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This one will be in St Charles, MO next weekend.johnnail said:Any idea where the bike will be next?
This one will be in St Charles, MO next weekend.johnnail said:Any idea where the bike will be next?
fredz43 said:Now, I have a question to those that already have their Super Tens. I am not sure if the small projection on the sidestand is bent on this bike or not. Moreover, I do not see what the purpose of it is. The way the one is on this bike, if you have the sidestand up and your boot on the peg, it touches this projection and even will move the sidestand a bit. It certainly is not needed to put the sidestand down and I can't see that it would be useful to put it up. At present, my thoughts are that if the USA models are like this, I will take my Dremel and cut the smaller portion of this off, leaving the larger diameter section that the spring is attached to alone. What am I missing here?
Well, as with most things there are plusses and minuses. The plusses that I can think of is that you only need one key for the ignition and bags. They are well engineered for this application, mount and dismount easily and securly, and have flat bottoms if you want to set one down. A minus for me is that I am not crazy about the looks and I prefer side loading boxes (but could live with top loaders if I used bag liners). I guess another plus in my case, is that as a part time employee, I get my parts for cost + 10%, which is a considerable discount, so I could get these for a great price. On the other hand, my dealer also handles Givi, so I can get a great price on the Trekkers also.superT said:Thanks for the info and pictures, Fred. What is your opinion of the side cases?
fredz43 said:Well, as with most things there are plusses and minuses. The plusses that I can think of is that you only need one key for the ignition and bags. They are well engineered for this application, mount and dismount easily and securly, and have flat bottoms if you want to set one down. A minus for me is that I am not crazy about the looks and I prefer side loading boxes (but could live with top loaders if I used bag liners). I guess another plus in my case, is that as a part time employee, I get my parts for cost + 10%, which is a considerable discount, so I could get these for a great price. On the other hand, my dealer also handles Givi, so I can get a great price on the Trekkers also.
A friend who ordered a Raven was in today and he is sold on the Yamaha boxes, as he says they will fit closer to the bike than after market which will not curve around the exhaust. He plans to paint the silver portions black to better blend in with his Raven bike.
A minus that I heard today is that they don't have a handle on top, so it takes both hands to carry one bag.
So, those are my thoughts. I am not 100% sure which way I will go, but do think these are as good as any and better than some.
Fred,fredz43 said:Well, as with most things there are plusses and minuses. .
A friend who ordered a Raven was in today and he is sold on the Yamaha boxes, as he says they will fit closer to the bike than after market which will not curve around the exhaust. He plans to paint the silver portions black to better blend in with his Raven bike.
A minus that I heard today is that they don't have a handle on top, so it takes both hands to carry .
I don't think anybody took a headcount, John, but it was a nce crowd. Several were there as soon as we opened and we of course had rush hour at noon when the pizza's arrived.johnnail said:Fred, any count on how many came to see the S10?
Yes, one guy from St Louis ordered a Raven. We have a few others that are very interested. One good friend of mine put his Triumph Tiger for sale on advrider and will order as soon as it is sold. He has several other bikes and to keep peace in the family will sell the Tiger first. Another regular customer is in the same mindset as me, he has a 08 KLR and a 2010 FJR and enjoys adventure riding on the KLR the most. He says he should put some more miles on the FJR before getting rid of it, but we have agreed to go riding as soon as mine gets here and we will swap rides so he can try it out. I am positive that will convince him.HoebSTer said:Fred, did anyone plunk down a deposit during the open house viewing?