Driving report Speer-Suzuki TL 1000 S

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Driving report Speer-Suzuki TL 1000 S

Street sweeper

Instead of bent over the handlebars, the Big Twin can be easily and easily directed around the corner from the wrist using the spear trim.

Race fans with style tend to nausea, Simpson-masked street fighters like it, and the practical biker simply finds it comfortable: the bulky superbike handlebars, a part that is very popular in the scene. In the case of Herbert Speer’s modified Suzuki TL 1000 S, it also brings a few advantages. Only moderately manageable from the outset, the 1000 Big Twin can be persuaded rather unabashedly to incline grimly from an upright gentleman rider position with the slightest pressure. “Man’s strength is powerful when he works with the lever”, a physical rule of thumb that already achieved wondrous things in the Stone Age and which is also effective on the TL 1000 S. Not even the easy-to-grip, but stubborn and clumsy Metzeler ME Z1 Racing rollers disrupt the curve (see also box on page 34). A short impulse on the handlebars, and whoops, the TL 1000 S folds in the desired direction. Bumps and asphalt warps, reinforced by more or less strong rocking due to the soft carcass of the standard tires, can be finely balanced with the sail pole, and the 820 millimeter wide steering wheel takes the problem away even with the TL 1000 S typical handlebar knocking, even without steering damper.
But cockiness is seldom good, and certainly not with the lightning-fast and jagged changes in lean angle that the test track in Colmar, France forces you to do. Due to the comparatively light front section of the TL 1000 S, the front wheel briefly loses contact with the ground and should be caught immediately to avoid major repairs. Because wind and weather pull the rider practically unchecked during maneuvers over 160 km / h through the small fairing, the rider quickly loses the desire to ride full throttle. Those who prefer to roam tightly winding asphalt areas with the entertaining and powerful V2-Brummer, on the other hand, are facing cheerful times with the Speer-Suzuki. Whether it is a hairpin curve or flowing wide arcs, it is worlds easier to drive than with the standard, deeply angled handlebars, which make the journey neither comfortable, let alone more agile. The bottom line is that Herbert Speer’s solution is not the worst, as the capricious chassis can be controlled more confidently. If already Suzuki TL 1000 S, then in monster, eh Streetfighter gear.
And of course this also includes the befitting handlebar trim with Aprilia RS 250 headlights, behind which the instruments are wrapped in fine carbon laminate. For the necessary ensemble of cladding, instrument console and the upper triple clamp made by Spiegler, including the handlebar, 1,390 marks wander over the counter.
The wedge-shaped, 390 marks expensive front spoiler, which comfortably slips over the jagged engine housing together with the oil filter cartridge, is also popular.
Thanks to a finely crafted, S-shaped curved manifold extensions and a matching mounting kit, the oval series silencers nestle close to the rear of the frame. A measure that does not bring any advantages in terms of driving technology, but permanently corrects the design of the TL 1000 S in the direction one expects from a twin, namely slim and slim instead of full and stout. Speer charges 650 marks for a slimming diet, which results in an additional 1,390 marks when using two robust Schule sports silencers.
Speer in Reutlingen is currently working on an adapter for the pillion pegs so that no relationship crisis develops from the conversion. With a passenger, however, the TL 1000’s willingness to wheelie increases significantly when accelerating.
Tspotty, whoever wants to pass the summer with entertaining tours, has a good chance of getting to know the beefy V2 from its best side with the modified TL 1000 S.

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