Comparaison avec la nineT - Motorcyclist

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Encore une comparaison.

Shorter staffers (everyone less than 6 feet, actually) either complained that the reach to the bars was a little too much or that they felt forced to sit on the back of the tank. But, as Ari said, “Once we turned onto some sweeping back roads the riding position felt spot-on.” As usual, he’s right. The Thruxton R will carve up a set of curves as well as any bike with cooling fins on the cylinders (decorative or not), no doubt thanks to good design in the Thruxton’s all-new chassis, and probably in part to the Showa Big Piston Fork and Öhlins shocks that come standard on the R-model. Those are blingy suspenders and they work—stiff yet compliant, stable, and confidence inspiring. No surprise there.

ou’ll notice that we haven’t ranked this comparison with a winner and a runner-up, and that’s because neither bike is better. It’s down to which slice of retro-themed motorcycling you fancy most. For the Thruxton R’s $14,500 base price you get a sporty standard, quilted and luxurious, polished to a gold standard, and styled to perfection. It is handsome and thoroughbred. Whereas the RnineT delivers the feeling of sitting in a quality chair made from rough-hewn lumber—the wood grain is coarse and raw, and because of that you feel more connected to the tree that was chopped down to build it. A $15,095 rough-hewn chair, that is.