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Hey there SCRers!
New owner here, well, a month in and 1200 miles on the clock.
I’m from England and ride about 12000 - 14000 miles per year in all weathers. Biking is life!
So I’m loving the bike. It’s beautiful, and retro, and has loads of low down torque. Plenty of road presence.
Took a bit to run in the engine. Went careful(ish) for the first 600, and then started working the rev range more fully. The engine has loosened up a lot but I feel it still has a way to go. This is good, as I think it indicates a solid and robust engine.
I’m experiencing some issues with the vibrations though, I think. Although it may be due to bar position vs my personal physical characteristics. Basically, though, I’ve had quite severe ‘pins and needles’ or numbness and tingling in my legs and arms. And also the ‘shakes’ on occasion when off the bike.
I ride 130 miles every Friday night and every Monday morning (which takes about two and a half hours per ride). I’m fine whilst riding, but for the following few days I seem to pay for it. First I had to get up in a work meeting due to a strong tingling running down from my backside and right into the soles of my feet. That seemed to go after the first couple of rides - but it then seemed to gravitate to my arms. I have woken up on a number of occasions with numbness in my pinkie finger and ring finger of my right arm and a sort of aching on the inside of my arm below the elbow, and also on the inside of the middle of my upper arm - I guess between my biceps and triceps. This often continues on and off throughout the day with tingling running down my arm. The left arm seems ok, but I did get the shakes in both arms whilst chilling on the couch one Sunday afternoon.
The dealer spoke to Yamaha and they apparently said that I’d “picked the wrong bike” and should have gone for something like a Tracer700. Great bikes, I’m sure, but I wanted belt drive for convenience, a big V-twin, and oodles of low down torque (without giving a toss about BHP). And, of course, a massive amount of style and retro cool.
So, is it the vibrations, which are becoming less intense as the engine loosens? Or could it be arm position due to the bars?
Any advice would be much appreciated. I fully intended to modify the bike. I’m not sure how heavily yet. So, I have no problem with replacing bars, suspension, tires or anything really.
I love the bike and look forward to ‘taming’ it soon!
:smile2:
P.S. Here’s a few ‘arty’ pics
New owner here, well, a month in and 1200 miles on the clock.
I’m from England and ride about 12000 - 14000 miles per year in all weathers. Biking is life!
So I’m loving the bike. It’s beautiful, and retro, and has loads of low down torque. Plenty of road presence.
Took a bit to run in the engine. Went careful(ish) for the first 600, and then started working the rev range more fully. The engine has loosened up a lot but I feel it still has a way to go. This is good, as I think it indicates a solid and robust engine.
I’m experiencing some issues with the vibrations though, I think. Although it may be due to bar position vs my personal physical characteristics. Basically, though, I’ve had quite severe ‘pins and needles’ or numbness and tingling in my legs and arms. And also the ‘shakes’ on occasion when off the bike.
I ride 130 miles every Friday night and every Monday morning (which takes about two and a half hours per ride). I’m fine whilst riding, but for the following few days I seem to pay for it. First I had to get up in a work meeting due to a strong tingling running down from my backside and right into the soles of my feet. That seemed to go after the first couple of rides - but it then seemed to gravitate to my arms. I have woken up on a number of occasions with numbness in my pinkie finger and ring finger of my right arm and a sort of aching on the inside of my arm below the elbow, and also on the inside of the middle of my upper arm - I guess between my biceps and triceps. This often continues on and off throughout the day with tingling running down my arm. The left arm seems ok, but I did get the shakes in both arms whilst chilling on the couch one Sunday afternoon.
The dealer spoke to Yamaha and they apparently said that I’d “picked the wrong bike” and should have gone for something like a Tracer700. Great bikes, I’m sure, but I wanted belt drive for convenience, a big V-twin, and oodles of low down torque (without giving a toss about BHP). And, of course, a massive amount of style and retro cool.
So, is it the vibrations, which are becoming less intense as the engine loosens? Or could it be arm position due to the bars?
Any advice would be much appreciated. I fully intended to modify the bike. I’m not sure how heavily yet. So, I have no problem with replacing bars, suspension, tires or anything really.
I love the bike and look forward to ‘taming’ it soon!
:smile2:
P.S. Here’s a few ‘arty’ pics
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