Archive for the 'Suzuki TL1000S' Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
