Motorcycles

From Shrubbery

'08 Honda CBR 1000 RR

See http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshua_davis/sets/72157606513862064/

'07 Triumph Speed Triple

I was looking for something smoother and more fun and I found it in the Speed Triple. This bike has loads of torque and it's just a blast to ride.

FAB Hugger and Radiator Guard

One thing that is missing from the Speed Triple: A hugger. The swingarm has tapped holes for it, and you'd think that Triumph would put some kind of small thing there to protect the shock from grime. Anyway, FAB makes a nice one and I saw a radiator guard from them as well so I picked up both pieces.

FAB Radiator Guard	Front View
FAB Hugger	Side View

Rizoma Fender Eliminator and Lights

Once I figured out which bolts to remove to get the original fender off it was easy to mount the Rizoma fender eliminator. It's made of high quality anodized aluminum and has a nifty LED license plate light. The only problem I had was that the original tail lights didn't fit on it. Fortunately I had some LED indicators from Rizoma sitting around. I curled up the cables for the indicators under the fender eliminator and zip-tied them so that they weren't dangling. The cables contain many wires, not just two, so they really can't be shortened.

Rizoma Fender Eliminator and Lights

Side view

Delivery Day

So far, so good. :) I'm following the manufacturers break in and keeping it under 3500 rpm for the first 100 miles is a bit of a chore. Even so, I can already tell that this bike has lots of character, very smooth and refined even in its brand new state.

I got the bike with:

GSG frame sliders
Arrow 3 into 1 exhaust & tune
Triumph Seat Cowl
Triumph Carbon Tank Pad
Triumph Passenger Grab Rail

Fresh Speed Triple

Arrow 3 into 1

Nnnnice!

'06 Yamaha FZ1

Nice looking, lighter, more 'nimble' than the first gen bike. But it just wasn't "fun". It didn't help that I seemed to have the worst luck with this bike. In the first 60 miles or so I dented the rim.