Author Topic: Mt10 test ride (Read 11382 times)

Exupnut · « **Reply #25 on:** 14 June 2016, 02:40:57 pm »

Yeah......ya big tit

PaulSmith · « **Reply #26 on:** 14 June 2016, 05:11:20 pm »

Quote from: dazza on 14 June 2016, 02:34:49 pm

I'm actually amazed and highly amused that you even bit at my remark. You're making it too easy. You must have a brain the size of a pea. Do you feel it rolling around inside your empty head when you're on a bumpy road ?
I guess that explains why you want to remain.
I don't really know what your problem is, it's either psychological or the depressing realisation that we are heading to leave the EU so you're just throwing tantrums in frustration.
Wake up and smell the coffee mate, you're pathetic unnecessary outbursts are just a source of amusement for us.

Well at least you were right about the pathetic bit but as I have said more then once, whether you want to stay or go is entirely your own business and I really could care less either way. I don't care if you are just stirring shit or believe that bullshit, when you post made up crap, I will call you out.

Just for the record, I am Irish and whether you stay or go there will be pros and cons for me so I am not going to try and tell you or anyone else which way to vote, but I will give you a little tip; blaming others for your problems is easy, but it is not a good place to be.
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The Male Whale · « **Reply #27 on:** 14 June 2016, 05:34:08 pm »

FFS!

Was half interested in hearing about the new motorbike I was....

Time to get off this forum after 10 years I think, going like the other troll infested beauties out there.

Which is a shame. Always found the majority of peeps on here talking sense.

Whale

dazza · « **Reply #28 on:** 14 June 2016, 05:40:29 pm »

Mate, you're the last person I'm going to take life advice from but thanks for the tip anyway

The only problem I've got at the moment is how I'm going to get an MT10 in black before the beginning of September......Now, there must be someone I can blame for that .....The EU perhaps ?

Nath · « **Reply #29 on:** 15 June 2016, 05:08:21 pm »

Piss off with your politics somewhere else.

This topic is about MT10's.

Exupnut · « **Reply #30 on:** 15 June 2016, 07:15:32 pm »

Amen brother Nath.

dazza · « **Reply #31 on:** 15 June 2016, 07:52:36 pm »

Agreed, I won't mention the EU, even in jest as some people can't seem to tell when I'm jesting.

So, I've been around the dealers and it seems that the black ones are hard to find. A2 at Gravesend had a blue one and Faversham have a fleuro one in stock but I'm not keen on them.
Dealers can't seem to get allocated enough of them and earliest for a black one was beginning of September.

Popped in to see two of my old school friends who run a bike shop in my town and guess what....... Ordered one today in black due in end of July and they've waivered their commission on a finance deal so it's all good.

The fact that my gearbox on my car has been making a suspiciously terminal noise over the last few weeks has had me holding back but then the longer I left it the waiting times were getting longer and longer so I thought, "Foc it" and took the plunge.
I just can't get that test ride out of my head and the performance was everything I've always wanted in my bikes and have found myself tweaking them to buggery but never quite achieving it.
Whether it's going to be a good distance bike, only time will tell but going to put a screen on it and IMO an essential add-on a rad and oil cooler guard.
Roll on end of July.

Nath · « **Reply #32 on:** 15 June 2016, 08:02:16 pm »

Nice one

You're more patient than me waiting till the end of July.

Blade in Swindon had a black one there and it looked awesome and to me it's the best colour for it. I'd imagine Yamaha are dribbling them out to keep the prices up but they'll need to be careful as the "summer only" riders won't get much use and might leave it till next year, unless they've got a warm garage to stare at it.

dazza · « **Reply #33 on:** 15 June 2016, 08:14:32 pm »

Yes, going to feel like a long wait but still got the Fazer to enjoy and gives me another two months pay to help with the deposit.
It had to be the black. You can just imagine that black billet rearsets and anything red anodised will go with it nicely without looking too much.
Probably could of sourced one further a field but this is on my doorstep and won't get a better deal with the finance as well as getting some discount on the accessories so was a no brainer really.

Exupnut · « **Reply #34 on:** 15 June 2016, 08:56:17 pm »

Nice one Darren ....just don't be thinking we're gonna keep stopping with with u so u can fill up lol....maybe you can mod the tank like some on here have done? Wot u gonna do with ur Fazer?

dazza · « **Reply #35 on:** 15 June 2016, 09:09:55 pm »

Don't reckon that's going to be a problem really, I'm thinking I could just stop for juice while I'm waiting for the rest of you to catch up

As for the Fazer, going to keep it for now and see if I still have the inclination to use it, I'm thinking it's going to have it's uses.
I put the big screen and top box on it today and I'm using it tonight for work while my car is in the garage so it's always handy as a back up.

AyJay · « **Reply #36 on:** 15 June 2016, 09:47:19 pm »

Quote from: dazza on 15 June 2016, 07:52:36 pm

Agreed, I won't mention the EU, even in jest as some people can't seem to tell when I'm jesting.

I told you not to mention the EU !

Quote from: dazza on 15 June 2016, 07:52:36 pm

Ordered one today in black due in end of July and they've waivered their commission on a finance deal so it's all good.

Jealous!

