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#1 Mick

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Posted 30 December 2007 - 10:42 pm

Check the link about an Australian modified TDM for adventure touring:
Bikepoint website

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Posted 31 December 2007 - 03:38 pm

QUOTE(Mick @ Sun 30th Dec 2007, 10:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Check the link about an Australian modified TDM for adventure touring:
Bikepoint website

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cheers Mick, whats your onion on this 'new adventure boike', will it help sell more TDM's or ?????

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Posted 31 December 2007 - 06:46 pm

QUOTE(wicklamulla @ Mon 31st Dec 2007, 04:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
cheers Mick, whats your onion on this 'new adventure boike', will it help sell more TDM's or ?????


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Posted 31 December 2007 - 06:59 pm

Now I wonder how he got those SW Motech Pannier mounts for a Mk2, they only list 'em fer 900's sad.gif

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'00 Triumph Adventurer - Cruiser with a difference - British & a triple
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Posted 31 December 2007 - 11:24 pm

QUOTE(wicklamulla @ Mon 31st Dec 2007, 04:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
cheers Mick, whats your onion on this 'new adventure boike', will it help sell more TDM's or ?????


Wicky, My onion for what it is worth. I reckon that the TDM is a much under rated boike. Interestingly this is probably because it is ok at most types of biking duties but does not neatly fit into a distinct market segment. It is reasonable at most things and fitting dual purpose tyres will make it only a reasonable adventure tourer. Unfortunately it will never be as sexy as the purpose built ktms or Bimmers, so it will not sell in the market segment with only a cheap makeover.

With the 900 in its 6th year of production without a major upgrade I think that it is destined to go down in history as an old duffers bike, owned by a dedicated bunch, who seem to have lost sight of the motorcycles many deficiencies.

A huge pity, all those years ago when Yamaha had its beautiful TRX and its technologically superior XTZ750 to build on they made the disastrous marketing decision to morph both of these brilliant bikes into the TDM. Removing them from leading two distinct market segments and creating a compromise that not many people wanted.
Brave, but ultimately stupid marketing!!

Sorry, but you asked.

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Edited by Mick, 01 January 2008 - 02:28 am.


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Posted 01 January 2008 - 12:14 am

QUOTE(Mick @ Mon 31st Dec 2007, 11:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
1. Low level spec front end compaired to a sportsbike!
2. Underpowered More than enough for me , may be 5-10 more would be nice
3. Ugly In the eye of the beholder that one
4. Silly high maintenance 5V head. every 24,000 I don't think that is high maintenance

I just like them, but have the itch for something different.
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Posted 01 January 2008 - 11:01 am

QUOTE(Mick @ Mon 31st Dec 2007, 11:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A huge pity, all those years ago when Yamaha had its beautiful TRX and its technologically superior XTZ750 to build on they made the disastrous marketing decision to morph both of these brilliant bikes into the TDM.


I think you'll find the TDM and XTZ were around before the TRX.




What I'd like to see is a full 1000cc TDM type machine from Yamaha.

Suzuki has one (Strom 1000)
Honda has one (Varadero 1000)
Kawasaki had one (K Strom 1000)
Aprilia has one (Caponord 1000)
Triumph has one (Tigger 1050)
BMW allegedly has one (GS 1200)
Ducati has a sort of one (Multiblender 1000)

yamaha? a mere 900 wanna be.
Not getting at the 900, probably a fine bike, but when compared to the size, road prescence, luggage hauling abilities, and perceived "market leaders/contenders", the TDM comes up short.



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Posted 01 January 2008 - 12:04 pm

I am not sure why so many cry out for the return of the XTZ? It was a nice road-bike for sure (I owned one myself) but it was hopelessly poorly balanced and too revvy to work well off-road; big singles like the simple and cheap but effective XT/DR/XL series are not only much better but actually make fun when working through mud and sand.
Besides, most unpaved roads are either disappearing or are being closed. And even if they weren't, very few people have the skills or courage to take a 230 kg / 80+ bhp bike in seriously rough terain and actually get some pace from all the available power.

