Clem Fandango

I have a pair of the Pyramid Plastics ones in a box somewhere.  I didn't like how they mounted inside the existing guards.  They take up too much room, my knuckles were bumping into them.  How do the Givis mount?

You hit most of the highlights! Oregon is an amazing state for motorcyclists.

What didn't you like about the R9T?

On 9/30/2020 at 7:14 AM, draco_1967 said:

I got so tired of my mirrors coming out of adjustment on the highway. I switched to some bar-end mirrors by CRG with a Rottweiler mount. I found a set used for a good price (about half of what they are new). There is a knock-off version on fleabay that does not have the quick rotate mechanism, but the price is right ($20-40). 

They easily fold out of the way when parking/filtering, they hold their position, and they let me see a lot more than just my arms/shoulders. As an added bonus, I get much cleaner air around the windscreen. The stock mirrors created a lot of turbulence.

At first I thought that shadow was a fishing rod strapped to your seat 😉

Replacing the cig socket with one of these dual USB/voltmeter doohickeys is on my winter to do list.

"They all do that."

Really though, unless there's a leak I wouldn't give it a second thought.

2 hours ago, yamtracergaz said:

I heard they were very vibey because of the new firing order,i hope that isn't the case for you,iv'e just had to sell 2 bikes in the last few years because of this but i also heard on the new tiger the vibes are quite high up in the revs so you should be ok.

It is more vibey than the 800 - Triumph had to go and give it "character."

I loved my Tiger 800, in hindsight I never should have sold it.  Enjoy your new bike!

^^^

Nice.  Speaking of which, does anyone have any idea why Yamaha chose to rivet one of the pegs on?

2 hours ago, Stew said:

The upside down photo's is a feature for our southern hemisphere brethern

Please don't take the following as any interpretation of why anyone should buy a Niken, it's just my confession of being set in my ways and refusing to see progress. Anyway....

I was dead against the idea of the Niken, until my mum (83 and much wiser than me) suddenly hit me with a truth bomb and said, if you got too stiff to put your leg down at lights, or ended up disabled, would you rather drive a car or a bike like the Niken. Game set and match to my mum.
I would have a test ride on one, but I have spent all I own on my Tracer, so if I loved it I would be sitting in a pool of tears.

Enjoy every mile, and keep the photos coming, we all love bike photos.

If you do get a test ride, put your feet down when you stop or you'll owe the dealer some money.  The Niken doesn't stand up on its own like the Piaggio three wheel scooters do, for instance.

In my experience TPMS just leak more air than without so you're topping up more often.  The schrader valve is pretty dialed in technology and very rarely fails.

I think Madstad has been pretty swamped with their secondary business selling COVID guards to businesses so I'm willing to cut them some slack at the moment.

Welcome! I'm in Salem.

I'm 5'10" and use the 22".  You'll love it.

I just can't bring myself to potentially trust my life to a $4.50 peg from China made from melted down who-knows-what.

See See in Portland (and now Newberg!)

Apart from the incorrectly assembled bracket, all that sounds like user error to me.  

Hanging lights from those holes in the plastic sounds like a recipe for disaster to me....

I put a Cool Cover on the stock seat and am surprised what a difference it makes comfort-wise.  Worth a shot for not much money.

I never seen them mentioned around here but I'll throw a vote out for the Continental Road Attack 3. I've had them on two different bikes now and love them.

Take a look at Madstad.  It's offered in several different sizes, and I bet they'd be happy to cut on in a custom height for you too.

22 hours ago, littlebruv said:

is it just an expensive accessory that is really a must have because you don't like using manual screen device

It does look like it goes a bit lower and quite a lot higher than the stock manual adjuster, so there’s that. 

I have the same set up but with the RAM Garmin cradle. Works great! 

Ok, that's pretty cool. 

My feeling is Yamaha wouldn't offer a radiator guard as an official accessory if overheating was a potential problem.