It's all good
Here's what I had on Thursday for the afternoon.
loved the thing, imagine the arm/peg/seat positioning of the F800GS, make it lighter, cheaper and with a belter of an engine that pulls from nothing. That's as close a thing as I could come up with. Don't worry about the press reports of the 14 litre tank being too small, it's good on the old unleaded. The comfort seat, isn't, stick with the standard one that doesn't make you slide into the tank £199 saved. Screen works but wait for the aftermarket to produce better, very shortly. Panniers, yes they do them, rack and topbox, already in the catalogue too.
The digi display works with twin trips, current mpg, overall mpg, revcounter in block bars going up the left side and onto the top line, speed is digital only and a tiny clock. Idiot lights right at the very top. It's all run by the two buttons at the bottom.
Look close at the picture. That's on a new demo bike, not fully run in and me riding it just as I do on my Fazer thou on the same roads.
Not too shabby mpg figures, in fact whilst down the dealers today they told me they have used my figures to influence other prospective buyers who doubt Yamaha's claims. That equates to a touch over 200 miles to a tank. "A" mode wont get you figures like that, I had it up at 56mpg on "std" halfway through the afternoon and popped it into the sub 100hp "B" mode for the return trip where it just kept rising, and rising.
The reason for going back today was to show my Mrs how good the gold fork version looked in the deep purple paint, and place my order for an ABS version due out end of December/New years.
It's that good, honest. ( I read all the hype and thought I'd make my own mind up ).
One scenic piccy for you
Here's what I had on Thursday for the afternoon.
loved the thing, imagine the arm/peg/seat positioning of the F800GS, make it lighter, cheaper and with a belter of an engine that pulls from nothing. That's as close a thing as I could come up with. Don't worry about the press reports of the 14 litre tank being too small, it's good on the old unleaded. The comfort seat, isn't, stick with the standard one that doesn't make you slide into the tank £199 saved. Screen works but wait for the aftermarket to produce better, very shortly. Panniers, yes they do them, rack and topbox, already in the catalogue too.
The digi display works with twin trips, current mpg, overall mpg, revcounter in block bars going up the left side and onto the top line, speed is digital only and a tiny clock. Idiot lights right at the very top. It's all run by the two buttons at the bottom.
Look close at the picture. That's on a new demo bike, not fully run in and me riding it just as I do on my Fazer thou on the same roads.
Not too shabby mpg figures, in fact whilst down the dealers today they told me they have used my figures to influence other prospective buyers who doubt Yamaha's claims. That equates to a touch over 200 miles to a tank. "A" mode wont get you figures like that, I had it up at 56mpg on "std" halfway through the afternoon and popped it into the sub 100hp "B" mode for the return trip where it just kept rising, and rising.
The reason for going back today was to show my Mrs how good the gold fork version looked in the deep purple paint, and place my order for an ABS version due out end of December/New years.
It's that good, honest. ( I read all the hype and thought I'd make my own mind up ).
One scenic piccy for you
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Glad you are enjoying it, I think it looks absolutely great.
