Triple gets DPed

[jtemple]

Originally Posted by Triple

It's not as bad on the expressway as you might think. It's pretty comfortable at 65mph, with much less vibration than I expected.

A lot to get used to with this bike. I haven't owned a dirtbike since I was a teenager. The height (I can just get the tips of my toes down), the lack of torque (though if you spin it, it can definitely move), and the vague steering (semi-knobbies and the fact that I've been riding taught and planted sportbikes for the last ten years) are all a bit new.

I got used to mine pretty quickly. My tires of choice are Pirelli MT21s.

Mine is pretty nice on the highway. I cruise along at 60 mph at 4000 rpm. Redline is around 8000. Riding into a headwind can get pretty brutal, though.

[Triple]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Sweet ride....cheap price too. You do go far to save a buck.

Nashville is only a three-hour ride from me. This was basically a local trip compared to most of my purchases.

Originally Posted by jtemple

Mine is pretty nice on the highway. I cruise along at 60 mph at 4000 rpm. Redline is around 8000. Riding into a headwind can get pretty brutal, though.

More trouble with crosswinds than headwinds. It's like riding a sail.

Speaking of cruising/redline RPM, why no tachometer? Surprised it isn't standard equipment, considering my dad's inferior-tech KLX250S had one.

[jtemple]

Originally Posted by Triple

Speaking of cruising/redline RPM, why no tachometer? Surprised it isn't standard equipment, considering my dad's inferior-tech KLX250S had one.

Tach on mine? It has one. Two, actually. The gauge cluster has a ton of different modes. Basically, you get two piece of information displayed on the main face, and a digital bar tach on the right side. For the two pieces on the main face, one is large and the other (underneath it) is small. You can basically pick from any combination of digital information. Tach, Clock, Trip 1, Trip 2, MPH/KPH, and a bunch of other shit I don't use.

Most of the time, I have MPH on the top and the digital tach on the bottom.

Tach-wise, the only thing missing is some kind of visible indicator of where redline is in relation to your current RPMs. You just get a feel for it, or hit the rev limiter.

Example attached.