31-12-15, 02:38 PM
It is a heavy bike if twisty little B roads or track riding are your thing. But it's surprising sometimes how quickly they can be hustled along for all that. The gen 1's strength is it's versatility. It'll do just about everything to a reasonable standard, so it makes an ideal bike if you can only afford one, and do bit of touring, Sunday scratching, commuting etc. And as I and many others here have seen, upgrade the suspension (which loads of folks do whatever they ride - your TRX is no exception 
), and a little light tuning (Ivan's and a nice can for the gen 1, PC and can etc for the gen 2), and it'll deliver the smiles all the more. Ok, it's no ZX10R, R1 or GSXR, but if track days and racing was all you did, you'd buy something like that.
I have read many write-ups of the gen 1 over the years in various bike mags, and the only things that ever get criticised are the standard suspension and the EXUP. Not many bikes get off as lightly as thatÂ
), and a little light tuning (Ivan's and a nice can for the gen 1, PC and can etc for the gen 2), and it'll deliver the smiles all the more. Ok, it's no ZX10R, R1 or GSXR, but if track days and racing was all you did, you'd buy something like that.I have read many write-ups of the gen 1 over the years in various bike mags, and the only things that ever get criticised are the standard suspension and the EXUP. Not many bikes get off as lightly as thatÂ