It's great to see such an enthusiastic group for the Super T; I look forward to participating.
I split time between greater Greenville, SC USA and the mountains surrounding the Rosman/Brevard, NC area 80 minutes to the north of Greenville. This area is pavement heaven (lots of good, "bad", and ugly twisty pavement), and we have a few forest service gravel roads, so it's well suited to the Yamaha. I come from a long and varied riding background (what do you expect from an oldER guy?), on all sorts of bikes, from trail bikes to sport bikes to sport tourers. We (my wife rides occasionally, too) have now "evolved" to dual sport/adventure riding, and add the S10 to a WR250R, DR-Z400S, BMW F650GS, F650CS (may be selling), and a couple of pure trailies.
Almost 300 miles in, I'm really impressed by Big Blue's capabilities. Love the stability, value, features, big twin, comfort, and, well, just about everything. It's already obvious why there's so much enthusiasm for this great bike. ::012::
There have to be a couple of noob questions, right? (sorry if I missed prior discussions about these):
-some of you are using multi-viscosity gear oil, even though the owner's manual (in US, anyway) calls for straight 80W. I'd like to use Mobil 1 75-90, but am always paranoid about warranty issues, plus I usually defer to the manufacturer's engineers. What say you on this?
-some of you are using full synthetic engine oil after 600 mi/1000 k, but I've usually held off on full syn until about 3,000 to 5,000 miles to be sure everything is fully "run in". Thoughts on this with respect the the Super T?
-I like to "cover" both brakes in more risky street riding situations, but even after lowering (twice) the foot pedal, I still find it awkward and uncomfortable to do so. Has anyone addressed this? I realize that a higher and tighter pedal is a better setup off pavement (especially while standing on the pegs) but I'd rather adapt to a misfit bike off road than on. Putting the seat in the higher position would probably help, but I'm short!
-has this forum arrived at a preferred nickname for our bikes? Is it S10, Super Ten, Super T, or what? (I'm way too lazy to toggle to the French keyboard to get those accents aigu in Ténéré, so I'm all in for a nickname.
Ride on (and thanks),
Tim
I split time between greater Greenville, SC USA and the mountains surrounding the Rosman/Brevard, NC area 80 minutes to the north of Greenville. This area is pavement heaven (lots of good, "bad", and ugly twisty pavement), and we have a few forest service gravel roads, so it's well suited to the Yamaha. I come from a long and varied riding background (what do you expect from an oldER guy?), on all sorts of bikes, from trail bikes to sport bikes to sport tourers. We (my wife rides occasionally, too) have now "evolved" to dual sport/adventure riding, and add the S10 to a WR250R, DR-Z400S, BMW F650GS, F650CS (may be selling), and a couple of pure trailies.
Almost 300 miles in, I'm really impressed by Big Blue's capabilities. Love the stability, value, features, big twin, comfort, and, well, just about everything. It's already obvious why there's so much enthusiasm for this great bike. ::012::
There have to be a couple of noob questions, right? (sorry if I missed prior discussions about these):
-some of you are using multi-viscosity gear oil, even though the owner's manual (in US, anyway) calls for straight 80W. I'd like to use Mobil 1 75-90, but am always paranoid about warranty issues, plus I usually defer to the manufacturer's engineers. What say you on this?
-some of you are using full synthetic engine oil after 600 mi/1000 k, but I've usually held off on full syn until about 3,000 to 5,000 miles to be sure everything is fully "run in". Thoughts on this with respect the the Super T?
-I like to "cover" both brakes in more risky street riding situations, but even after lowering (twice) the foot pedal, I still find it awkward and uncomfortable to do so. Has anyone addressed this? I realize that a higher and tighter pedal is a better setup off pavement (especially while standing on the pegs) but I'd rather adapt to a misfit bike off road than on. Putting the seat in the higher position would probably help, but I'm short!
-has this forum arrived at a preferred nickname for our bikes? Is it S10, Super Ten, Super T, or what? (I'm way too lazy to toggle to the French keyboard to get those accents aigu in Ténéré, so I'm all in for a nickname.
Ride on (and thanks),
Tim
