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Wingboy said:
Very happy now. Going to sit down and read the manual. Played with some buttons on a little 20km ride. Turned the heated grips on and couldn't figure out how to turn them off. Senior moment!
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Congrats! Just wait until you have to figure out how to change the clock, have to check the manual every time
 
Wingboy said:
What bigpoppa said.I can't slam Harley too much really. It could have been just one employee with crap work ethics.
I'm VERY happy with the Yamaha and the extra $10,000 in my bank account.
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Honestly I find it hard to slam anyone these days, worldwide delays etc.
The super ten is awesome anyway.

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Wingboy said:
It does. Motor doesn't care what gear is in. It weighs almost 200lb more than my Ducati, but it's not noticeable at all.
Ok.... Pushing it around in the garage it is.
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Great looking bike. Can never go wrong with a Yamaha

Was there any ad-ons that you had them do
 
ToSlow said:
Great looking bike. Can never go wrong with a Yamaha

Was there any ad-ons that you had them do
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I put a skid plate and wind deflectors on it. It's very close to the comfort of a wing, wind wise.
 
Picked up this beauty today. The engine is so ridiculously smooth and powerful, such a blast to ride.

As much as I loved the T7, this is much more suited to the type of riding I want/am able to do in my neck of the woods.IMG_4951.JPG
 
caje said:
Picked up this beauty today. The engine is so ridiculously smooth and powerful, such a blast to ride.

As much as I loved the T7, this is much more suited to the type of riding I want/am able to do in my neck of the woods.View attachment 50310
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trade in the T7?
 
bigpoppa said:
trade in the T7?
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Yep. Thought about it a ton before pulling the trigger. The major factor was that it kinda sucks riding a 470lb, very tall bike off-road, at least for my limited abilities. I'm sure people who are more talented than me can do crazy things with it, but for a newbie it's just too much. I dropped it a bunch of times, almost threw out my back picking it up, and every time it went down something went wrong, like the kickstand killswitch or the handlebar/front wheel alignment. Ended up wrenching on it more than riding it.

It's great on road, but I'd rather just have a street bike and pick up a small dirtbike in the future. IMG_4083.JPG
 
caje said:
Yep. Thought about it a ton before pulling the trigger. The major factor was that it kinda sucks riding a 470lb, very tall bike off-road, at least for my limited abilities. I'm sure people who are more talented than me can do crazy things with it, but for a newbie it's just too much. I dropped it a bunch of times, almost threw out my back picking it up, and every time it went down something went wrong, like the kickstand killswitch or the handlebar/front wheel alignment. Ended up wrenching on it more than riding it.

It's great on road, but I'd rather just have a street bike and pick up a small dirtbike in the future. View attachment 50311
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nice, enjoy the z900 !
 
caje said:
Yep. Thought about it a ton before pulling the trigger. The major factor was that it kinda sucks riding a 470lb, very tall bike off-road, at least for my limited abilities. I'm sure people who are more talented than me can do crazy things with it, but for a newbie it's just too much.
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That's just it, all these manufacturers get all these MX and Dakar superstars to hawk their Adventure bikes. The average punter sees Pol Tarres riding a T7 up a spiral staircase in an abandoned building at Romaniacs and thinks, "If I buy a T7, I could probably do that too!"

And then you drop the F-n thing in 2 inches of pea gravel and you realize: you're no Pol Tarres...

Stairway to Heaven - Romaniacs 2021
 
Lightcycle said:
That's just it, all these manufacturers get all these MX and Dakar superstars to hawk their Adventure bikes. The average punter sees Pol Tarres riding a T7 up a spiral staircase in an abandoned building at Romaniacs and thinks, "If I buy a T7, I could probably do that too!"

And then you drop the F-n thing in 2 inches of pea gravel and you realize: you're no Pol Tarres...
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Whatever amount of money Yamaha is paying Pol, they need to pay more. I cannot imagine a better marketing campaign than having him do absolutely unbelievable stuff on that bike.

---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDxBGc9TD4c
 
regder said:
Whatever amount of money Yamaha is paying Pol, they need to pay more. I cannot imagine a better marketing campaign than having him do absolutely unbelievable stuff on that bike.

---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDxBGc9TD4c
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Seriously, he's singlehandedly sold more T7s than anybody else in the world.

Also, singlehandedly disappointed the most T7 owners ever, when they realize they can't do 1% of the sh!t he does on that bike!

The sad truth is that you could stick Pol on a Road King and he'd still be able to climb walls with it.
 
did ewan ever get money from Bmw?
 
Lightcycle said:
That's just it, all these manufacturers get all these MX and Dakar superstars to hawk their Adventure bikes. The average punter sees Pol Tarres riding a T7 up a spiral staircase in an abandoned building at Romaniacs and thinks, "If I buy a T7, I could probably do that too!"

And then you drop the F-n thing in 2 inches of pea gravel and you realize: you're no Pol Tarres...

Stairway to Heaven - Romaniacs 2021
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Honda has the GOAT, Toni Bou, making the 500 lb Africa Twin look like a toy in some of their videos lately... (remove space after https below, as YouTube has decided that embedded videos don't pay enough)

https ://youtu.be/-DaXtupNWFs

Can imagine some optimistic chancer trying to endo down a gravel slope...
 
Priller said:
Honda has the GOAT, Toni Bou, making the 500 lb Africa Twin look like a toy in some of their videos lately... (remove space after https below, as YouTube has decided that embedded videos don't pay enough)

https ://youtu.be/-DaXtupNWFs

Can imagine some optimistic chancer trying to endo down a gravel slope...
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Have a sudden urge to visit a honda dealer now

Also that downhill jump stoppie :eek:
 
caje said:
Yep. Thought about it a ton before pulling the trigger. The major factor was that it kinda sucks riding a 470lb, very tall bike off-road, at least for my limited abilities. I'm sure people who are more talented than me can do crazy things with it, but for a newbie it's just too much. I dropped it a bunch of times, almost threw out my back picking it up, and every time it went down something went wrong, like the kickstand killswitch or the handlebar/front wheel alignment. Ended up wrenching on it more than riding it.

It's great on road, but I'd rather just have a street bike and pick up a small dirtbike in the future. View attachment 50311
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when you say offroad, do you mean timid exploration or go fast in narlier terrain?
 
bigpoppa said:
when you say offroad, do you mean timid exploration or go fast in narlier terrain?
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I was mainly riding quad trails, not super gnarly single track but definitely a couple steps up from forest roads. Speed varied based on terrain but I wasn't going that fast...maybe 20-30km/h most of the time. The trails had a 40km/h speed limit.

I really enjoyed the Tenere on gravel roads and flat dirt roads, but once I got into something a bit more off-road it became a little stressful given how tall and heavy it is.
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