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Definitely depends on how much you plan to push them. They are a semi decent general duty oem tire. Grip is vague until they start to slip so I ditched them at about 300 miles for road 5's. I like a predictable tire.

I have one for $50 brand new if anyone wants it. Didn't do it for me.

I've owned about 30 different Yamahas through the years, and I'm sure it's a quality machine but the looks are a deal breaker for me. IMHO. Some will love it and enjoy a terrific bike. Ride on-

Looks like my scuba diving mask! Love my nicely farkled 2020.

Glad I bought a 2020! Nice that it has electronic suspension, up/down quick shifter, but ugly bags- FJR bags on mine look way better imo, and cornering lights-eh. Had them on the FJR and no biggie. Definitely could live without them. Not a fan of the split dash either. Not really sure where Yamaha was trying to go with this re-design. Front end is confusing..

Mine too. Randomly.

Looks like mr. Snufaluficas.

I had it specifically built with NO forward slope. Haven't tried it yet in the high position because I am short! Still a little tall but manageable with my 30" inseam. No regrets.

Dealerships suck ass. Mine was delivered to me with the positive terminal on the battery not even finger tight, way overfilled with oil and totally dirty. Couldn't get it home fast enough to go through it and correct all dealer "prep". Assholes.

Thanks betony. I've had Russell's on 2 other bikes so I knew what to expect. Not disappointed at all. They are very consistent with quality control.

Just installed a Russell Sport Seat after waiting for 3 1/2 months. Test rode it for about 120 miles today and it just plain works. Excellent build quality, not cheap but definitely worth it! Ready for some serious miles now..

Thanks! Just ordered one too!

Awesome bike! I wish they sold them in the US. Enjoy!

My Pyramid extension fell off. That sounds really strange... I cleaned exactly as instructed applied the sticky tabs to where there was NO gaps and it fell off within a month. Throw those tabs away and abs epoxy it from the start. The sticky tabs have held up fine on my last two bikes with the front extension but for some reason the rear did not work.

Rode to Brooksville from Newberry and back and got 54 mpg verified with a calculator. Mostly back roads 65-70 with cruise occasionally. Pretty good.

I too was looking several inches above it and had noise but not a lot of turbulence. Now I'm looking about 1 1/2" to 2 inches above it with quiet and no turbulence at full height, tilted about 3/4 back. I didn't want to look through it either. Of course you can adjust it down too. I don't know how they come up with their height recommendations but for me it wasn't even close.

After living with the 22" for a while I realized that 2" more height would give me a totally quiet ride. I figured that I could always lower it and tilt it fully back for maximum air flow, so I rode down to Madstad to swap it out. Their customer service is awesome. They happily switched it out, took a few pictures of my bike and charged me nothing. Rode home in total quiet and comfort. Highly recommend their windscreen. Even at full height, the airflow made for nice ride at 93 degrees today.

I have a brand new pair of FJR saddlebag liners that you can have for 75 bucks.

Adapted an MRA Touring screen to fit the Madstad bracket. This is the full up and forward position. Looks better, we'll see if it works...

Thanks, me too! I've always modified the shape of just about every motorcycle seat I've ever had. I usually just do it with a disc sander to the existing foam, but I've never added a different density foam before. This is the third try at modifying this seat. The first two were just getting the shape correct. The stock foam is just way too hard.

Rode over to Sargent Cycle in Jacksonville yesterday and picked up a piece of 1 1/2" seat foam to fix my own seat. Not really happy with any of the options that are available to buy, except for Terry Adcox but the wait is too far out. I've had a few Sargent's over the years and really like their foam. They didn't want any money for it, saying when I screw it up to bring it back and they will make me a seat. Pretty cool of them. However, it came out very nice. I solved the sloping issue and it is wider with a cutout for the tailbone, slightly dished out, about 3/4" thicker and slightly softer. Still need to test it out, but it feels so much better now.