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21-09-2019 10:40pm#1
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I have a 2005 Bullet 500, 4 speed kickstart model, basically a 1950s bike with some concessions to modernity (indicators, etc). Surprisingly nice to ride, good handling, great 1950s British big single experience.
Stay away from motorways, though. 
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Hey breezin,
How do you find the interceptor?
NBD.
Hi Nabidana. The Interceptor 650 is a joy to ride, pure and simple. One of the most common comments made is that it just puts a smile on your face
Most of the reviews are 95% positive, and the recent MCN face-off with the Triumph Street Twin, which the RE won, was an out and rave. All reviewers report some niggles, but they are minor -- and they would do that anyway.
I have 1,100 miles up now, and haven't been able to ride as much as I would like, but I can't get enough of it. I've had Japanese in-line fours in the past, and my last bike was a Bullet, but the Interceptor is in a different league.
Not the fastest, but I didn't buy it for speed. (I won't bore you with the ongoing cost in insurance premiums of my three penalty points incurred for speeding in a car years ago.)0 -
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listermint wrote: »They shouldn't be if one wants to master slow control.
Key feature for slalom. Turning circle amongst other things like riding in the wet. Stay away from the fronts unless necessary
You're comment, I get :
...but what I meant was that from a maintenance perspective that they're one of the most ignored....on a bike full dress tourer esp so, not such an issue on more open architecture bikes where at least you can actually see the thingOde To The Motorist
“And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road”
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Hotblack Desiato wrote: »Shouldn't have let the shoes score the drum
They didn't, they wore the drum linings down;)
Dont get me wrong, my fav bike has a drum rear whos performance is sweet, but I accept its a bigger pain than an hydraulic dics braked model when the linings are shot.0 -
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Hotblack Desiato wrote: »The lining is the friction material attached to the shoes.
For sh1ts n giggles, jap bike with drum rear from '88. Cheapest oem supplier being Megazip prices in $
Hub; 246.47 Shoes; 53.14 Spoke set: 119.56 Bearings; 33
100 to have wheel built and say 35 euro dismount/mount and balance tyre = €535. Even if you use spurious pads and bearings your over 500 squid:cool:
Same bike from '89 went disc rear.
Ebc disc and pads 79 gbp.
The reason why I have all this info to hand and bother having an opinion about it???
My 88 dr. Drum is worn as the eagle eyed might spot (shoes are new)
My 89 dr and its disc is worn.
Ones a half hour fix and the others a pain the left bollix and a big dent in the wallet;)0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0NpE2Ax7WE