DekF · « **Reply #37 on:** 15 June 2016, 09:47:39 pm »

Congrats Dazza, you'll love it.
I posted this last December in relation to the gen2, & even more relative to the gen1. Maybe now you can understand my thinking.

You can trick the FZ1 as much as you like. It'll still not be as fast, handle as well, or have traction control, slipper clutch, etc., etc.,. The MT10, like the rest of the top nakeds, is leap years ahead. The FZ1 is a 10 yearold design & looks it. If I didn't have an s1r I'd be on this like a shot. It'll be a hoot to ride.

Ignore the 95 miles to a tank rubbish, my S1r for example is 150 ish & you should be similar.

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AyJay · « **Reply #38 on:** 15 June 2016, 09:53:09 pm »

Quote from: Nath on 15 June 2016, 08:02:16 pm

I'd imagine Yamaha are dribbling them out to keep the prices up

It's probably more to do with ramping up production. I worked at Nissan and it always took time to ramp up when a new model came out. You have to learn how to make them efficiently and it takes time. Having said that, all the manufacturers have a better grip of supply chain management these days, and they all know that over supply kills the value of bikes, which isn't good for them or us.

dazza · « **Reply #39 on:** 15 June 2016, 10:10:23 pm »

Quote from: DekF on 15 June 2016, 09:47:39 pm

Congrats Dazza, you'll love it.
I posted this last December in relation to the gen2, & even more relative to the gen1. Maybe now you can understand my thinking.

You can trick the FZ1 as much as you like. It'll still not be as fast, handle as well, or have traction control, slipper clutch, etc., etc.,. The MT10, like the rest of the top nakeds, is leap years ahead. The FZ1 is a 10 yearold design & looks it. If I didn't have an s1r I'd be on this like a shot. It'll be a hoot to ride.

Ignore the 95 miles to a tank rubbish, my S1r for example is 150 ish & you should be similar.

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Cheers Dek

Actually remember you posting that. Technology always amazes me and the speed of development these days. Looking at the gen 1 and gen 2 compared to the MT10 is like night and day. Christ I've had DIY projects at home that have taken me longer than the gap between these bikes and there still not done.

150 miles I can live with, similar to a gen 2 I'd imagine.
Not going to mention the EU but I'm sure their to blame for something

Exupnut · « **Reply #40 on:** 16 June 2016, 12:25:42 am »

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It's the extra 5mm ride height mate ...I'm tellin ya....bastards....I know how you feel.

I got a technical question for you ....i know that's unusual for me being a thick Foccer...but when u test rode it did your plates touch the frog?

dazza · « **Reply #41 on:** 16 June 2016, 02:13:53 am »

If that means did my feet touch the ground in Exupnut language then think I was on the balls of my feet I can normally get one foot flat on a camber, if you meant something else then I have no idea what you're talking about.
I tell you what I did notice, the turning circle on full lock was rubbish. When I pulled over looking for a good spot for a photo it took me a few shunts to turn round in the road.

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #42 on:** 16 June 2016, 11:00:22 am »

Quote from: dazza on 15 June 2016, 08:14:32 pm

anything red anodised will go with it nicely without looking too much.

Aaaargh, tat! Don't do it!

kitcrazy · « **Reply #43 on:** 16 June 2016, 06:06:55 pm »

Nice one Dazzer your gonna love it mate

Drax · « **Reply #44 on:** 18 June 2016, 08:21:43 am »

Had a look at the MT10 & although it's touted as a £10k bike you'll definitely need a Radiator guard & Oil cooler guard, Tail tidy & like most of us a slip on end can.

If you go for the official Yamaha parts from the MT10 accessory catalogue thats another £800-00 - Want to turn it into a long distance machine - add luggage for a further £700-00.

Like on of the earlier posts, I haven't booked a test ride yet as it will make my Gen2 Fazer feel slow & heavy - like it did after I took the GSXR1000R naked for a test.

The looks are subjective - it does look better in the metal - but what puts me off the bike, is the overall build quality finish.

Without doubt the engine is the star of the show but Yamaha have had to compromise on the finish to get it under the magic £10k. The welding seams on the swing arm, the placement of the breather pipes & cables that are exposed, look like an afterthought & unfinished. I don't like the plain plastic finish on a lot of the bike - mudguards, rear hugger etc.

Without doubt a cracking machine but (unfortunately) for me, I couldn't spend that amount of money on a bike that needs more money spending on it.

(As a matter of interest re: the MT-10 test ride video made in France in earlier post - has the 100bhp restriction now been lifted / abolished as voted for in the EU Parliament?)

midden · « **Reply #45 on:** 18 June 2016, 10:54:12 pm »

DAZZA leave them school kids alone

bigfootpete · « **Reply #46 on:** 19 June 2016, 10:12:03 pm »

Well, back to the original subject, Yamaha are doing a MT roadshow, it'll be at Boxhill this weekend if you want to test ride any of the MT range.

dazza · « **Reply #47 on:** 20 June 2016, 07:13:22 pm »

Blue, fleuro or black ?

Nath · « **Reply #48 on:** 20 June 2016, 07:19:57 pm »

Black looks lovely and blue would be my second choice.

dazza · « **Reply #49 on:** 26 June 2016, 11:27:23 pm »

Best review I've seen. Gives you some idea how much fun these can be in the right hands....