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Reading between the lines I'm not convinced it has the 'right' engine in. It says what the original had and that it has GP3 parts/components. Talks about the frame a lot and says something about the engine number is unseen or something.

Probably be bought, stuck in a collection and never run again anyway :(
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TBF at MotoGP level, particularly with a factory team, any one combination of engine, frame, bodywork, wheels etc wouldn't have stayed together for very long. The concept of a 'matching numbers' bike is a bit meaningless.
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They’ve got a 2007 Stoner bike, too. I’m sure I watched both of them not reach close to reserve earlier this year, might have been with the same auction house.
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I asked the wife if I could buy the 2nd nearest bike to my house on Gumtree.

She said yes.

I replied "I've always fancied a Widow maker"

She then said no. I dunno why, I've got 3x Death In Service.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/suzuki-motorb ... 1484709033

Looks alright for the miles. I might make a silly low ball offer anyway.
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KungFooBob wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:59 pm I asked the wife if I could buy the 2nd nearest bike to my house on Gumtree.

She said yes.

I replied "I've always fancied a Widow maker"

She then said no. I dunno why, I've got 3x Death In Service.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/suzuki-motorb ... 1484709033

Looks alright for the miles. I might make a silly low ball offer anyway.
That’s nice - if a bit spendy!
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I didn't get on with my TL either. Too small for my long legs and too effing fast for my reasonably congested commute. Sold it for a 750 monster which was too slow!
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Screwdriver wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 10:59 pm In reality, they are horrible machines. Too much engine for the chassis and cycle parts.
All the right ingredient for a classic,right there. :lol:
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Always love that people who don't like a bike say it's awful/not well made/bad handling etc etc etc :angelic-green:


I rode mine way too fast on the road, tracked it, hill climbed it and bloody loved it - even more so without the stupid bastard steering damper :bblonde: :bblonde: :bblonde:


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True, it's an opinion :D The only bike I've ever had more fun on / enjoyed more was the KTM 390 Duke, but for different reasons!

But I do know more that dislike the TLs than like it - although most are from IL4 backgrounds :D :D
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That one claims to have an R1 shock.

I did a bit of digging and it's a popular mod.

Remember the TLS has a two part rear suspension system. A rotary damper and a separate 'Spring On A Stick' (SOAS they call it on all the forums)

You take an 99-06 R1 shock, take the spring off it and replace the standard rotary damper with it using a special bracket (you can make or buy from sellers on Ebay). You keep the standard 'spring on a stick'.

Needs must, when the devil rides, but who comes up with this stuff, who decided one day to try and fit a springless R1 damper to his bike?
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Screwdriver wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 10:59 pm In reality, they are horrible machines. Too much engine for the chassis and cycle parts.
Horrible they are not. There's nothing wrong with the chassis, it's the 'door closer' shock that's the problem. That and the fact that Suzuki let the bike out with a 190/50 rear tyre that made it steer like a tank. Stick a 180/55 and 5.5" rear rim and it steers very nicely.

But it did have a good engine; at least the early models did before Suzuki de-tuned them.
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Screwdriver wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 2:01 pm If it wasn't awful/not well made/bad handling etc. I wouldn't not like it.
Sorry, there's way too many negatives in that, could you translate it for those of us with Pooh bear brains?
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Screwdriver wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 8:10 pm
Rockburner wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 6:55 pm
Screwdriver wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 2:01 pm If it wasn't awful/not well made/bad handling etc. I wouldn't not like it.
Sorry, there's way too many negatives in that, could you translate it for those of us with Pooh bear brains?

Well if I didn't say that If it wasn't awful/not well made/bad handling etc. I wouldn't not like it, then you might not think I did. Or perhaps you would?
You've just turned an unclear piece of prose into a masterpiece of obfuscation... :D
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Skub wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 2:19 pm Get the classic bois excercised..https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305733262716 ... qjzYo8clUQ
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Exercised = apoplectic. :lol:

(It is quite unpleasant. The seat looks like the ejector function has jammed, the swing arm is vile and it looks like the whole thing had sunk in the middle. Nasty).
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To be fair, a Scott does look sunk in the middle!

Here’s a 1957.

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Yorick wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:07 am Farking hell :(

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JackyJoll wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 8:42 am To be fair, a Scott does look sunk in the middle!

Here’s a 1957.

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True, it's what he's done with the seat that makes it look really odd. It did get me reading about them again (I helped restore a Flyer when I was at school). I never realised but there was a Silk version.

Edit: correction, I never realised that the Silk was a Scott Flying Squirrel with Spondon frame and forks.
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Skub wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 2:19 pm Get the classic bois excercised..https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305733262716 ... qjzYo8clUQ
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Is it just me?? That frame looks very similar to a Yamaha RD350 frame?
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Could well be. Those curved spars behind the engine look very similar.The frame mounts are different,but that's to be expected.

Doesn't look like a Kawa triple frame anyway.

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