Brand new XT1200 being delivered soon!

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Ah thanks Bimota, no I didn,t buy any panniers, I have some soft gags I hope will fit, in fact could try them now :) Yes they will be fine with a bit of fettling...View attachment 80512
You can unbolt the rear seat and put your saddlebag straps under it if you need to. Takes about a minute to remove the seat or put it back on.
 

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Very nice

Got mine as well today:)

I'll post a picture in the next couple of days when I've finished tarting her up!

Can't agree with your comment about Yamaha reliability though. On my last tour on the S10 down to Croatia in 2019 (pre lockdown) one of the original headlight bulbs blew!!!!! The bike was only 4 years old and 38000 miles. I did complain to Yamaha about the shocking failure but they weren't interested!!!!!

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Congrats Mike, yes pics :) would be great to see what you are doing.

My list of things to get when funds drip in are second hand,
Fender extension
Rear hugger
Light simple Yamaha engine guard just for looks really,
Wind deflectors,
Offside panel infill,
And in time...
PIAA lights
Bark busters
Heated grips
I don,t want full crash bars so something similar to what is on at present but stronger...

I want to have it more bare, off-road bike look than tourer in Tenere 700 RAlly blue although it will never go off-road.... I am struggling to take it out in the rain at the moment :rolleyes: LOL! I would like to take the pillion pegs off but the nearside one looks to hold the exhaust gubbins on.

Yeah the guys have a sweep stake runnnig on if I break down before the running in period ends as I keep banging on about how reliable they are.

Thanks Bimoto, I have actually taken the seat off as it is not needed and tied my rear bag to the plastic rack jobbie underneath. My wife will NEVER get on a bike and has banned the kids from getting into bikes!

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Congrats on the new bike............the fender extender is only a few quid and IMO and experience, worth doing sooner rather than later. It’s a cheap and practical way of reducing spray and debris from the top of the engine and potentially the plug wells. Might help avoid problems later on.
 

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80 miles today running her in, the lads were surprisingly positive about her... simply a sensible buy :)20210519_123017.jpg
 
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First impression is its sooo easy to ride, incredible compared to some other bikes e.g. An FJR which you have to get right around a bend otherwise you are stuffed. You can mess about with this thing mid corner.

Second impression, it's absolutely gutless Lol! Never ridden such a slow bike. New engine maybe, keeping to 3700 revs maybe and it's in touring mode. It doesn,t bother me just have to adjust to the lack of ooph! It's for touring and messing about on lanes for me, my XJR is the fun factor although this is fun in a different way... just a nice ride. If I had to have one bike it would be the S10.

The suspension seems hard even in the soft setting, it is not as good as the GS telelever set up which you simply cannot beat. Not a problem, I would much rather have this than suspension that goes wrong and cost a fortune to fix ;)

The gearbox is fine although feels quite dainty/tinny compared to the hard clunks you get on an FJR, XJR etc. It doesn,t bang into first, and the clutch and gear change is just sweet.

Engine sounds nice... ergonomics great, light to move around, can flat foot easily at 6', what can I say, it's a quality bike, not particularly exciting, looks dreadful in off white but I knew all this. She is a great, reliable, relaxed, comfortable tourer that I can make look interesting and I know I will never sell her. We are going to do many challenges and make lots of memories. A good reliable tool is my girl...
 

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Will do thanks mate... it can be a bit lumpy through town, and idle from start up goes up and down a bit even when warm.... poor old thing probably has two year old fuel in it. Had half a tank of fresh stuff run through it which will help... she will settle down just fine and a re map when I get some readies saved will help as you say. Dieing to go back out on her this evening, need to book the service as I can see myself easily doing the six hundred miles in two weeks...

One other thing what are the wires, connectors for under the seat that are not plugged into anything. Is it the ES suspension which I do not have on mine? Thanks.
 

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For a 1200 twin I find the engine to be unbelievably smooth. OK if you're used to four cylinders then it's going to feel agricultural but for a big twin I think it's pretty good.

The wires under the seat are for diagnostics, probably ABS. My bike has them too. If you're going to wire in auxiliary lights then there is a connector under the rhs cover where the battery lives that makes life easier.
 

