I have only had the bike a week or so but I have put a few km on it now so I thought I would write about my opinons on the bike. Both the good and the bad.

I had read quite a lot of this forum about the surging etc, but on picking it up I was aware of it being fairly volatile but not too much of an issue, and I guess I was caught up in the excitement of finally owning a bike again after a 5yr break. I put its surging down to my amateurish throttle control!!!!. Plus it kind of takes a few days to get used to where everything is. It is my first supermoto so the riding position is all different to what I am used to.

I must admit I love a lot about this bike, it has made me hooked on supermotos. I am tempted to by another for when my english buddies come over and visit, but not sure if the wife will let me.....

So all was good I was finally settling into the bike, until last night. Last night changed everything. The bloody thing cut out on me on a roundabout and almost threw it down the road. Plus it was surging like a game of 'Buckeroo'. 1st and 2nd gears were almost uncontrolable unless accerlating hard. (3rd and 4th were fine though and the surge less evident). I thought - no Number3 its not you - its the bloody bike!!!. I of course was pretty nervous on the ride back home, constantly expecting it to cut out again, or a repeat of the event that had happened 10mins before.

So as soon as I got home I printed off the CO increase instructions, and upped my settings by 8. I took it out again tonight for 10mins to see if it had made difference. Thank God it had. And quite a big one too.

I rode down a deserted road in 2nd gear keeping the throttle in exactly the same position. Before the bike would have surged forward and backward like a kicked mule, but now it was smoother although with a hint of surge in the background. I think tongiht I will increase the CO by 2 more to see if that helps. And I am going to increase the idle speed too.

So now the bike is restored to how I wanted it to be in the first place. Low speed roundabouts are no longer nervous adventures, and the bike on a whole feels very planted and safe once more.

On my way home I was close to driving the thing through Yamaha's shop window, but I have calmed down now and excited to get back out on it again!!!!

Number3

Number3 I have the 07 spec bike got it 1st of March and was afrade to do any mods to it! I got a bit fed up with the surging so I up,d the CO by 10 and stuck with it as it smoothed out a lot but was still a bit of a hand full in 2nd and 3rd gear so off came the seat to find the air box snorcle and off with that too!!! What a huge differance!! GET THE SNORCLE OFF!!

and off she is!!!

and?
did you notice any difference?

Yes big difference. The bike is now much better, and doesnt really surge at all now. Its not 100% but its a different bike to the one I collected from the shop a couple of weeks ago.

Which is good for two reasons........

1. I now dont have to drive the bike through Yamaha's shop window.

and

2. My planned purchase of the OTR 2-into-1 system can now go ahead as planned!!!!

(plus the rear LED light converion, the mini LED indicators, the fitting of hand guards, new super-sticky tires, the fitting of a rev counter etc etc but please dont tell the wife!!!!!)

I wonder who wheres the trousers in that family???

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Plough on

The same person in every relationship!!! We may pretend we are the bosses but I know everyone here at some point has woken up on a saturday morning think he has a free day to himself ...........only to find a LIST OF JOBS on the kitchen table.

no one wears any in mine much easier that way

SO YOU HAVE MEET MY WIFE!!!