21-06-13, 10:41 PM
(21-06-13, 09:28 PM)VNA link Wrote: Plus there's the slow burners. TL1000R - what do you think - I say it's gonna be a classic, but it was an also ran when it came out. It was daft when it came out, but the daftness has aged so well. I think I want one!
My neighbour tried to race one in the mid nineties (he's round the twist anyway, the idiot raced an BMW R100RT in the 1300 proddy class in the eighties) and that old Suzuki spat him off countless times. The verdict was that the engine was great but the chassis was awful, it's not the barking rear shock that's its achilles heel, it just didn't steer right. As a road bike in good nick the R or indeed the S is I think collectable as you say, because they are daft in a way that makes them stand out.