Dragon Master
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Hi, first off does anybody remember the RT1150RT? The reason I ask that is that I've asked a question or two about in the past and got no reply. But I'll try again.
I bought the 'bike two years ago with the intention of using it whilst my FJ1200 was subjected to a strip down and rebuild. It's a single spark 2001 'Y' reg, and had 15463 miles on it when I picked it up. It has just gone over the 20000 mile mark last week.
Now it's an excellent bike in most areas; goes round bends like a bike of this style shouldn't be allowed to, pulls well, especially since I fitted one of GSJohn's chips, and as these things are wont do is getting so much smoother as it approaches the 25k mile mark.
Now my 'main' bike is still the FJ, which has been extensively modified, but I want to keep the RT, and was intending to use it as a Blood Bike. But a problem has cropped up.
A few times I've noticed that while it's very comfortable to ride, it's not very comfortable to get off it, in the sense that I've been getting pain in my right-side sciatic nerve. I went for a hundred or so mile ride last Saturday, with a break of a couple of hours half way, and when I got home I could hardly walk due to the pain. In fact it's still twinging a bit now.
I also have a F650 Dakar. That too gave me some back pain on a run out last week, but in the L3/L4 vertebrae location rather than sciatica. I seem to have cured that by fitting a slightly lower seat.
But on the Yam, with it's more sporty 'scrunched up' riding position, I did the RBLR 1000 back in June with never a twinge. I can still ride that with no problems, but I had been having problems with the RT before June. So I'm wondering...
The Yam has a rather hard Corbin seat fitted, and I'm wondering if getting the RT seat modified in this direction might help. Has anybody who once rode an 1150RT had similar problems, and if so, what did you do about it, other than sell the 'bike ?
As said it's a brilliant 'bike and I'm loath to get rid of it; but there's no point in keeping it if I can't ride it more than fifty miles.
Another thought I had, anybody know if the bars from a RS will fit the RT without interfering with the fairing?
Cheers for reading a long winded post, and any suggestions appreciated.
Dave.
I bought the 'bike two years ago with the intention of using it whilst my FJ1200 was subjected to a strip down and rebuild. It's a single spark 2001 'Y' reg, and had 15463 miles on it when I picked it up. It has just gone over the 20000 mile mark last week.
Now it's an excellent bike in most areas; goes round bends like a bike of this style shouldn't be allowed to, pulls well, especially since I fitted one of GSJohn's chips, and as these things are wont do is getting so much smoother as it approaches the 25k mile mark.
Now my 'main' bike is still the FJ, which has been extensively modified, but I want to keep the RT, and was intending to use it as a Blood Bike. But a problem has cropped up.
A few times I've noticed that while it's very comfortable to ride, it's not very comfortable to get off it, in the sense that I've been getting pain in my right-side sciatic nerve. I went for a hundred or so mile ride last Saturday, with a break of a couple of hours half way, and when I got home I could hardly walk due to the pain. In fact it's still twinging a bit now.
I also have a F650 Dakar. That too gave me some back pain on a run out last week, but in the L3/L4 vertebrae location rather than sciatica. I seem to have cured that by fitting a slightly lower seat.
But on the Yam, with it's more sporty 'scrunched up' riding position, I did the RBLR 1000 back in June with never a twinge. I can still ride that with no problems, but I had been having problems with the RT before June. So I'm wondering...
The Yam has a rather hard Corbin seat fitted, and I'm wondering if getting the RT seat modified in this direction might help. Has anybody who once rode an 1150RT had similar problems, and if so, what did you do about it, other than sell the 'bike ?
As said it's a brilliant 'bike and I'm loath to get rid of it; but there's no point in keeping it if I can't ride it more than fifty miles.
Another thought I had, anybody know if the bars from a RS will fit the RT without interfering with the fairing?
Cheers for reading a long winded post, and any suggestions appreciated.
Dave.