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Best (Fastest?) Sports Tourer
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<blockquote data-quote="Twigg" data-source="post: 1149099" data-attributes="member: 27619"><p>Since arriving in the US I've gone backwards. My last bikes were a Honda VFR750, and before that a Yamaha FJ1200A and earlier a Yamaha XJ600. I also had a 1958 Matchless G11CS ... very rare because it was only offered for 8 months before becoming a 650. It was also the first production bike ever to cover a recorded 100 miles in one hour. It was ridden by a motorcycling journalist called Vic Willoughby. It was done at the British motoring research facility and they usually tested buses and trucks. The ride had to be managed during the lunch hour when the track wasn't being used for testing.</p><p></p><p>After the ride, a factory technician rode it back to the factory. When it arrived, the only fault they found was a broken tail-light wire. They never fixed that issue and that wire used to break on a regular basis <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>My first bike in the US was the XS750. I paid $200 for it and it was a total shed. After some work, and waiting for UPS, it did a SaddleSore 1000 in March 2010. It still has only 20 000 original miles on it. The Venture came along quite by accident ... Another total heap that I paid too much for. Again, it spent some time in my shop but has since acquitted itself very well in LD rides and rallies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Twigg, post: 1149099, member: 27619"] Since arriving in the US I've gone backwards. My last bikes were a Honda VFR750, and before that a Yamaha FJ1200A and earlier a Yamaha XJ600. I also had a 1958 Matchless G11CS ... very rare because it was only offered for 8 months before becoming a 650. It was also the first production bike ever to cover a recorded 100 miles in one hour. It was ridden by a motorcycling journalist called Vic Willoughby. It was done at the British motoring research facility and they usually tested buses and trucks. The ride had to be managed during the lunch hour when the track wasn't being used for testing. After the ride, a factory technician rode it back to the factory. When it arrived, the only fault they found was a broken tail-light wire. They never fixed that issue and that wire used to break on a regular basis :) My first bike in the US was the XS750. I paid $200 for it and it was a total shed. After some work, and waiting for UPS, it did a SaddleSore 1000 in March 2010. It still has only 20 000 original miles on it. The Venture came along quite by accident ... Another total heap that I paid too much for. Again, it spent some time in my shop but has since acquitted itself very well in LD rides and rallies. [/QUOTE]
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