This is an awesome MACHINE which make feel like holding a GUN. MADE LIKE A GUN. Very Good Performance. 1. Thunderbird is very comfortable and I’d recommend it if you do a lot of cruising.
Thanks to the Large seat and the great suspension. Bikes like duke aren’t actually meant for cruising and hence their seats are very hard and you get back pains easily. In addition to this, my wrists usually hurts after riding duke, NS etc, but I don’t find any such problems with my TB. And it is also one of the best handling cruisers.
- It has got a huge 20 Ltr Tank and have decent mileage.
On the average, I get around 40-45kmpl mileage while touring. I usually cruise at around 80kmph on the highways. Cruising above 90 kmph reduces the mileage considerably to about 30 kmpl.
- The Lights, the Clocks and the 2 disk breaks
It has got a great projector lamp, which lights up the entire road along with the roadside, and I rarely have to use my high beam. This have saved me from many things like dogs and cats jumping out to the road from nowhere, especially while riding through countrysides at night.
- The Torque
The bike is a low revving one with 28nm@4000rpm torque. Duke 200 is a great bike and its torque is 19.2nm and Duke 390 has 35nm torque, both at around 8000rpm. FYI, torque is the turning force. In other words, Duke is a sprinter whereas the Thunderbird is a strong body builder. This difference will be notable when you have a pillion rider or loads of luggage.