19-04-12, 12:05 AM
Well this is my opinion on the demo ride.
The demo was on the fully spec,d triumph 12 exp launch model cost £12k, it was last saturday bike was from Pidcocks and I was sold on the looks alone in phantom black but that's as far as it got, at 5'7" the reach to the bars seem to be more than the gs and after a while It gave me shoulder ache! I ride with the balls of my feet on the pegs and so my left heel hit the centre stand every time ! with the seat in the low position i could get my feet down so that was great the screen i tried at every angle I could not reduce the buffeting and it was very annoying, the front forks seem very soft load the front brake and it wanted to headbutt me into the Tarmac, the rear brake was poor had no feeling, the span adjustment on the levers was not enough for my smallish hands but ok, tyre pressure monitors did not work they had gone faulty already ! I found the throttle to be wooly most peeps had said it was crisp not on the bike I road it was 1/4 turn before it did anything,the cruise was good and did what it said however the set button was along reach with your thumb and so you had to be careful not to move the throttle, handling wise it did not feel as stable as my gs I found the bike wanted to run wide when I had it leant over but than again it's no sports bike, the engine was nice and had plenty of go upto 6k than seemed to flatten out it sounded lovely with the stock can as triples do.
When I took it back and said thank you but I won't be putting my order in I was told I was the 1st to dislike it ! and tbh i wanted to like it so My conclusion is that it's still work in progress and being a new model has flaws that I'm sure will be put right in time once peeps take ownership and give there feedback to triumph as per all new models i think the 1st year is the so called test year and than the 2nd year all the improvement will have been made.
Regarding the GS i prob should try not to compare it too my bike (as below) as its abit different !! but even stock form the gs is great as doing what it does and with great confidence
![[Image: wheels078.jpg]](http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/1380/wheels078.jpg)
The demo was on the fully spec,d triumph 12 exp launch model cost £12k, it was last saturday bike was from Pidcocks and I was sold on the looks alone in phantom black but that's as far as it got, at 5'7" the reach to the bars seem to be more than the gs and after a while It gave me shoulder ache! I ride with the balls of my feet on the pegs and so my left heel hit the centre stand every time ! with the seat in the low position i could get my feet down so that was great the screen i tried at every angle I could not reduce the buffeting and it was very annoying, the front forks seem very soft load the front brake and it wanted to headbutt me into the Tarmac, the rear brake was poor had no feeling, the span adjustment on the levers was not enough for my smallish hands but ok, tyre pressure monitors did not work they had gone faulty already ! I found the throttle to be wooly most peeps had said it was crisp not on the bike I road it was 1/4 turn before it did anything,the cruise was good and did what it said however the set button was along reach with your thumb and so you had to be careful not to move the throttle, handling wise it did not feel as stable as my gs I found the bike wanted to run wide when I had it leant over but than again it's no sports bike, the engine was nice and had plenty of go upto 6k than seemed to flatten out it sounded lovely with the stock can as triples do.
When I took it back and said thank you but I won't be putting my order in I was told I was the 1st to dislike it ! and tbh i wanted to like it so My conclusion is that it's still work in progress and being a new model has flaws that I'm sure will be put right in time once peeps take ownership and give there feedback to triumph as per all new models i think the 1st year is the so called test year and than the 2nd year all the improvement will have been made.
Regarding the GS i prob should try not to compare it too my bike (as below) as its abit different !! but even stock form the gs is great as doing what it does and with great confidence
![[Image: wheels078.jpg]](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/826/wheels078.jpg/)