Norfolk newb - 1000 miles up and looking good

trainman

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So the first service has come and gone and the bike is living up to the hype. I haven't done many long trips, mostly city work but even so the comfort and ease of use are very pleasing.

City mpg is up towards 47, and after my 3 gallon/25mpg Aprilia I have finally convinced my missus I am not having it away with the fuel station cashier. I like the large gap between T and S modes, T for doodling through the city and S for a weekend blast. If they were close in performance it would be pointless.

Cannot detect much in the preload settings although maybe the height does change a tad. The linked brakes seem to do away with front end dive as well. Glad to have heated grips back and the head lights are the best I have had.

Farkles have been restricted to a sat nav mount and a Givi tank lock bag (not cheap but quality). Also a screen spoiler as I am tall.

If I had to be picky LED running lights up front would have been good and maybe braided brake lines but the bike feels and looks quality so I don't think the x demo price I paid is poor value by any means.

keen to hear how my Norfolk colleague's are doing on their new S10's after our meet up on the 1st?
 
Mines not yet hit 400 miles so the service is still a little way off, bought the Yam Adv screen big improvement in fact I have it set mid way up and as yet have not closed my visor since its been on the bike
Looking at a set of Yam panniers lot of money but I like the way they fit the bike so well
If I go for them then my hepco Becker frames and panniers will probably be sold. That will be a first for me as I usually prefer H&Bs to OEM panniers
Richard is off on a 350 mile round trip on his this weekend then he'll be in for his 1st service.
Once the family stuffs sorted for the Easter weekend will try to catch you out on the road for a coffee meet somewhere


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Looking at a set of Yam panniers lot of money but I like the way they fit the bike so well

I think you should have a look at them closely first, they are REALLY small inside. Believe me, if i'd known i'd have happily spent more on some aluminium ones !

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Givi

Loudpedal said:
Re Panniers

Check out these bad boys.
Racks and boxes Givi Outback under £500 + P&P

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GIVI-VALI...7?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_101&hash=item35d3e36807

I've just used them and a matching topbox on a trip away and can't fault them


Loudpedal
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They look good value but look very wide have you run a tape across them on your bike, do you have a pic from the back square on showing how wide they look.

As 916 said the Yamaha ones are quite low volume compared to most others, I like the fact they fit nice and close to the bike and not to wide.
 
They look good value but look very wide have you run a tape across them on your bike, do you have a pic from the back square on showing how wide they look.
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Hi. It's hard to get the tape straight across. But best guess is 0.97m Under a meter for sure.
I will try and get some pictures for you.
I went for a matching pair of 37L boxes. Not as wide as std GSA boxes.
Some of the deals with boxes and rails combined offer one 37L and a 48L box.


OK
Have a look at pic's here
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?action=media;sa=item;in=2272



Loudpedal
 
ZED1000

I think I may end up with the tall screen one day.
May be interested in your old panniers but I guess with the elec suspension on mine it may not fit? keep me in mind anyway, am not in a hurry don't have the time for a major adventure abroad this year.
 
Kneeslider916 said:
I think you should have a look at them closely first, they are REALLY small inside.
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Yamaha are 62L (31 each side) but do tuck in snug.

I went for SW Motech, fairly good quality, large (82L with a 45 / 37 combo) and the quick release rails go on in about 2 minutes and come off in about 60 seconds leaving the bike looking neat when not in use. The Rack for the top box also allows me to quckly swap my small metal top box for the Mrs 45L givi one. The SW Inner bags are also really nice and reasonable prices (unlike most there other little add-ons)

Only down side is they are wide, but for me this is no problem as I do not commute in traffic with them, on Euro-Tours they are perfect.

I think Yamaha ones are probably fine for solo use, but I used to go two-up for a couple of weeks and no way could be get everything in the Yam ones.
 
panniers screen

trainman said:
ZED1000

I think I may end up with the tall screen one day.
May be interested in your old panniers but I guess with the elec suspension on mine it may not fit? keep me in mind anyway, am not in a hurry don't have the time for a major adventure abroad this year.
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Trainman

I think I am right in saying the pannier frames fit both bikes, I have always been a Hepco & Becker fan its good quality kit, once I have made my mind up to buy the Yamaha kit (which might well be in the next week or 2)then you are welcome to first refusal I think I paid £150 or £160 plus a bit of postage for the H&P Quick Release frames less than 4 weeks ago, have had the panniers for a couple of years but they are un marked (I think), probably sell the lot for 1/2 the price of the Yamaha ones.

Next time we plan a coffee meet I will make sure to have them on the bike for you to see and I will bring along the required tools to swap screens with you so you can try my larger screen for a few miles, you will want one as soon as you have tried one.

