My New Bike

[mattswan2512]

So just whent down to yamaha and treated myself to one of these beauties.

(Treated myself way too much of late)

Thats my exact bike awaiting PDI

YAMAHA XSR 700 do excited to collect next week!!!

[Paul]

Matt
That's very nice mate and just plain greedy to boot ya barstool
I've given up the bikes now after 42 years of riding great times with biking rally's, continental tours, drag racing, trials, customising, yup loved every minute
Enjoy ..... keep ya wits about ya though

[mattswan2512]

Oh beleive me paul ive got experience of some seriously dodgy driving both from cars and bikes and me also riding em.....almost came a cropper a few times hence the cruiser over the sports bikes of old.... im very pleased with her and didnt realise u were a biker... ... what hogs ya had?

[Paul B]

Nice looking bike Matt, unfortunately my road bike days are over , well according to the wife they are,
Do miss the buzz I used to get when out on the fantastic roads I used to get out on in North Yorkshire

[mattswan2512]

Totaly understand paul as i said i had a few close shaves......its a bloody dangerouse game really but u never know whats round the corner so i thought sod it. Im a little bit older and wiser from when i last propperly rode and as a hgv driver of 10 solid years i like to think i can read the road alot better, i think my throttle hand will be alot more restrained. They say fear/hazard perception is not fully functinal untill your 30 so thank god im 32 pmsl.

[Paul]

Oh beleive me paul ive got experience of some seriously dodgy driving both from cars and bikes and me also riding em.....almost came a cropper a few times hence the cruiser over the sports bikes of old.... im very pleased with her and didnt realise u were a biker... ... what hogs ya had?

Yes mate, mopeds, scooters, various 'rice rockets' , two stroke and 4 stroke, mostly Suzuki but owned Honda and Kawasaki too, so 50cc through to 1340cc bikes over the years.
I've had two 'Hogs' ...... a Sportster and a Electraglide 'Road King' ..... some folks don't like Harley's as they say they vibrate too much, fall to bits and are uncomfortable but both of mine were great bikes to own/ride, didn't fall to bits and were the best thing to go touring on in Europe, they munched up the miles comfort wise
I've had a couple of 'offs', mainly in my younger days but even towards the end of my riding other road users were totally oblivious to my presence on the road and nearly killed me so I called it a day and that was riding a Harley with 'open' slash cut pipes audible a mile away it was that noisy it would set off car alarms as I drove by
Enjoy it mate but ride safe buddy

[Si Crowe]

Looks like Yam's answer to the Ducati Scrambler...cracking looking steed!!! parallel twin?

[Si Crowe]

some folks don't like Harley's as they say they vibrate too much, fall to bits and are uncomfortable but both of mine were great bikes to own/ride, didn't fall to bits and were the best thing to go touring on in Europe,



TBF most said the same about my aprilia tuono when i bought it 3 years ago...been more reliable than nearly all the jap stuff ive had (aside for my old faithful VFR750). and shit load more fun than the R1 i had!!

[mattswan2512]

It is indeed yams answer to the ducati scrambler.....all the reviews say its a better bike than all the current retro's but its not retro enough. Its a new bike not disguised well enough but as a bike its base is identicle to the MT07 voted best new bike for the past 2 years......
Cant wait to ride her!!!!

[mattswan2512]

Im not mega into retro bikes but i love the look of this yam and the not far enough retro-ness is no problem for me..... oh its a parralell V-twin and sounds incredible with the akropovic exhaust!!!

So who ever said a tuono is a vibrating problem child is an idiot........tuonos are absolute animals, i know 3 people who have had them and just love them!!!