Guest bobh380 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Most useless feature on my bike ? My wife says it's me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adjuster Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Little rubber block under the passenger seat #1. Eco "Freak" light is #2. Honeycomb trim is just buggy. But I agree, It's #3. But the all time worthless #4 is the rear "fender/plate holder." It's just not effective at keeping your backside clean/dry in wet weather. Seems designed to create more swirl, and that then flips up even more spray to coat you with water/dirt etc. Other slightly bothersome bits? Plastic trim on the gas tank. I use magnetic tank bags, and it makes the front magnets worthless. (However, I'm going to mount some strong magnets with the "reverse" polarity to attract my bag with 3m trim tape to the underside after breaking up the smooth plastic with 200 grit sandpaper so I get good adheasion to the plastic. And the 3m trim tape is about the only way to stick a hard part to flexing plastic and have it stay there. The trick too is making sure the magnets are the right polarity or they repel the bag, not attract it. (And sticking metal under the plastic is an idea, but if you are going to stick something there, might as well make it a magnet that will help hold the bag in place.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griskins Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Your speedo might be displaying inaccurately because your tire pressure is off. I adjust my pressure so the speedo is spot on. For my bike and the tread wear on my bike, the speedo registers perfectly compared to my TomTom with the front tire at 18 psi and the rear at 62 psi. P-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themilkman Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 1) Having to stop to turn TCS off. Pull over to do a wheelie? WTF? Glad I'm not the only one this irritates lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 1) Having to stop to turn TCS off. Pull over to do a wheelie? WTF? 2) 115MPH speed governor WTF? These two things need to change asap. Everything else I can live with or modify, like the handguard ends that added 5 inches to the width of the bar and were hack-sawed off the night I got the bike home. Oh how could I forget: 3) Eardrum breaking windshield. Me ears are still ringing two days later after a 3 hour 75mph ride with foam earplugs sunk deep. Yamaha may see lawsuits on this one. This is 'murica after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtownmtb Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Now surely, surely, first prize has to go to the little rubber/plastic black square under the seat where the catch is. Yeah, what's up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldierofrock Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 The timer since you started the engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member martyl Posted April 3, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted April 3, 2016 Although I go by simple math of dividing miles by gallons to get MPG to estimate how much fuel I have before I need to re-fill, the most useless feature IMHO is the fuel gauge. Especially that there's no 3/4 mark on the gauge. Fuel gauge stays indicating full till around 100 miles then jumps to half mark. Just useless... A Motorcyclist's Church is the open road.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdl1977 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I have to agree with you. I ran the gas tank almost empty in preparation to install my cruise control (that I'm still waiting for - another topic). I put 2 gallons in it and the gauge showed full. I ran it 58 miles (I don't rely on it - thank goodness we have 2 trip meters - the 1st one I use to watch my mileage) and it went to 1/2 on the gauge. I ran it another 25 miles and it went down so quickly and after 5 more miles was flashing. I know my what my mpg is and should have had enough to get home which at that point was about 15 miles away. I wimped out and put a some fuel in... Yep - fuel gauge is not to be relied on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldierofrock Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Although I go by simple math of dividing miles by gallons to get MPG to estimate how much fuel I have before I need to re-fill, the most useless feature IMHO is the fuel gauge. Especially that there's no 3/4 mark on the gauge. Fuel gauge stays indicating full t[span] [/span][span] [/span]ill around 100 miles then jumps to half mark. Just useless... My previous bikes were Honda VFR 800 2002 and 01' CBR 1100XX. 5 or 6 marks but the first one take 60 to 80 miles to disapear. Nothing new to me. Its due to the shape of the fuel tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfart Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 The timer since you started the engine.Agree completely. I don't need a timer...my butt tells me when I've ridden long enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member steveb Posted April 4, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted April 4, 2016 The timer since you started the engine.Agree completely. I don't need a timer...my butt tells me when I've ridden long enough! Makes it easy to figure out your average miles per hour. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zine Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 I actually prefer my speedo to be inaccurate ... It's saved me from getting pinged by the speed cameras, as I was slower travelling slower than i thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spicymayo Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 One that hasn't been mentioned yet is the "see you next time" text when you turn off the bike. It's just weird, if it just said "Yamaha FJ-09" or something it wouldn't bother me as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgigharbor Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 The timer since you started the engine.As is the timer is worthless to me. But if I could choose to have it reset only when I want it would be more useful. Elapsed running time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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