steveo58
stranger
Reged: 04/01/2009
Posts: 4
Loc: uk nw
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Hi,
Just bought this bike after writing of my Kawasaki zx12 r
Love the sound of the V twins any one got any servicing tuning data or write up on it, thought they were supposed to be a bit scary but it is very tame (so far)
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chappers
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 31/12/2006
Posts: 6701
Loc: Mind your own business
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It's the 97-98 TLS that had IMO an unwarranted reputation for being an animal.
Maxton used to do a fork and rear shock conversion for them other than that the usual PC and exhaust is standard fare on them.
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BigHam
veteran
Reged: 12/11/2006
Posts: 1420
Loc: Letchworth, UK
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Even the TLR is still a bit wayward. Get one with sorted suspension (Ohlins, Maxton etc.) then you're on to a winner. They seen to be very cheap too.
Also consider a 2002-2003 era Mille.
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Where there's a will and Gaffa Tape there's a way!
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immy
veteran
Reged: 09/11/2006
Posts: 1321
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My last bike before I left the UK was a TL1000R. It did need a bit of stuff done to it-I had Ohlins rear shock:re-sprung/valved front forks(original set up to bouncy): re-mapped fuel system: PC: K&N Airfilter. And if I recall correctly 1 less tooth on drive sprocket(but kept the rear wheel sprocket the same-this made it accelerate faster at the cost of some top speed) but messed up the speedo readings so I had it marked with the true 30/70mph points-Scorpian(humm definately not road) exhausts  Then some cosmetic stuff-ie colour matched painted/polished wheels- Lost those awefully HUGE TL1000R Graphics and replaced with more subtle "1000cc V-Twin".
Well I think it looked good and it did go well 
Yellow was always the best colour IMO
And BTW-check to see if the seat hump lock has had the modification to stop it blowing off and beware-the earyl ones didnt have a baffel in the fuel tank so when the fuel was low and you braked hard-the engine starved and cut out-that was a arse  Not sure if Suzuki finally recalled them to have a baffel fitted as I sold it in 1999.
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Tyre_Monkey
stranger
Reged: 17/07/2007
Posts: 16
Loc: Sheep Shagging New Zealand
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They were scary, 10 years ago.
Things have moved on since then.
The TL1000S was considered shaky unstable and liable to chuck you into a ditch, now all bikes are like that.
Mind you, plenty fast enough to get you in trouble if you arent on your game....
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Twisting the throttle back is the easy bit...
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