Today I saw a guy riding a Versys LT. Since the dealer did not have one, I flagged him down to check it out in person. I was primarily wanting to find out if it will be too tall for me. He was more than eager to show off his brand new bike (had like 100 miles). Here is what I do not get. The 650 Versys LT says seat height is 33.1 inch. When I sat on his bike, it felt pretty much like my concours 14 - balls of my feet, but much more manageable due to weight. The Ducati Multistrada specs says seat height from 32.5 to 33.3 inches. When I sat on a 2014 Grand Turismo at local dealer, I could barely be on my tippie toes - not manageable at all. What gives?? I do not think the Versys guy lowered his bike or anything.
tried the Diavel a couple of years ago for about 300 miles. Biggest stupid grin ever!!!
And it looks awesome. No idea about reliability, though.
Well, I rode the concours 45 miles to test ride the Triumph Trophy this morning. They have a silver '14 New one for sale.
I have nothing bad to say about the trophy. Very nice touring bike. It is considered sport touring, but definitely leans on the touring end of sport touring. Kinda like what many of you turn the Concours into with your Corbin seats, hellebars, and barn door windscreens.
The dealer only wanted to give me $4800 for my Concours, and was charging almost $1700 in fees on top of their 'sale' price. By the time I left, we were still $5000 apart.
I may put the Concours and Voyager up for sale and watch for a lightly used one when I have cash in hand. I think I should be able to get a little more than $4800 for my Concours.
Well, I rode the concours 45 miles to test ride the Triumph Trophy this morning. They have a silver '14 New one for sale.
I have nothing bad to say about the trophy. Very nice touring bike. It is considered sport touring, but definitely leans on the touring end of sport touring. Kinda like what many of you turn the Concours into with your Corbin seats, hellebars, and barn door windscreens.
The dealer only wanted to give me $4800 for my Concours, and was charging almost $1700 in fees on top of their 'sale' price. By the time I left, we were still $5000 apart.
I may put the Concours and Voyager up for sale and watch for a lightly used one when I have cash in hand. I think I should be able to get a little more than $4800 for my Concours.
Well, It turns out the dealer wanted to sell the Trophy more than I wanted to buy it. They called and we did some more negotiating and this morning I turned the Concours over to them and rode home on the Trophy.I have liked those ever since they came out again. Keep us posted on what you like/dislike about it. Good luck and enjoy your new ride. Silver is nice on those.
I spent last evening converting it back to stock as much as possible.
Yeah, be sure to keep us up-to-date on this bike. I have always like the look of it.
Fuel Efficiency
Spending more time on the road and less time at the petrol station is important to any rider. The Trophy’s efficient
engine and tall 6 gear provides relaxed cruising and impressive economy with 69.2mpg at 56mph, and 54.5mpg
at 75mph. The tank is a capacious 26 litres allowing well over 250 miles between refills.
What is maintenance like as well as cost of repair? Just curious as to how it stacks up to other bikes.
Wasn't the Trophy chain instead of shaft before?
I also found this while looking it up:
Doubt you'd be satisfied with the performance of the Trophy
Doubt you'd be satisfied with the performance of the Trophy
Doubt you'd be satisfied with the performance of the Trophy
Steve, I took your post as "handling" but reads more like you're referring to the engine and it's performance...yes?