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Originally Posted by maria41
Thanks guy for the feedback.
Alex yes I am back in London now (Kingston borough) so I may some day go have a look at yours if you don't mind!
The adventure is taller I think (85cm?) but I agree with you it looks better and I like the tall screen.
I would like to inspect one and see if I can get way with scooping out the seat (the 1st thing I usually do to all my tall bikes!). Or maybe dropping the front forks a bit? What do you think?
How fast can you cruise with it if you go for a trip? can you keep up at 60mph or settle at 50 only? What about vibrations? Not too bad?
Thanks
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maria41
Thanks guy for the feedback.
Alex yes I am back in London now (Kingston borough) so I may some day go have a look at yours if you don't mind!
The adventure is taller I think (85cm?) but I agree with you it looks better and I like the tall screen.
I would like to inspect one and see if I can get way with scooping out the seat (the 1st thing I usually do to all my tall bikes!). Or maybe dropping the front forks a bit? What do you think?
How fast can you cruise with it if you go for a trip? can you keep up at 60mph or settle at 50 only? What about vibrations? Not too bad?
Thanks
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Maria, you're right the Terra Adventure is 850mm and the Terra is 815mm, but I'm sure you could drop the front a bit by sliding the fork legs up in the crown. The rear suspension is adjustable on the Adventure so I'm guessing you could soften it. As for the seat you're welcome to have a look at mine to see if you could tweak it, I've seen then secondhand on e-bay, so at least if you tried and mucked it up you could get a replacement.
Cruising speed? I'd say 60-65mph is reasonable, on the A3 down to Portsmouth I can sit on 70 loaded with throwovers and a roll bag although the climb up and over Butser Hill will see me slowing down to 60mph and a strong head wind does take it out of the top speed. With that type of riding I'll usually see 75-85mph.
Personally I think the Derbi is a smooth particularly for a Thumper. I seem to remember reading that Piaggio included a balancer shaft anywhere in there along with the four valves, so maybe that has made a difference?
And if you'd like a look at mine drop me a message and we can meet up, I want to get across the river sometime to get some more boots from J&S in New Malden so a can always meet up somewhere.
Alex
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