Thanks for the positive comments, I'm certainly well pleased.
A little too early for a sensible ride review I need to get know what this machine is now all about. What I have noticed so far is that it has two personalities. Be lazy, stick it in top and it just drives from 3000 revs to stupid speed without breaking a sweat in double quick time - almost like riding a single speed automatic. Ride it as a bike should be ridden and it is fun with a capital F. Power wheelies and rear wheel spin appear to be just a twist of the wrist away if that is your thing!
I will be interested to see what the man from Motorcycle News thought (v positive according to TTS) since I had dropped the rear suspension and fitted old wheels and Avon Storms before delivering the bike to TTS - the handling will not have been at its best! He took it to Bruntingthorpe where most speed testing is carried out in the UK and hitched up some datalogging kit so I should find out what it will do with standard gearing and touring tyres!
HANKSXXX said:
TTS has a great reputation too...I wish they were local...
yes I'm lucky they are only 100 miles up the road from me and not only is the work good they are good to deal with. :thumb:
Cost is impossible for me to discuss, TTS used 'The Duck' as a development model (first Blackbird they have supercharged) so I was offered an attractive deal :thumb: Richard will now have the information that he needs to produce a kit for resale and I will continue to give feedback on any findings that I may have. Oh and I also had the internals modified and strengthened - J&E pistons and Carello Rods etc to go with the 1195 rebore which added to my costs.