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| | | Daddy_Bear | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 03/01/2014 | | Posts | : | 62 | | Location | : | Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa |
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| | Posted : 18 Dec 2014 - 21:20 Post title : The Perfect Cruiser | | | Hey Guys
Thought I would share this with the forum.
I have now done a cool 8500km on my LT. And yes, its the perfect cruiser alright.
Triumph got this one smack on the nose.
Comfort for me - excellent, riding position, lumber support.
Comfort for my wife - first class (I did upgrade to the grand sissy back rest). My wife calls it the couch (take that HD sports lovers)
Wind shield - height spot on, slow speeds slight buffeting, higher speeds, oh so yummy
Fuel consumption 22km per Litre. Cruising at 120km. At 160km, haha, drinks faster than an Irishman in a downtown pub.
Handling - just what my cardiologist ordered.
So we easily did 630km in under six hours two up with luggage for a week and including two pit stops. Not too shabby.
Early September, the misuses and I spent a two week holiday touring on the LT cranking up somewhat 3500km on what I would describe as the best holiday ever. We got ourselves a Scala intercom. I set up the connection between the two helmets and my wife's to a Samsung S3 and downloaded some audio books for her to listen to. We were all set. We put ourselves and our bike on the 'Blue Train' which took us from Johannesburg To Cape Town overnight. The ultimate in Train luxury. We did some Western Cape touring and gradually worked our way back to Johannesburg on some of the best touring roads in the world. We never pre-booked any accommodation and planned our journey one day at a time. It was just the two of us so we had some flexibility with distances we travelled each day and we could also easily change route as we went along. One day I pulled a smart manoeuvre by trying to do a U-Turn in a narrow road. the LT fell over. haha. don't tell my friends. well I had to rent a crowd to help me put this one upright again. As small town talk has it, by the time we dusted ourselves off and settled down in a restaurant, the waiter asked if we were the dudes that dropped our bike too which I ordered three pints of beer to fix my ego and my wife's embarrassment. I have one other secret, I dropped my first T-Bird as well because I forgot to put the side stand out. I only had it a week and thought the bike put the side stand out itself. 
Actually the LT is a true blue (in this case a red) cruiser. A wonderful machine with a subtle personality that pulls on the soppy heart strings.
Having owned a T-Bird 1600 and a Victory, the LT is it.
Cheers
Glen
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| | | Hornet | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 05/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 1,294 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 18 Dec 2014 - 21:42 Post title : Re: The Perfect Cruiser (Re: Daddy_Bear) | | | Good write up and review. How's she handle in the twisties? Can you lean her over till you get nervous  or does she start dragging her bottom real quick. Easy man, I'm talking about the bike
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| | | konigralph | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 17/03/2014 | | Posts | : | 10 | | Location | : | Canada |
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| | Posted : 26 Dec 2014 - 18:52 Post title : Re: The Perfect Cruiser (Re: Daddy_Bear) | | | Nice post, Great thing to bring up about the wind buffeting, because not too many people take that into consideration. I had a bike a while ago kawa, threw some saddlebags on it and it got the worst wind buffeting, the straps flying all over the place. Horrible sound. Now I got some hard bags and they're completely wind proof. ( Link ) check it out.
Water proof too... SA is a beautiful place to ride... hope to do it on 2 wheels one day
Cheers guys! Happy holidays... ride safe 
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