SUZUKI TL1000 R Garage episode

This 2000 model . Kokkina Fegaria test
. This is a video in greek with greek and simple english subtitles . For the bike we thank , Adventure Moto Kalathas Chania Το μηχανάκι είναι του 2000 η και το βίντεο έχει ελληνικούς και αγγλικούς υπότιτλους . To μηχανάκι μας παραχώρησε το Adventure moto στον Καλαθά Χανίων

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Ladies and gentlemen, it’s been 23 years since this excellent motorcycle was released , we were in the late 90s, early 2000s where all manufacturers based on the fashion of the time tried to release a good two-cylinder because ducati, aprilia but also other two-cylinders of the time change the facts

, so there are some very good motorbikes from the European factories, we have one of the best engines of Honda on one of the best motorcycles it has made, that is the VTR1000, we have one of the best engines of SUZUKI.. .this here on the TL

Of course the indifferent kawasaki that uses the suzuki engine (in general) on an adventure motorcycle (KLV) on the same bike (KLV-Vstrom) suzuki also used it with great failure and another unfortunate motorcycle the Yamaha TRX 850 so from Japan, there are two contenders in the two-cylinder sport category, the Honda VTR 1000

And the Suzuki TL1000R, we will talk about this bike today, with my friend Antonis Antonis TL 1000 R… Hi Ioannis here, I took the bike for a ride good ? _not my class….._ It has it’s problems _ Unwieldy _ very _ Aggressive _ Dangerous dangerous if this engine was on the Vstrom

Suzuki is an incredible idea to put this engine on a Vstrom they put a final cutter at 185 kmh the engine passed the vstrom so it’s a vstrom 650, if you look at it from the back, it’s missing an exhaust it was made for 1000 not for 650

_ then they made it a cabinet yes they made it a cabinet Why did you buy it? A child’s dream, you have taken the haybusha, the Blackbird… you have sold them all. Will you sell this too? you’ll keep it for a month or two … even if you have it all summer ..

I don’t know but I’ll probably sell it I want to try everything … I want to chase the dreams I had when I was young and since now I can do it even though I’m old … since I can do it I do it I wish I could do it earlier

My sons do what I do now, on time as it should be opinion for the bike nice motor nice frame, no rear shock absorber _ not at all ? _ nothing, it’s for disposal, that was the main reason why it didn’t sell back, they put a strange lever system with strange settings

, grease that melted from the exhausts … nothing worked and the bike wasn’t on the road, but at sea, they put a shock absorber in the front if the situation is saved … it was not saved then a WP came out for this bike and was top I remember 20 years ago

Kevin Schwantz had come down to Athens for track days with this bike if you set it up well the bike with suspensions is good because it’s light to tell the truth, Suzuki’s are ugly bikes but the racing color is nice blue, white with red letters, the TL…

I heard you and in the other video I like it , it’s the grandfather of hayabusha if you watch it from here on out, it’s like a hayabusha the front fork and tokico brakes are the same as a haybusha _ the truth is this _ It’s the grandfather of the hayabusdha nice bike

Don’t forget it’s designed in 1997 finished in 2000 put it at that time besides the blackbird he had done success at that time was not against the Blackbird … it was against the VTR … _ against the Ducatis _ Yes that was chasing the Ducatis ..

Generally everyone was chasing the ducatis then Suzuki’s Ram air Then … ram air front, nice, open .. nice bike if someone wants to use it a WP wants back and the bike is ok its motor is linear it doesn’t set fire to the street, 135 horses

Don’t tell me, I’ll leave and let you tell alone stay here together … why leave ? I want to have you alone … since we are a nice company _ Stop it in formalities now I put this shot so that my belly won’t show

This motorbike from wherever I show it, it won’t be nice but I’m prettier like this engine excellent. four-stroke twin-cylinder V 90 degrees , two overhead camshafts, four valves in the water-cooled cylinder, 996 cubic meters, 135 horses at 9500, which come out nicely in the whole range, 106nm at 7500

, which means that the engine does not have much to give Nm, it is much less than the HP should go to 160 hp (max) as it is … that is, without spending too much money , six-speed gearbox, light … 197 kg without fluids, the number is good chassis excellent

Front suspension and brakes, very good rear shock absorbers, no.. .. but that’s all about the technical stuff , as was usual back then, there is a white tachometer, the white clocks reminded me of an English bike, it has a digital screen inside,

There is a counter at 300 kilometers which also has a digital screen inside, it is a typical clock of the time, there is no level fuel, only an indicator light as you can see on the right, in general everything is fine, everything is good and everything is typical for 2000

