First impressions of my new S3

[MOB]

Picked up my new 2005 S3 on Saturday (Fusion White - looks fantastic in the flesh :-D )

I used to have a black 955i S3, then a Daytona 650

Did 250 miles over the weekend and;

- what a fantastic looking machine - I added a fly screen and seat cowl and in Fusion White it looks awesome

- I remember my 955 sounding great, but this is even better - it has TORS and sounds so deep and bassy

- it crackles and pops on the overrun like nothing I've ever ridden - and I love it! I think its in keeping with the nature of the bike.........

- I can only do 5k revs at the moment but the rush from 2k to 5k is you really crank the throttle open is ferocious

- front brake is superb - very very sharp

Am I happy? God yesssssss!

I'll try to get some pictures asap

[Mark99]

Nice over 7,000 revs too!

Mark

[DwarF]

4-10k rpms is even more fun. On one wheel ofcourse.

[beers2u]

Pix please, I love the white and really want to see it w/flyscreen and cowl. :upthumb:

[ELP_JC]

I want to see a white too; dealer order that one instead of my black (aaaaargh!).
Hey, how much did you pay for the screen, cowl, and TORS?
And last question: Did you get the 20087 map as well? It's not supposed to backfire with it (I don't want it).
Thanks in advance for your help. And yes, where are the pics?? :hammer:

[calliperman]

Hi MOB,
probably a dumb question, but does it sound like your old S3,
i've got an 03 model and when you open it up the exhaust (MHP)note just sort of builds up it doesn't realy change to a howl or anything drastic, i suppose it's more to do with the way the motor revs, i haven't heard the new style S3 yet and just wondered if there was aload of difference in them.
Cheers.

[MOB]

On 2005-10-25 08:54, calliperman wrote:
Hi MOB,
probably a dumb question, but does it sound like your old S3,
i've got an 03 model and when you open it up the exhaust (MHP)note just sort of builds up it doesn't realy change to a howl or anything drastic, i suppose it's more to do with the way the motor revs, i haven't heard the new style S3 yet and just wondered if there was aload of difference in them.
Cheers.

The main difference in sound between the two seems to be the 1050 being a fair bit deeper - though I haven't been able to redline it yet as I'm running it in still

Also after a 100 mile trip my ears hurt with this bike!- they were fine on the 955 (that also had a Triumph off-road can) - I need some earplugs.......

HTH

[MOB]

Pics added to the main pics thread - page 26

Hope you like :razz: