05-11-13, 02:05 PM
Being a current TDM owner, and after having several fazers for the past 10 years, I can safely say that the tdm is not really a good comparison. Different beast altogether in my eyes.
After doing 100 miles on it yesterday up the motorway, it's very well suited to chomping 000's of miles a hell of a lot comfier than the fazer, hence why so many of them are 'high mileage'. I've done the 30k/year on a fazer, and being 6'1" it was only just comfy. The tdm can be sat on all day.
Performance-wise they're chalk and cheese. A screaming i/l4 compared to a low revving para twin? On a 1/4 mile there's very little in it, but roll on acceleration is easier on the tdm without a doubt.
The fazer is without a doubt one of the most adaptable, go anywhere, do anything bikes there is to offer, so much so that I'm sure we all get bored to the hind teeth of hearing it!:
I'd have another fazer again in a heartbeat.
After doing 100 miles on it yesterday up the motorway, it's very well suited to chomping 000's of miles a hell of a lot comfier than the fazer, hence why so many of them are 'high mileage'. I've done the 30k/year on a fazer, and being 6'1" it was only just comfy. The tdm can be sat on all day.
Performance-wise they're chalk and cheese. A screaming i/l4 compared to a low revving para twin? On a 1/4 mile there's very little in it, but roll on acceleration is easier on the tdm without a doubt.
The fazer is without a doubt one of the most adaptable, go anywhere, do anything bikes there is to offer, so much so that I'm sure we all get bored to the hind teeth of hearing it!:
I'd have another fazer again in a heartbeat.
Stop polishing it and ride the bloody thing!!
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