Poor as befits a sports motorcycle finally Antoni, I stayed construction… welds, frame… rust… of course there are some parts painted the plastics are all painted again , the quality is good, but the construction is good , its frame is very strong _ it’s the fork at the back, it’s very sturdy

With a bridge underneath _ nothing to do with the current ones and the kilos are few _ Yes, it’s under 200 kilos dry i.e. without liquids (gasoline, battery, cooling, oils) it is an old generation motorcycle, let me explain it simply, my son has an R6,

Although this is a fast motorcycle, I lost in acceleration from the R6 (600cc) it is a previous generation, it is not so earlier … the R6 of 2006, is the generation that went up to 2020 yes but … all these bikes have good frames … now a sport bike

The frame is not closed but Π for less weight they say. .. come now with the ****… their cheapness has reached incredible levels … now motorbikes must have mirrors to flash if someone is approaching … and its frame cuts into the first pavement and the first pothole on the road

Let me tell you …_ this is cheap … unfortunately or fortunately the years have passed this does not mean anything _ we see it .. you see it ( he means that the world today does not understand them because they do not have comparative data )

To put it simply… this (absorber ) costs… who will put it on a modern motorcycle? if I put a new motor, with the horses they have today despite the euro5 on such a frame, I will have an absolute sport bike, you mean today they are making fun of us

Ok .. the cost of construction counts a lot … expensive materials very expensive bikes … to tell the truth , a motorcycle in the 80s had the same price as a small car today with the money of a small car, you buy a very good motorcycle,

That is, the price ratio between a car and a motorcycle has closed, no,this is not correct a motorcycle is not like that today, it costs as much as a medium car .. medium to large .. you pay 20000 for a good car

And with 20000 you buy a super bike , a ducati … yes .. 25 thousand , a BMW or a Ducati … you can get a Chinese motorcycle 800 cubic meters with 8 thousand euros with nine, with ten .._ I’m telling you this

Here is Greece … 25 thousand for a motorcycle are few people who have those money and I wish they had them to buy them what can I tell you, the motorbikes are a hobby neither then I bought a TL to go to work

Nor today I will buy a ducati to go to work to go to my work, I will buy a scooter an underbone … if I like changing gears so much I will buy a 125 … …250cc …400cc ..

The years have changed, we have become comfortable and the one wants the comfort of being a bit automatic, shifter…etc…these machines are from another era, the song of the shifter shall we say? I changed gears like this and something happened? there is a difference, friend…_ come on, friend… finally, what did you think?

I consider it a very good sport bike a bike that could stand next to the VTR I think the VTR is better I think this engine is excellent and the biggest advantage of this bike is the frame which is very sturdy the engine is very linear

I don’t love that it ends very quickly at 9000 it’s over _ ok two reels it’s ! to finish, 25 years old bike and it has no trace of rust, the motor works perfectly, a shock absorber needs to be back if you find it, buy it to play,

Otherwise it is a bike that belongs to 2000, it is very reminiscent of the ZXR900 in driving, do you remember where I had it? I will remember the following that he had this motor again On a kawasaki KLV it wasn’t KLV, Vstrom was KLV orange it was, don’t you remember what you had?

It was a yellow Vstrom, we can’t ask your children either because at the time one was three and the other two years old this story is funny, I’ll tell you quickly I bought the 1000 vstrom new I’m happy to go and tell him…look what I bought !

What is this ? the vstrom 1000 that we read about in the magazines … I ride the motorcycle … first gear, second … dig! motor same as this one … third , fourth gear … fourth gear 185 km and it stays there … fifth gear , sixth ..185 can’t be that slow !

The engine is at the final limit , I remove the speed limit, we also put some extras of the time , filter, dynokit… the engine goes 105 107 horses I ride it…

The engine is a rocket .. at 200 it makes a bang and starts to dance .. luckily I wasn’t killed… I let go of the steering wheel and it went straight it had done a total of 5000 kilometers, I drove it, I sold it I bought a varadero

If I remember correctly, it took the Fuego tricycle after the varadero I bought it _ Where did you crash and hit imagine .. .so many motorcycles and he crashed …and we had him in the hospital with the tricycle !!!! so many months hospital with fuego !!!

Have I crashed with another motorbike? _ no may you all be well and strong It was Ioannis, Georgia and Antonis for Kokkina fegaria. Thanks for watching if you liked the video subscribe to our channel new bike tests, classic bike presentations, technical and historical topics, news and live stream

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