Still, given the great number of "white shirts & ties" steering their Camel-trophy 4x4s through big cities to their boring office jobs, a desert-racer-like Yamaha could prove a commercial success. The aluminum cases can easily transport a laptop and considerable lunchbox while the sheer bulk of these bikes let you get stuck in traffic, enabling by-standers to admire your alleged sense of adventure. rolleyes.gif

Personally I think the road-orientated cheap & cheerful TDM that is still "bouncy" enough to survive the desasterously maintained UK road-network is spot on for people that want to do more than just show off. The competition may look more fashionable and some (but not all) have a few more ponies but the TDM is still a very desirable bike when you can see through all the modern bike marketing bullshit.
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Posted 01 January 2008 - 01:26 pm

It show that most of the Dakar bike have went smaller from the days of the r100gs and the XTZ750 to the KTM 690, WRF450, BMW F650 they are using now. I wonder if BMW will start using there F800 as a Dakar bike now. May be the 800-900cc twin has some life left in it yet.

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Edited by TDMTAM, 01 January 2008 - 01:41 pm.

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Posted 03 January 2008 - 09:20 pm

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It show that most of the Dakar bike have went smaller from the days of the r100gs and the XTZ750 to the KTM 690, WRF450, BMW F650 they are using now. I wonder if BMW will start using there F800 as a Dakar bike now. May be the 800-900cc twin has some life left in it yet.TAM
I think they banned twins from the Dakar, to make it safer, and that's why no-one uses them anymore, I'm sure KTM would love to send the big adventure, and I suppose BMW's HP2 GS thing might be pretty good too, but it's all singles now.

Oh, as an aside I think BMW are using a version of their G650 enduro bikes this year, which is more performance orientated than the 650gs, so it could be pretty good.

Edited by Emmett, 03 January 2008 - 09:20 pm.


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Posted 03 January 2008 - 09:26 pm

http://www.dakar.com

Only 2 days to start of this years Raid. Above is the official site for anyone who is interested.

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Posted 03 January 2008 - 09:39 pm

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http://www.dakar.com

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Posted 05 January 2008 - 11:57 am

Shame that it has been cancelled this year now.

Surely, cancelling the thing just proves to the fooking terrorists that their way wins, i.e. threat of violence, the rest of world caves in.



The next set of murdering bastid terrorists that are captured, should be marched out into a large arena, in front of the worlds media, and simply shot. No poloticking, no ceremony, just a bullet in the forehead, so the fooker on the receiving end knows what it is like to be on the receiving end.


IMHO, this would send a simple message, you´ve had your day, now the world is fighting back, fook with us ("us" being the rest of the world, whatever colour, creed, or religious dispostion that just want to live their lives in peace without being under the treat from someone elses´s point of view), and this is what you´ll get.
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Posted 05 January 2008 - 12:06 pm

If we did that Stormy, they've still won, because they'll have brought the civilised world down to their level sad.gif

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Another 96 Mk2 in yellow & silver - absolutely standard & pristine ( apart from a butchered rear mudguard - but I'm looking for a new one
'76 Suzuki GT500 Stroker in need of a rebuild
'80 Yamaha XT250 mudplugger
another '81 XT250
'91 BMW R80GS - this one really will do a RTW trip
'05 BMW K1200S - inline four with a shaft
'10 BMW R1200GSA Anniversary Edition
'02 Fazer 1000 - 4 carbs are better than 2 ! - water pump rebuilt by Mr Ramrod Engineering
'00 Triumph Adventurer - Cruiser with a difference - British & a triple
Gary's Bathtub - '99 BMW K1200RS in luvverly pillarbox red . Now been Waspycycled to Nuneaton
And the Latest Addition - a nice BMW G650 XCountry greenlaner - on long term loan to Boy Wonder

1996 Kawasaki KH125 Stroker

2000 TDM Mk2A - nicely Studleyfied - Modified by Masterbrewer, but we've fixed that now !

BMW K1300R

2004 TDM 900 in Silver/Blue - heated grips, MRA vary screen, Wilbers rear shock & engine bars to fit 

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Posted 05 January 2008 - 12:13 pm

QUOTE(stormy @ Sat 5th Jan 2008, 11:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The next set of murdering bastid terrorists that are captured, should be marched out into a large arena, in front of the worlds media, and simply shot. No poloticking, no ceremony, just a bullet in the forehead, so the fooker on the receiving end knows what it is like to be on the receiving end.


