doodad
New Member
Good day everybody! After many years away from riding (grew up riding Suzuki dirt bikes and dad's '82 Silverwing) I new something wasn't complete in my life. I took the BRC planning to get a shadow or other cheaper road bike until I started reading about the "new to me" adventure bike genre. A light bulb went on and I knew this was something I needed to investigate. After lots of research on the numerous options I knew I wanted the S10/T12 (still learning the lingo).
My budget was limited but I didn't want to wait before the snow hit KC so I pulled the trigger on a 2012 with 33k miles a couple months ago from a local cycle shop. Why was it thousands less than anything I could find you ask? Well it had a storied past, and they didn't know the full story (but had clear title, originally from SD). And they couldn't get the check engine light to turn off though they said they fixed the problem reported in the code and did a thorough system check including valves (they aren't a Yamaha dealer). Well I can't get it to stay off either but I'll save that for a separate post (I have researched on here already and tried the great suggestions I have found so far).
I have ridden it about 5 times, maybe 100 miles total, and it sounds and runs great to me. Maybe I was a fool for jumping into it but so far I don't regret it a bit. I just wish there was some more adventurous terrain in the KC area and wish I had found this bike when I was living in Phoenix. Glad to have found the bike and this group. Happy and safe adventure riding to you all!
My budget was limited but I didn't want to wait before the snow hit KC so I pulled the trigger on a 2012 with 33k miles a couple months ago from a local cycle shop. Why was it thousands less than anything I could find you ask? Well it had a storied past, and they didn't know the full story (but had clear title, originally from SD). And they couldn't get the check engine light to turn off though they said they fixed the problem reported in the code and did a thorough system check including valves (they aren't a Yamaha dealer). Well I can't get it to stay off either but I'll save that for a separate post (I have researched on here already and tried the great suggestions I have found so far).
I have ridden it about 5 times, maybe 100 miles total, and it sounds and runs great to me. Maybe I was a fool for jumping into it but so far I don't regret it a bit. I just wish there was some more adventurous terrain in the KC area and wish I had found this bike when I was living in Phoenix. Glad to have found the bike and this group. Happy and safe adventure riding to you all!
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