2000 TL1000R first start in a year

Has 25,000 miles, filter, slash cuts, undertail, power commander, wave rotors and stainless lines. Otherwise a stock bike. Runs great and sounds insane.

[@rustypart8676]

A headlight only a mother would love 💕

[@the88lundberg]

And me

[@jacejohnson9394]

Hey auto design was weird in the 90s/early 2000s but it was much better than the 80s 🤣

[@tormodi5925]

No, no. Looks great. That headlight design fits the bike perfect. Have a look at fir instance the BMWs from the same area. The R1150GS for instance oO.

[@woooster17]

Had my ‘99 TL-RX delivered today, blue/white, 15k miles, Yoshi RS3 exhausts and the oem cans wrapped up & stored. I had a TL, a ‘98 20 years ago.. Awesome bikes

[@chriskruger1111]

Straight pipe sounds awesome!! Glad to see it’s not just my bike that’s stubborn! ✌🏻

[@mshock9637]

Nah mine starts 3rd time every time.

[@armydog1002]

WOW!!! Your Tiller looks and sounds great. I miss my old 98 TLR every now and then.

[@eatmelily]

I had a 98 same color scheme, Power commander, BMC filter and Yosh cans with race inserts.....I miss that bike.....EVIL Twin Superbike

[@davapod]

Lovely looking TLR, and in the best colours IMHO. My last Suzuki was a 99 SRAD 750, which I loved. I have just bought a very tidy yellow Firestorm. I am really enjoying the big V-Twin experience after years of in line 4's. 😊

[@tinybubbles3724]

Love it. I understand why the front tire is flat on the 250r but I love how the tl1000 drowns out the kid noises. I need to get one of these.

[@rm25088]

She's beautiful. So is that 250r. Nice little collection.

[@thebear6529]

such a beaut, sounds RAW.

[@michaelpashan21]

Pull the choke in before you start this bike, it starts right up :)

[@carlosdavila7090]

Amazing shape,,,,so beautiful bike

[@westreadwell9675]

Love it. Looking to buy one rn actually.

[@independentopinion6847]

Nice TL man but In my humble opinion having the twin Yoshi's or Two Bro's mufflers is part of the V twin experience. That complete 1000r look V.. Hella nice though. Geno San Jose Ca.

[@Phillipmoreno1]

Sounds good to me.. nice bike sir

[@Deezenutz27]

It's no choke. It's a fast idle. You should use it. Just saying

[@antoniosaunders2924]

no ones going to say anything about that 250r in the background though? TLR sounds great!!

[@wokeybrokey8006]

nice ....im a tls lover had 97, have a 99 with olins shock conversion. have a zx9r c2 that i prefer as a full sports...had r1s and 750 srads, 750 srad was a track beasr. the tls is a brill for the road and i thought more agile then the tlr....both bikes are great

[@t.s.racing]

Micah, great bike. Not being a online KNOWITALL, but 3 brand Master Tech, offering friendly advice. Replace the battery next time, and buy a Battery Tender. The charging system is NOT a battery charger which you're essentially asking it to do, even though you started it with a jump box, doesn't matter. Always store the bike with ETHANOL FREE FUEL and or a name brand stabilizer, yes they work. I've been racing Suzuki for 40 years and still race my GS1100 although it's much bigger now. I also have 2 - GSXR1100W. One day I want to get a TL1000R, even though they had several design flaws, very much unlike Suzuki. Enjoy the bike, she's beautiful. SARGE

[@brettl4218]

Beautiful

[@jeffestrada6857]

Put the standard mufflers back on, look better, sound better and it will run properly 👍

[@woooster17]

Yeah.. it doesn’t sound great like this tbh

[@tonycherry8576]

Fire her up. 💯💪

[@upsidedowndog1256]

Sweet bike.

[@Rollwitme]

my first love!!!

[@michaelpashan21]

Does it backfire when u ride w the pipe off?

[@micahmiller7313]

No. If deceleration from high rpm in gear, it will give a pop or two but not under normal conditions.

[@maxxamiss5386]

It doesn't sound like a TLR buddy

[@jbizzle1966]

Nice

[@KeepItWheel]

why leave her for a year without starting her up? Sounds amazing btw👌

[@micahmiller7313]

Well it was winter for half that time so really only six months or so that I didnt ride. Just been busy.

[@grahamhawthorn2320]

Sounds like a V8.

[@guvsgarage]

No man. Sounds like crap. Put some decent cans on it, you know these bikes sound awesome with cans. Slash cut pipes just sound shit, and piss everyone off. I have owned two TLR's and I have Carbon Yoshi RS-3' on mine right now - sound deep and loud without that blown header gasket sound on idle you got going on. You can't improve much on the TLR sound - especially by hacking the mufflers off.

[@rm25088]

Mine can with full system d and ds which I hate. On deceleration they sound amazong though. To me on acceleration they don't sound good enough. But I've never let anyone ride it so I can't tell how they sound.

[@joesantana5704]

TYPICAL, TL!! Same with my 2003. At least my TL starts on the 2nd try!!! Lol

[@maazahmed9010]

It's first start in a year

[@mshock9637]

Mine is 2nd or 3rd try. I prefer that tho it givrs the top end a bit of oil before throwing the coles to'er.

[@Sapioso]

But does it really get 100 miles per tank?

[@bdisler5178]

I have some questions

[@mshock9637]

So did you notice any lose of power when you chopped your exhaust. I took the bafgles of of my already chopped RS-3 but had to fabricate some baffling for the right side ss i was losing back pressure and sll exhaust was coming out the right side.

[@micahmiller7313]

I bought it this way so I cant say for sure. It probably did cost some power but its still got plenty on tap

[@mshock9637]

@@micahmiller7313 It has a tune and or power commander tho correct?

[@mshock9637]

@@micahmiller7313 I just noticed your name. Does anyone ever give you shit sbout mitch miller? Lol. You remember he was that corny singalong guy. Just awful.

[@micahmiller7313]

@@mshock9637 lol no. I dont even know who he is :)

[@mshock9637]

@@micahmiller7313 Oh my friend youre missing out. You should definitely do a youtube search.

[@bdisler5178]

Hey man

[@davidcrawford4187]

Slash cuts are gash man it would atleast start up if there was some back pressure you given yu self a problem lol

[@micahmiller7313]

I dont dislike them enough to go through the effort of installing cans. And this one is just as stubborn to start as my 97 TLS with 4500 miles was. Seems to be a common feature.