No that is not a fair and humane way of treating them......

Try using a .22 rifle and starting at thier feet and shooting 100 round in each of thier legs upto the waist and then doing the same up thier arms to shoulders, then go back to waist to chest and then start on thier heads.............

And the same goes for rapist's, murders, kiddy fiddlers etc....

Sorry but these are my personal thought and everybody knows the where the line is and soon as these kind of people step over it they should lose all human rights!!! ranting.gif ranting.gif ranting.gif ranting.gif


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Posted 05 January 2008 - 04:36 pm

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Now I wonder how he got those SW Motech Pannier mounts for a Mk2, they only list 'em fer 900's sad.gif


You talking about the quick release Motech mounts sidey?
I had a set on my 850............ unsure.gif

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 05:29 pm

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You talking about the quick release Motech mounts sidey?
I had a set on my 850............ unsure.gif

I think Sidey might have them on his soon too. wink.gif

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 08:13 pm

QUOTE(Emmett @ Sun 6th Jan 2008, 05:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think Sidey might have them on his soon too. wink.gif


I think he probably will good.gif
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Edited by sidestand, 06 January 2008 - 08:14 pm.

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96 MkII in yellow & silver with bluespots, braided lines, Remus 2 into 1, Hagon rear shock & fork springs, bashplate, heated grips,Motech pannier racks, Road Attacks, Jockoiler, Baglux tank cover & bag. Gone to a far better place - hasn't it Remo?
Another 96 Mk2 in yellow & silver - absolutely standard & pristine ( apart from a butchered rear mudguard - but I'm looking for a new one
'76 Suzuki GT500 Stroker in need of a rebuild
'80 Yamaha XT250 mudplugger
another '81 XT250
'91 BMW R80GS - this one really will do a RTW trip
'05 BMW K1200S - inline four with a shaft
'10 BMW R1200GSA Anniversary Edition
'02 Fazer 1000 - 4 carbs are better than 2 ! - water pump rebuilt by Mr Ramrod Engineering
'00 Triumph Adventurer - Cruiser with a difference - British & a triple
Gary's Bathtub - '99 BMW K1200RS in luvverly pillarbox red . Now been Waspycycled to Nuneaton
And the Latest Addition - a nice BMW G650 XCountry greenlaner - on long term loan to Boy Wonder

1996 Kawasaki KH125 Stroker

2000 TDM Mk2A - nicely Studleyfied - Modified by Masterbrewer, but we've fixed that now !

BMW K1300R

2004 TDM 900 in Silver/Blue - heated grips, MRA vary screen, Wilbers rear shock & engine bars to fit 

BMW S1000XR in white 


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Posted 07 January 2008 - 12:12 am

Make sure the weeee man doesn't overcharge you sidey - I know what he paid for 'em......... cool.gif dry.gif

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 06:05 pm

QUOTE(Jolly Giant @ Sat 5th Jan 2008, 12:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No that is not a fair and humane way of treating them......Try using a .22 rifle and starting at thier feet and shooting 100 round in each of thier legs upto the waist and then doing the same up thier arms to shoulders, then go back to waist to chest and then start on thier heads.............And the same goes for rapist's, murders, kiddy fiddlers etc....Sorry but these are my personal thought and everybody knows the where the line is and soon as these kind of people step over it they should lose all human rights!!! ranting.gif ranting.gif ranting.gif ranting.gif
yup, I'm with you on this ................
QUOTE(sidestand @ Sat 5th Jan 2008, 12:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If we did that Stormy, they've still won, because they'll have brought the civilised world down to their level sad.gif
possibly, but I think the civilised ones would still outnumber the rest , and once all the "rest" have been eliminated, they the rest can pick up again.but I know what you mean. sad.gif
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currently owned ....
1996 YAMAHA TRX850 gone away for little holiday with Andrea
1997 YAMAHA TDM850 which are obviously an acquired taste. I fink I'm starting to get it now.....
1998 DUCATI 748 ... one way of keeping an old man broke.
1999 YAMAHA Thunderace there is STILL no finer motorcycle
2008 SUZUKI Bandit 1250SA ...... fecked by yours truly, but ......... still fitted with the worlds most uncomfortable bike seat. ouch!


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