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WOW... what a difference in Sport Mode... I now have a bike, just done another 50 miles, incredible what just a throttle response can make, jerkiness gone also. I think Fortnine must have been talking of jerkiness due to the fact the throttle is sensitive in Sport. This is what I am used to... with the FJR in particular you twist just slightly and your flung off the back of the bike, same with the XJR. You have to be smooth on the throttle. No roughness now through town, think the new petrol must have flushed through perhaps I.e. Considering they were built probably two years ago or more there must be a bit of old petrol when the engines are tested briefly once built. I don,t know, just a guess. It's great now, loving the twin also, real character :)
 

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WOW... what a difference in Sport Mode... I now have a bike, just done another 50 miles, incredible what just a throttle response can make, jerkiness gone also. I think Fortnine must have been talking of jerkiness due to the fact the throttle is sensitive in Sport. . . . .
Finally. . . . a kindred spirit. I too have no issue with the throttle. . . . I actually love the response. No waiting, no hesitation, just instant response. You, and I are in the minority though. Many here will not use "S" at all because of the response. The other thing that put you & I in the minority is our impression of her weight. "I" think she handles wonderful, and feels lighter than what the scale says. (until I had to push her with a flat tire) I'm coming from the FJ, FJR, RT, and ST. I'll pick the Tenere every time.

I have an ES, so getting the suspension sorted was fairly easy, but everybody has their particular taste as far as how they want the ride. I am more than satisfied with the OE setup, and I ride on the aggressive side. . . . and I'm 300lb. "I" believe she does a great impression of a sport bike. I've been told since I'm not a professional motorcyclist, ( :cool: ) I don't know what I'm talking about.

You, and I are coming from the same-ish bikes. I'm curious to your thoughts as your miles climb.
 

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Good to hear Sierra. Perhaps the others have not ridden sports bikes or powerful bikes. I am 55 but my mates are 65-74, they have no teeth and smell but ride quick bikes 1000c plus stuff and or, M10's, street triples, sports bikes, ZZR's etc and are all very experienced, they ride quickly. They don,t care, they have all had heart attacks, strokes, cancer, and live on statins and blood pressure tablets ;) . My FJR's sheer power enabled me to keep up with them when I was learning on it. It was really hard work though, not the bike to go around A road twisties, being such a heavy lump even with the panniers off. I was on the limit much of the time... hairy stuff. We don,t ride like that much any more, we seem to have calmed down. The FJR was exhausting after an hours full on riding, the S10 is just light and relaxed through the bends.

The S10 is like the GS in that it is sooo easy to ride. It's like a big push bike. I wish I had learnt to ride on that but then I have gained skills and an appreciation of getting a bend right that I would not have had learning on the Tenere. If you cock a bend up on that you can do something about it, with the FJR once you had committed your line to a bend that was it. The good ship FJR would just go straight on. Thankfully I only ever went over the white line once and missed a hedge once which makes you learn quickly!!

The Tenere gives you so much confidence in bends. I have never had a bike like it, even better than the GS. I am leaning over quite relaxed further than any other bike I have ever ridden now the tyres are scrubbed in. I absolutely love it, what a relaxed, easy, fun ride she is...

I think the majority of Tenere riders are probably older and calmer Sierra. We ride pretty much every day and are tuned in all the time. Most bikers are fair weather riders that do up to three thousand miles a year and plod on looking at the scenery and there is nothing wrong with that. They come in in droves to our biker cafe at the weekend, scary to watch the lack of skills on some. We do about one thousand a month just messing about and riding to coffee shops etc arguing about who's round it is and taking the mick out of each other. Half of them are deaf so they can't hear it anyway ;) LOL.
 

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hi, had mine delivered last monday looks like we got from same dealer , mine was a bit lumpy on tick over at first but is ok now with fresh fuel
 

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Good to hear Sierra. Perhaps the others have not ridden sports bikes or powerful bikes. I am 55 but my mates are 65-74, they have no teeth and smell but ride quick bikes 1000c plus stuff and or, M10's, street triples, sports bikes, ZZR's etc and are all very experienced, they ride quickly. They don,t care, they have all had heart attacks, strokes, cancer, and live on statins and blood pressure tablets ;) . My FJR's sheer power enabled me to keep up with them when I was learning on it. It was really hard work though, not the bike to go around A road twisties, being such a heavy lump even with the panniers off. I was on the limit much of the time... hairy stuff. We don,t ride like that much any more, we seem to have calmed down. The FJR was exhausting after an hours full on riding, the S10 is just light and relaxed through the bends.

The S10 is like the GS in that it is sooo easy to ride. It's like a big push bike. I wish I had learnt to ride on that but then I have gained skills and an appreciation of getting a bend right that I would not have had learning on the Tenere. If you cock a bend up on that you can do something about it, with the FJR once you had committed your line to a bend that was it. The good ship FJR would just go straight on. Thankfully I only ever went over the white line once and missed a hedge once which makes you learn quickly!!

The Tenere gives you so much confidence in bends. I have never had a bike like it, even better than the GS. I am leaning over quite relaxed further than any other bike I have ever ridden now the tyres are scrubbed in. I absolutely love it, what a relaxed, easy, fun ride she is...

