers for my old 1998(?) Concours as my neck was killing me. The risers took care of that. I never had lower back issues with it though. Quite the contrary, as the forward lean was a welcome change to my natural slouch. My back loved it. I suppose it might bother a person with a natural swayback, but I have the opposite problem. >Therefore it was no surprise to find that the various >commentaries on the Sprint ST had a common thread about >the riding position, and where to find handlebar risers >to make it more comfortable; this one being typical: > >http://forums.powersportsnetwork.com/Topic59384-119-1.aspx > >For me the bike with the most comfortable ergonomics >is the Goldwing, making it the leading contender for >Best Highway Bike Ever Built. And hopefully some day >I'll be able to afford one. > >ps. My lower back and gonads ain't gonna be very pleased >about riding the Thruxton which I'm restoring, until I >get around to reconfiguring it as a standard roadster. > >SQ, pre-Goldwing rider > I've only ridden a Goldwing once, and it was an '83, so I've no first hand experience. A gent I met last summer, somewhere in his early to mid 60s I think, said his knees bothered him a bit on his Goldwing. I've got a feeling that's a common complaint from people with old knees about bikes with footpegs. My knees are the only thing that bothered me on the Councours once I installed risers. I need to change position regularly to keep my knees happy, and the Electra Glide's floorboards let me do that. Watch Craigslist for your Goldwing. Robert
From: MikeWhy on 13 Jun 2010 04:06 "sean_q_" <nospam(a)no.spam> wrote in message news:seOQn.12420$3y2.4473(a)newsfe11.iad... > MikeWhy wrote: > >> The pre-2005 ST's were the best highway bikes ever built. > > Naturally I'm interested in "the best highway bikes ever built", > so I googled for "2004 Triumph Sprint ST". > > How could I have overlooked such a wondrous machine? Why, > when visiting a Triumph dealership, wasn't I immediately > drawn to the Sprint ST as if by a magnet? > > The simple answer is that, superficially at least, > it resembles a sportbike. So does Honda's ST, > the Kawasaki Concours and Yamaha's FJ. > > The main thing I dislike about sportbikes is the humped-over > riding posture, which hurts my lower back as well as > my gonads (which are not in the least happy about supporting > so much body weight, of which I carry a slight excess... > not quite having a slim bod like the erotic masseuse > in Datesfat's posting "A Proper photo of me"). > > Therefore it was no surprise to find that the various > commentaries on the Sprint ST had a common thread about > the riding position, and where to find handlebar risers > to make it more comfortable; this one being typical: > > http://forums.powersportsnetwork.com/Topic59384-119-1.aspx > > For me the bike with the most comfortable ergonomics > is the Goldwing, making it the leading contender for > Best Highway Bike Ever Built. And hopefully some day > I'll be able to afford one. That's your ignorance masquerading as conventional wisdom. Supporting the upper body with skeletal alignment means road shocks have to be entirely absorbed by the tires and suspension. Anything firm enough to be sporty basically hammers your spine, causing fatigue, when the road gets even a little bit rough. Weighting the pegs tips you forward into a proper riding position, the default for sport tourers. But now your barcolounge seat is out of position, the bike wallows on its soft springs, and what could have been an enjoyable day long ride becomes a short, tiresome, slow spin in the countryside, ending before the lower back pain you so cleverly didn't dodge can set in. But, I do agree that sport tourers aren't for everyone. It just grates on my sensibilities that your comments are based on the ignorance of never having ridden a Goldwing, never having come closer to a sport tourer than to misrecognize its shape, and the meaningless observation that some ST riders install risers to change the fit to suit their unspecified builds.
From: Bob Myers on 14 Jun 2010 12:51
On 6/12/2010 6:33 AM, ? wrote: > On Jun 11, 8:40 pm, "Rob Striemer"<rjstrie...(a)shaw.ca> wrote: > > >> Some folks over there may be interested in reading about or seeing clips of >> new(ish) STs (as opposed to flaming Krusty and his ilk.) >> > krusty kritter has no "ilk," he's unique. > For which the rest of us are all thankful. We'd be even more so if he were unique, minus one. Bob M. |