Yamaha MT-07 Review
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The first 15 minutes I spent on the 899 I was convinced it was too slow and my 675 was significantly faster/better. Within 30 minutes I realised I was wrong!
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i agree with what you are all saying but if i bought an 899 i would always ponder what the full phat 1299 is like
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Exactly what I felt on the multi, thing felt like it was idling cranked over, up hill pulling 130-140 km!duke63 wrote:I think that's true of a lot of V twins until you look at the actual speed you are travelling. They don't feel as frantic, which is what i like about them.
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Perkles wrote:i agree with what you are all saying but if i bought an 899 i would always ponder what the full phat 1299 is like
That's the dilemma. You can always make a 1299 feel like an 899 by putting it in the wet riding mode but you can't make a 899 go like a 1299. It depends on whether the buyer feels that is worth the extra £4k.
The 899 is still plenty fast enough to get you in trouble but the power never feels like it's much more than you really need or will ever use.
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Blade wrote:The 899 is all you need the 1299 is all you want
Get this man into marketing
Spot on that it.
Frankie was pulling away from me yesterday and all I could think was "fook, I need a faster bike". But the week before on a 65bhp machine I thought "this is enough power to have fun on".
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i would like to try the 899 and then the 1299 straight after on the same roads.
It is still on the list of things to do.
It is still on the list of things to do.
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Which bike were you on Kwacky ?Kwacky wrote:Blade wrote:The 899 is all you need the 1299 is all you want
Get this man into marketing
Spot on that it.
Frankie was pulling away from me yesterday and all I could think was "fook, I need a faster bike". But the week before on a 65bhp machine I thought "this is enough power to have fun on".
If it was the sx I'm very surprised as I would have thought it would be very similar to frankies bike.
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I might get to try them yes. Still undecided about where to go next.Blade wrote:Do you think you will do it this year Duke ?
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It was the SX. The BMW has 20bhp more and is about 45lbs lighter.Blade wrote:
If it was the sx I'm very surprised as I would have thought it would be very similar to frankies bike.
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I'm still surprised tbh. I thought the sx would be a torque monster with a stomping mid range and it's torque that accelerates a bike not bhp.Kwacky wrote:It was the SX. The BMW has 20bhp more and is about 45lbs lighter.Blade wrote:
If it was the sx I'm very surprised as I would have thought it would be very similar to frankies bike.
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that what you get when your motto is 'brake for Cake'Kwacky wrote:
It was the SX. The BMW has 20bhp more and Frankie is about 45lbs lighter.
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It's all relative to what you are on and what's around you, after all is a bike not meant to make you smile, so even if it was a c90 and you were having fun it's done its job.
However go out on a ride out on a c90 and the rest of the slappers on their machines you would not be smiling so much, unless we were all on the same machine now that would be fun.
People underestimate the S 1000 R, as a detuned naked RR. This bike is not, it's a bike in its own right, with 160bhp all in the right places I.e. Plenty of torque. Not being funny but I was not even gunning it at the weekend, yes it was progressive in places, but the bike had a little more just waiting whenever I asked for it.
As I will say to anyone who will listen this bike for me right now is the best I have ridden for some time.
It has enough to launch the bike from 0 to 160, it has a very responsive engine that can be ridden balls out everywhere or you can be lazy in terms of conservative gear changing, you have a suspension system that can cope with most road conditions, from super smooth race tracks to the back roads around Lambourn (ride out joke) all from the flick of a switch and constant electronic wizardry of the various modes within the suspension. I also like the ride position, being more upright in terms of the bars is great, but if you want to get your head down and have a hoon you can.
However go out on a ride out on a c90 and the rest of the slappers on their machines you would not be smiling so much, unless we were all on the same machine now that would be fun.
People underestimate the S 1000 R, as a detuned naked RR. This bike is not, it's a bike in its own right, with 160bhp all in the right places I.e. Plenty of torque. Not being funny but I was not even gunning it at the weekend, yes it was progressive in places, but the bike had a little more just waiting whenever I asked for it.
As I will say to anyone who will listen this bike for me right now is the best I have ridden for some time.
It has enough to launch the bike from 0 to 160, it has a very responsive engine that can be ridden balls out everywhere or you can be lazy in terms of conservative gear changing, you have a suspension system that can cope with most road conditions, from super smooth race tracks to the back roads around Lambourn (ride out joke) all from the flick of a switch and constant electronic wizardry of the various modes within the suspension. I also like the ride position, being more upright in terms of the bars is great, but if you want to get your head down and have a hoon you can.