Rasher
I see what you mean about the extra volume, 90% of my touring is two up with my wife, but luckily I don't have to worry about space because the bike and as much gear as we want to carry gets to our holiday destination in the back of a van, we then do our touring from a central base with the occasional night spent in hotels for longer routes before returning to the accommodation to collect the van, toured this way for several years it works fine for us, no wet 300-400 mile boring motorway days on the bike followed by the same the next day, 2 wasted days getting to the Alps or wherever we are heading, in fact a couple of years ago we did Lake Como to home nearly 900 miles door to door in 1 day in the van, also did the same from the southern Black Forest to home in 1 day in the van, I could not have faced either journey on the bike in 1 day, think that would be almost impossible without a pillion let alone 2 up with luggage, we hate motorway miles on the bike but don't mind in the van.
so my need for panniers is for a maximum 2-3 nights gear plus we have a roll bag on the rear rack for extra gear if needed, I also tend to leave the panniers on fulltime, we seem to carry a few bits with us even on short local trips, hence I prefer a narrower setup.
 
I've got 1400 miles on mine now since picking it up on 16th January. I had a run up to Scotland on it a couple of weeks ago, I'm enjoying the handling and comfort of this bike. It also seems to be averaging around 50mpg. The standard Yamaha panniers are just big enough for me, you can filter without too much concern as they aren't as wide as the handlebars. I had TRAX boxes on my recently departed Stelvio NTX, they were much wider and gave cause for concern when lane splitting/filtering.

Just one problem though, the heated grips have packed in, it had to happen when the temperature was 3deg cent when I was over a hundred miles from my mates in Edinburgh. It's not a fuse so was unable to sort it at roadside. Has since been back to dealer and a new set ordered.
 
Loudpedal said:
Hi. It's hard to get the tape straight across. But best guess is 0.97m Under a meter for sure.
I will try and get some pictures for you.
I went for a matching pair of 37L boxes. Not as wide as std GSA boxes.
Some of the deals with boxes and rails combined offer one 37L and a 48L box.


OK
Have a look at pic's here
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?action=media;sa=item;in=2272



Loudpedal
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LP

Thanks for this info they are roughly the same width as my H&B kit but do look good value.
I am talking to my local dealer he's trying to sort a bit of discount on the Yamaha kit.
 
ZED 1000 said:
I am talking to my local dealer he's trying to sort a bit of discount on the Yamaha kit.
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At times Yamaha did deals with bikes complete with luggage, I know the original 2010 "First Edition" bikes came with panniers, and I am sure around 2011 there were some deals going on.

You might find some start appearing on E-Bay where folk have obtained bikes that came with panniers they do not really use (or have found they needed larger boxes)
 
fatal said:
I've got 1400 miles on mine now since picking it up on 16th January. I had a run up to Scotland on it a couple of weeks ago, I'm enjoying the handling and comfort of this bike. It also seems to be averaging around 50mpg. The standard Yamaha panniers are just big enough for me, you can filter without too much concern as they aren't as wide as the handlebars. I had TRAX boxes on my recently departed Stelvio NTX, they were much wider and gave cause for concern when lane splitting/filtering.

Just one problem though, the heated grips have packed in, it had to happen when the temperature was 3deg cent when I was over a hundred miles from my mates in Edinburgh. It's not a fuse so was unable to sort it at roadside. Has since been back to dealer and a new set ordered.
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My grips packed in on Christmas day:mad: took bike into Tinklers next Saturday, couldn`t find a fuse for them so put a demo bike next to mine and plugged in grips from demo and through a process of elimination found out the throttle grip had failed so Adam fitted the grip from the demo bike:clap, if one grip fails the menu for grips doesn`t work and both grips don`t work: eek: 6,000 miles since then and no problem, lets hope these grips aren`t as bad as the one`s on the 800GS:mad:
50 mpg easily achievable and 60 mpg yesterday on a 200 mile bimble through Norfolk and Suffolk:clap 48 mpg cruising at (gps) 80 mph to the Ace cafe.
 
nig5 said:
50 mpg easily achievable and 60 mpg yesterday on a 200 mile bimble through Norfolk and Suffolk:clap 48 mpg cruising at (gps) 80 mph to the Ace cafe.
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About the same as my modified 2011, if I ride as if I am doing an IAM test on country A / B Roads I can see over 60mpg, but rarely ride like that, 45-50 is more typical for me with 50 ish on Motorway / Dual carriageway slogs at around the legal limit, but my large panniers knock about 3-4 mpg off so I only get about 46-47 mpg at an indicated 90 on French motorways.
 
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