Archive for the 'Suzuki TL1000R' Category

Farewell Old Friend ….

Well were do I begin …. On Tuesday night I rode my present TLR for what will probably be the last time … a friend had an absolutely mint Suzuki GSXR1000K8 for sale ! She is a beauty , we struck a deal, he’d take my TL as a trade in as he always wanted [...]

New Arrival !!! K5 SV1000S !!!

Well I decided to buy this SV ! I had been watching it in the classifed section of  the irish biker forum since october last year, watching the asking price slowly but surely drop ! So when the priced dropped massivly last thursday i made the phone call, went to see the bike and layed [...]

Back to the Future Part Deaux !!!!!

Finally I have started work on getting my TLR back on the road, I took me 4 months to find a suitable fron fairing at a non rip off price !!!! a nice man in the UK sold me his for a satifying 50 Euros !!! All Hail Ebay On saturday I spent a few [...]

Bitubo Rear shock !

Its a well known fact that one of the biggest design flaws of the TLR was the hydraulic rotary rear damper – this was a complicated system designed by Suzuki as a real alternative to the traditional centre mounted mono shock. A great idea in theory but in practice it just did not work !! [...]

Rated TLR Adjustable Rearsets !!!!

Heres the first of my many modifications to my TLR !!! These are CNC’d billet  rearsets which I got through a group buy on www.tlzone.net !!! These are fully adjustable rearsets and give a huge weight saving over the stock gear change and brake lever arrangment ! Give me a shout if you require some [...]

The History of the Suzuki TL1000R

The TL1000R is a [full fairing] racing-oriented version of Suzuki’s popular TL1000S . The TL1000R was launched in 1998, one year after its sibling, the TL1000S. Unlike the TL-S, the TL-R was designed to compete in the World and American Superbike Championships, although it achieved only one race win before Suzuki pulled the plug on [...]

The day which heralded my return to 2 wheels

Well the day finally arrived for my baby to come home ! On Saturday the 12th April me and my good friend Antal collected collected the TLR from the shop arrived 5 months of work and heart ache – it was great to have ride the TL again but my triumphant return to 2 wheel [...]

My 1998 TLR in all its glory !!!

A New Site and a New Start !!!!!