Firstly, excellent job by mods on this forum.
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Originally Posted by bhardwhu I would say that you need to expand your consideration to include :
1. What kind of riding you intend to do - Long Distance Highway touring / Small city rides or weekend rides?
Hope it clears some confusion. |
Thank your for the questions raised & your input on them, truly helpful.
The bike will be used primarily on the weekends & for highway touring 2-4 times a year. While in the long run the HD is my choice, Cost & riding skills (while i'm good on balancing,I will learn proper riding on it 'haaf saaf' on my own bike as i don't want to even unintentionally damage someones bike, just in case) prevent me from going for the 883 directly.
Today's HD ride to Rajasthan is further pushing me towards the HD club. Unfortunately the wallet is playing spoilsport with the heart. So 883 out (for now) & these 2 are the choices (TB love started inn 2007, story shall be in the ownership thread)
Speed , as fast as safely possible, so 100-110 max i guess, which from various threads the TB is capable of.
While HD service centres are obviously less, one thing pointed by HoGs is that so is the requirement for service. It's a pretty hassle free bike. Also on long rides, they take along mechanics with essential spares.
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Originally Posted by ru153 I did have a chance to look at the the HD Street 750 in Bangalore HD showrooms.
What i noticed it, the vehicle seems to be planted too low. If you ask me, much lower than the Bajaj Avenger.
Street 750 is going to get underchasis beating, because the ground clearance is marginally better
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Thanks for sharing your input ru153.
I'm a little confused about the ground clearance part. The HD person I'd spoken to had said its going to be approx ~140mm, & that this bike was designed keeping in mind the GC issues faced by the HD in India (heard a fatboy under-chassis repair cost 1.5L, but then i didn't understand the concept of a fatboy on rural farm roads either) Will check it out soon.
The TB love affair began ever since i saw one daily in Mumbai way back in 2007. Triumph is out because if i'm spending a good amount, i personally prefer the added HoG club advantage. Maybe later when I'm loaded, the rocket III
the mobike008's threads you referred are quite good. Had read them (along with umpteen others) a few days back sir.
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Originally Posted by mobike008 My two cents on this comparison :-
I would recommend you to test ride both TB500 and HD750 before deciding which one suits your need better (assuming you have budget to stretch from 2 lakhs to 5 lakhs)
TB500 can be your everyday bike and may not have the oomph and glamour of a HD750 but, is a very capable bike
However, if you wish to get into the HD culture and primary purpose of the bike is weekend rides and being part of HD community then HD 750 should be a good choice (assuming you like how it rides in first place)
Let me introduce another angle to your story...
Why not consider Classic 500 instead of TB 500? In my opinion, it handles better than TB 500 |
I'll be riding them for the first time out of the showroom. Don't have the heart to try my hand on other peoples 2-wheelers (long story) hence the 883 i can ride i don't want to. (agn, balancing & all i'm good with, plus drive the Dzire 100Kms daily to-fro work from Gurgaon to Bhiwadi on NH8 for 4.5 years & been driving since 2001,so road sense is good too---before someone thinks i'm a nut for starting this thread)
Budget isn't much of an issue with the financing available these days, hence 2 or 5 , both are fine, though 9 for 883 is not possible at the moment.
HD community is very appealing to me. Met a few interesting people last weekend.
& you, sir, are mean to bring back the extra angle
RE stable choice is TB (90%) & DS500 (10%) Tb winning because of :
1) Rear disc
2) Instrument panel
3) Riding Stance seemed better for knees
4) Comfortable seats (as you mentioned as well)
5) Cruiser styling
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Originally Posted by basuroy dissapointed by the finish of the bike
Hideous wire management all over the place
'tallboy' seat will cost around 15k and no idea about forward control. these are basic formalities one expects from a company at this price point .
Footpegs are cheap . |
agreed. HD does give you the very basic bike & even basic add-ons are very expensive. uncle bought the 883 2 years back. Felt it took long to 0-100, so went for checkup.....they mentioned you have to upgrade from stock exhaust & air intake to get optimum power.
Friend bought his with stage 3 exhaust in the first place to save some money. Beautiful machine.
Shall check out the bike soon & state my observations.