I think the majority of Tenere riders are probably older and calmer Sierra. We ride pretty much every day and are tuned in all the time. Most bikers are fair weather riders that do up to three thousand miles a year and plod on looking at the scenery and there is nothing wrong with that. They come in in droves to our biker cafe at the weekend, scary to watch the lack of skills on some. We do about one thousand a month just messing about and riding to coffee shops etc arguing about who's round it is and taking the mick out of each other. Half of them are deaf so they can't hear it anyway ;) LOL.
I can't speak for others but personally had (amongst way too many bikes over 40 odd years) all the ZZR's including 4 ZZR 1400's and I never iused to hang around but currently on 9 points so that's sorted itself out and I ride like a Vicar! ;)
However ... my Gen 1 Worldcrosser was very close to being PX'd rapidly after short shrift. Nothing to do with skills, experince, mileage or whatever and everything to do with the bike being incapable of being ridden in slow traffice or decelerated without then pogo'ing like a demented kangaroo!
I did a 'work around' fix that is detailed on the forum somewhere and it worked for about an hour ... tried so hard to feather the throttle but had no bearing on the antics ... and in did it in both T & S modes, bike only had 6000 + miles and well looked after.
So took it to CJS Bristol (he had done 2 of my ZZR 14's previously) and talked to Chris, he explained what the issue was in his opinion and then did his magic ... the bike now behaves like the bike should always have, smooth on tickover, can decelerate without the tell tale 'yo yo yo yo wrrrr wrrrr throttle behaviour and picks up smoothly ... the bike is now a grin from ear to ear bike, just done some slippy fire road stuff in Mid-Wales today and perfect manners, I would have been over the edge or off the bike if I had done it previously.
As I said ... might well be a Gen 1 thing but too many owners have mentioned it for it not to be a bike as opposed to rider issue ... CJS gave me the bike I wanted so worth every penny but don't think its any quicker though to be fair, not mine anyway :)
 

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hi, had mine delivered last monday looks like we got from same dealer , mine was a bit lumpy on tick over at first but is ok now with fresh fuel
Interesting, just the same as mine... for the same reason perhaps or just new engine...
 

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I can't speak for others but personally had (amongst way too many bikes over 40 odd years) all the ZZR's including 4 ZZR 1400's and I never iused to hang around but currently on 9 points so that's sorted itself out and I ride like a Vicar! ;)
However ... my Gen 1 Worldcrosser was very close to being PX'd rapidly after short shrift. Nothing to do with skills, experince, mileage or whatever and everything to do with the bike being incapable of being ridden in slow traffice or decelerated without then pogo'ing like a demented kangaroo!
I did a 'work around' fix that is detailed on the forum somewhere and it worked for about an hour ... tried so hard to feather the throttle but had no bearing on the antics ... and in did it in both T & S modes, bike only had 6000 + miles and well looked after.
So took it to CJS Bristol (he had done 2 of my ZZR 14's previously) and talked to Chris, he explained what the issue was in his opinion and then did his magic ... the bike now behaves like the bike should always have, smooth on tickover, can decelerate without the tell tale 'yo yo yo yo wrrrr wrrrr throttle behaviour and picks up smoothly ... the bike is now a grin from ear to ear bike, just done some slippy fire road stuff in Mid-Wales today and perfect manners, I would have been over the edge or off the bike if I had done it previously.
As I said ... might well be a Gen 1 thing but too many owners have mentioned it for it not to be a bike as opposed to rider issue ... CJS gave me the bike I wanted so worth every penny but don't think its any quicker though to be fair, not mine anyway :)
Older used bike maybe as you say... CJS does seem to be the man to take them to especially as he has a dyno rather than you just posting off the ECU! I put mine in Tour mode today, ah it's gutless, don,t know how people can ride them like that unless it's maybe off-road. I stopped after half a mile and put it ba k in Sport... perhaps people who use Tour live on motorways and straight roads, being in the country with constant undulating twisties sport is a must, great rides in West Sussex country side I do like a ZZR but it's hard work on our bendy roads, our self titled "leader" rides one and is always in a sweat having had a good work out, bit like my last FJR. The guys on adventure bikes were all fresh as daisys when we stopped, effortless going around bends on these. I am now enjoying the same effortless experience and fun,it was the same wîth the GS... when it worked. No other bike needed... but I am keeping my XJR!
 

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. . . . I put mine in Tour mode today, ah it's gutless, don,t know how people can ride them like that unless it's maybe off-road. I stopped after half a mile and put it ba k in Sport... perhaps people who use Tour live on motorways and straight roads, . . . .
:D, agreed. But, since there's no power difference between the two settings, just the throttle response, there's no advantage to use "T". But, yeah, I assumed it may be useful off-road, of on wet pavement. But, every time I've put it in "T", I've stalled it taking off from a stop light/sign.
 
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