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                <title><![CDATA[Suzuki C1800RT: Marlingford]]></title>
                                <link>http://www.adventurebikerider.com/component/content/article/41-tourer/127-suzuki-c1800rt.html</link>
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                                Lots of presence. Agreed, out Harleys' Harleys, better sound, better handling, better value. VERY hard ride even on softest setting. Now trying to find modification to preserve my cocyx. A major 'handful' and buys 'into the freedom poser dream'at very realistic price with quality engineering. A 'Wow' bike, where an hour at a time is plenty.
I'd be interested to hear other owners' views and happy to chat.  Norfolk based.                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 18:08:13 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Suzuki C1800RT: C1800RT - UNBIASED REVIEW]]></title>
                                <link>http://www.adventurebikerider.com/component/content/article/41-tourer/127-suzuki-c1800rt.html</link>
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                                Right where to start, bought new 4 weeks ago £10,300 plus heated grips thrown in with the deal, colour Red/Black...
Now at 900 miles.
BAD BITS
Handling poor at low speed
Gear box very agricultral
Fuel injection system poor
5th gear ratio is too high ~(need to have 50mph on speedo before putting it in 5th)
Only happy with super unleaded 97 octane
Brakes - only average
Rear tyre - looks good at 240mm width, but only adds to handling woes.
Oil level checking procedure a right pain.
Bike only happy at 70mph plus.
Needs another 20 bhp as standard.

GOOD BITS
Lot of bike for the money - out harleys a harley
Lots of standard kit, panniers,rack, passenger back rest, crash bars, touring screen
Big big bike = lots of road presence.
Shifts if rev'd
48 mpg
Shaft drive
Comfortable
55 mph in first gear
Estimated 135 mph top speed
Average 48 mpg                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:44:25 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Victory Vision Tour: do you have the vision  to at least try one   ?]]></title>
                                <link>http://www.adventurebikerider.com/component/content/article/41-tourer/133-victory-vision-tour.html</link>
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                                  ok  i havnt  owned one of  these      
but i was    so  close    ...   

three times ive been out on one  and   there was one sat in menllium  in st  helens  for  ages  
i  actually  went to do the deal  and it had been sold a hour before       

   you have to take this bike  in the context  of  what it was desighned to do    
 yake two people huge distance in total  comfort    ...accross  a large  continent   

    you look at it  and think  its going to be  a wallowy bag of  shite     ..    nut get on board  and move it   ...  feet up u turns no problem at all ..the weight  is  low and it balences   easily  

    quite spightly on the move  and great  tuorque off the engine     over  2500  revs  stick it in top and roll on and off    it  pulls  pleasingly  well    

     it is supreamly  comfy  and the leccy screen and huge fairing  give a oasis of  calm unmatched ny anythingout  there     .. it  will pull pretty hard in a audi  destroying  way  up to a ton  at  which point  i didnt want to try any harder    ..effortless stable 90mph cruising    

    heres the  bit  that  is  hard to  compute   ..this thing is  real fun on twisty backroads  ..
sure its not  as fast as conventional bikes  in the cornering or accelaration stakes   ..but   

  it  hussles along  with  assurance  choose aline on any bumpy bend and it stays there  completley unfussed    and  could change lines   mid  corner  too  the  huge  bars and relativly  small tyres  make it  very   nimble for its size  and tye chassis and suspension  are a real credit  to the makers    ..i  had  no ground clearance issues at  all  ..sure i suppose i could force it to  ground the  running  boards       ..but  its well enough  for this type of  bike   and again   credit to them  

  the brakes were linked   and strong    i really  could haul the beast down with confidence    
there was no abs   .  may well be desirable  on a machine of  this  weight   ...  

      i  only  enroled on a  open day     for the expeiriance  ,..never  thought it  would appeal to me   ..but  i thoroughly  enjoyed riding the victory  vision    and   it is  without doubt  on me list of  bikes i would like to  own   

     i  would reccomend  trying one  somtime   like it or  not   its a bike you wont forget riding  for  some time to  come    

     the marking  above   
i would have put  zero for off  road  but   1 is min  
aroud  town   no  problem at all  ..except the width   
reliability  ..i scoured the yank forums  when i was thinking of  buying  and generally 
the thing seems  prettygood     no major  problems  so i marked it off that                                        ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:10:16 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Triumph Rocket Touring: All RIII's Original 04 - 06 plus Tourer, Classic, ]]></title>
                                <link>http://www.adventurebikerider.com/component/content/article/41-tourer/130-triumph-rocket-touring.html</link>
                <description><![CDATA[
                                This has to be the ultimate cruiser, I Have chosen to review all variants of this bike ans the power plant and frame are the same, just the dressing and fuel mapping is different for each varient.

I have rode a HD Electra Glide FLHCi from Washington to Oregon in 2005 which made me believe I wanted a cruiser, but not a Harley (Sorry it is an image thing) I had seen the Triumph Rocket III (RIII) in the press and even sat on one it was massive in fact the biggest production bike on the market reported to be the fastest production bike in a Quater mile standing start, and I can believe it.

This bike handels superbly, it is quick off the throttle unbelievebly so and will leave most bikes standing yes most, but it does require some nerve to whip it through the twisties but it does go through them at a fair pace.  You can sit in top gear at 2500rpm and ride as slow or as fast as you dare without a glitch or you can shift up and down to release that huge tourquy power which will spin up the wheel or pop up the front end without much trouble. Beware though it does eat up tyres and they are not the cheapest, the Original and classic variants have a 240 section tyre which are only made by Metzelor and Avon and there is always a shortage. the Classic Roadster have a smaller section wheel making tyre choice larger.

You can bling this bike up or rat it down, even supercharge it, and to add BHP cheaply you simply remove the Cat box and put a byepass on this with a set of Triumph "ToR'exhausts will give you a staggering extra 26BHP, A re-mapping of the ecu to remove the 7% restrictions in 1 to 3 gears and open up the second throttle bodies will give you a cool 160bhp (give or take) - the software is free a cable is cheap to connect your laptop and the ecu maps are freely available from Tuneboy.

Riding with a pillion is a pleasure and hardley noticable to the handeling. The power plant a wopping 2.3Ltr tripple engine only requires servicing at 10,000 mile intervals and seems almost indestructive.

If you own one of these you will have a permenant grin, of course Sports bike riders don't get it which is great.

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                <pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 08:09:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[BMW K 1200 LT/LUX: The BMW K1200LT]]></title>
                                <link>http://www.adventurebikerider.com/component/content/article/41-tourer/96-bmw-k-1200-ltlux.html</link>
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                                The K1200LT is one of the prettiest bikes on the road and is made for long distance cross country touring. The bike is very dependable and comfortable if you replace the original seat. I replaced it with a Corbin and am very pleased with the comfort. The bike is very top heave and care must be taken if you have to maneuver slowly in a parking lot or are going slowlly enough to have your feet off the pegs. You will drop this bike at some point! On the road it handles like a "Croch Rocket". Once you are on the road, you wouldn't believe this bike weighs almost 900 pounds. I guess that's one of the reasons for the Reverse gear, a very nice feature.                ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:14:41 +0200</pubDate>
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