TRIUMPH EXPLORER ANYONE OWN ONE

[HansO]

Good for your archery trips into the bush, a much lighter bike is easy to handle in the car parks as well , I have never had a Chookie and never feel confident on the dirt roads on a bike ,
good luck with you recovery and I hope you are still a chance for Nyngan,I will have a busy time around then 5 of us have booked a house for 4 Days at Philip Island for the Grand Prix, so the new bike will get a work out

unless I end up using my leave while recovering I should be there

 

[MikeDeY]

I want one.

 

[UtilityKnife]

I check out the explorers every time time I stop at the dealer.

 

[Ishrub]

As we are kin you can leave it at my house when not in use

Great idea! If I waterproof it I will paddle over or better yet use my four unused electric outboards and solar panels to power over and back. The flights there and back after drop off may be a killer of that idea, but maybe if I do like your countryman and tow a surfboard I could just paddle back or better yet wave it around and have some English Royalty pick me up in their Rescue helicopter and take me home.

 

[Tripps]

All I can offer is that we met a guy out in Wyoming on one, said he'd owned 100 bikes in his life, swore it was the best all around bike he ever rode. I've ridden the Trophy, same motor, I'd probably own one if I didn't come across a K1200gt and fall in love.

 

[cusso ken]

X2 on the GTR 1400 (Concours C-14 here in the States). I was mildly impressed when I got mine 2 years ago but after I got a new flash on it last summer, I became a BIG fan. There's a guy on the COG Forum (Steve in Sunny Florida) that is the Hanso of C-14s... He specializes on the C-10 and C-14 and has flashed several hundred C-14s and he consistently gets rave reviews. Ma Kawasaki left a lot on the table performance-wise with the C-14 and Steve's flash takes full advantage of it. Used to be that things didn't get interesting until you got past 5K RPM but now it pulls HARD starting at 2.5K and the power increase is linear. Pulls like a turbine and I find that I don't shift down a gear as much to pass, etc. Handling is quite good without the full sport bike seating position and weather protection is more than adequate but it is definitely not an adventure bike. They are dependable (many well over 100K miles) and low maintenance and it seems like all you ever do is change the oil and tires. Lots of tires for the sports bike type folks that ride them very aggressively. Not sure how expensive they are Down Under.

Whatever you decide to ride, ride safe and thanks for all you do for us R3 guys!

Hanso - I was still typing while you were posting above so I didn't see you are really focused on a dual-purpose bike...

So far my 1400 GTR has been fitted with a Staintune pipe and can, that is much lighter and sounds and flows better ,a K&N air filter as mine has the Ramair setup in the front fairing I will leave the induction alone ,but will be off to the Dyno guy for a Remap ,I was talking to an GTR owner before I bought mine ,he had actually rounded us up on the Oxley Highway and we caught up to him (after he stopped) and he claimed he had 200 HP ? probably at the crank somebody doubted this was possible but looking at the stock output it is not hard to imagine

 

[1olbull]

That wont tow the trailer........

I can hardly wait to see a CT on an Explorer!!!

On a serious note: ya may take a gander at the Honda VFR1200X.
My bro got one and tis a fast well handling bike with all the stability stuff.

 

[Ishrub]

I can hardly wait to see a CT on an Explorer!!!

On a serious note: ya may take a gander at the Honda VFR1200X.
My bro got one and tis a fast well handling bike with all the stability stuff.

if @HansO got another Honda we could get him a Hologram like Red Dwarf's
Arnold Rimmer for all his future 'stunt work'. Come to think of it it may be a good idea anyway!

 

[barbagris]

Hans - Just one thought - I think (iirc) the 1200XC has a tamper-proof ECU.

 

[bruce aussie]

A mate has one and loves it. Keeps up with the sports bikes in the twisties and is comfortable. TC has one of the older models, he bought it last year.