TL with Triumph SSSA

[DEcosse]

This is an incredible work of home engineering - a Triumph SSSA mounted into a Suzuki TL. Also features GSXR front end, which is how I found my way accidentally to this thread in the first place!

See the whole thread here - this is no simple bolt in place exercise!

[sagaris]

Holy he11 that's an incredible project! From a time/money perspective, seems it would have been easier to start with a salvage 916/955 rather than reverse engineer a Suzuki into a Ducati/Triumph. Even so I'm sure it was a lot of fun!

[Night Train]

Wow. Dude has skills.

[ronin]

A little work and you can get a VFR SSA into a gen 1 SV650. Only cost about $360 used plus some time. The hub is then interchangeable with Triumph SSA.
Very cool looking TL.

[SKANK]

That bike is perfect! I bought a brand spanking new TL S in 97 and I still miss it. It was a bad boy. I didn't have all the problems that were reported after it came out and I even considered buying a used one before I got my 07 triple. Back in 97 I was interested in both the TL and the Speed 3. The TL won out and when this past year came around and I got the bug to buy another fast bike I chose the Triumph (no regrets). Still wish I kept the TL S though. I probably would have tried to do something like that by now if I had. Good deals on E-Bay for a Triumph SSSA from time to time. They should have done it in flat black all the way!

[DEcosse]

Originally Posted by sagaris

.... From a time/money perspective, seems it would have been easier to start with a salvage 916/955 rather than reverse engineer a Suzuki into a Ducati/Triumph.....

From personal experience (from my GSXR front end swap swap) these things are never about the time or the money - I can't speak directly for Sam but would imagine that he enjoys his TL as the primary starting point & also enjoys the creative engineering challenge to end up with something unique. What is really impressive is that while I would perceive the SSSA to be driven by aesthetic value initially, he has taken intense engineering steps to ensure he has a rear end that functions really well.

I can relate with the Triumph - I love the Triumph engine but was not crazy about the handling - the GSXR front end transformed it into something that performs so much better than the original, not to mention looks a whole better (in my biased opinion). I can also honestly say that I got a lot of satisfaction out of doing the project as much as the result.

[UNO30]

Unfortunately, the bike suffered some severe damage in an accident last year. Rider's ok thou : Click me...

JoE.

[Catenaccio]

Quite a brilliant bit of engineering. The bike looks incredible.

[nissn1]

nice work sam !!