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Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:59 pm
by weeksy
Taipan wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:56 pm
weeksy wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:55 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:41 pm
What's so clever about it?
Shorter throw/quick action. The MT07 is a long reach from closed to open, the R6 shortens that a lot.
I have to say it's not something I've noticed before? Do you think it'll make it a bit snatchy in traffic though?
Honestly no idea man... i've not read enough to form much of an opinion i must admit.
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 2:14 pm
by Supermofo
Taipan wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:24 pm
I like mine a lot too, but I do find it runs out of grunt too quickly when on the open roads? The guy who sold my one to me, sold it on behalf of the owners widow, but he had one himself and reckoned the R6 throttle tube was a surprisingly good mod to make? Not sure I'll bother but he did bang on about it1
Getting an R6 rather than an R6 throttle tube would fix that issue
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 2:15 pm
by MrLongbeard
Pffft, tightwad, I've just spent £125 on a pair of grips
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 3:38 pm
by Taipan
I'm sure I fitted a r6 tube to an sv650 or suchlike. I think it was about £7 though? I think Yamaha are selling them with a handgrip fitted on now, which I suppose would explain the price hike?
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 3:59 pm
by Skub
Taipan wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:56 pm
weeksy wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:55 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:41 pm
What's so clever about it?
Shorter throw/quick action. The MT07 is a long reach from closed to open, the R6 shortens that a lot.
I have to say it's not something I've noticed before? Do you think it'll make it a bit snatchy in traffic though?
A 'quick action' throttle will require more care from the rider at town speeds than the stock,but snatchiness is more a result of poor/eco fuelling.
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 4:28 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
I've used an HRC throttle tube on various bikes, I think it was about £6, made the throttle a quarter turn from closed to wfo, I didn't notice any difference in traffic. I haven't got it any more as I gave it to a mate to use on his race Fireblade.
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:32 pm
by ChrisW
weeksy wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:59 pm
Taipan wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:56 pm
weeksy wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:55 pm
Shorter throw/quick action. The MT07 is a long reach from closed to open, the R6 shortens that a lot.
I have to say it's not something I've noticed before? Do you think it'll make it a bit snatchy in traffic though?
Honestly no idea man... i've not read enough to form much of an opinion i must admit.
I have an R6 tube on my MT07 & it's definitely worthwhile, the standard throw is way too long. Honestly no negative side effects.
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:24 pm
by weeksy
2022-03-15_02-18-53 by
Steve Weeks, on Flickr
Nice lunchtime jaunt today.
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 7:38 am
by weeksy
Well i wasn't going to post this... but hey, why not... 30s after the pic above, i noticed this
2022-03-16_02-06-29 by
Steve Weeks, on Flickr
WTF happened there then... Well i thought someone had smacked it while i was having coffee and damaged it.
But i sat and thought more about it and ended up Googling about a bit on the internet i found some distinctly similar threads on the Kawasaki 300 forums. It seems the 2 adjuster nuts have likely come loose and spun the retaining block which in turn causes damage to the swingarm.
Is that a bit of a bugger, well yes, just a bit.
I've had to suck it up and sent it to the insurance company for repair. They were initially going to use a company called 4th Dimension who are their repairer, but i wanted to use Yamaha instead to ensure i get genuine parts and a genuine Yamaha mechanic.
The odds are, as i was the last person to touch the back end, this is on me in terms of 'who did what'....
Happily, apart from what you can see, it's 100% fine... So once that's sorted we'll be all good again. Apart from the wallet.
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 8:37 am
by MrLongbeard
weeksy wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 7:38 am4th Dimension
I hope you're not in a hurry.
They were the repair agents for both my bike & car crashes a couple of years ago, and they sucked. Everything got done and paid out in the end but it took some serious phone ping pong to get there.
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 8:39 am
by weeksy
MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 8:37 am
weeksy wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 7:38 am4th Dimension
I hope you're not in a hurry.
They were the repair agents for both my bike & car crashes a couple of years ago, and they sucked. Everything got done and paid out in the end but it took some serious phone ping pong to get there.
I googled them and rang the insurance company back and said "Nah, i'll use Yamaha thanks"
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:47 am
by Yorick
Why are the insurance paying for a bike defect?
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:55 am
by Tricky
ChrisW wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:32 pm
weeksy wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:59 pm
Taipan wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:56 pm
I have to say it's not something I've noticed before? Do you think it'll make it a bit snatchy in traffic though?
Honestly no idea man... i've not read enough to form much of an opinion i must admit.
I have an R6 tube on my MT07 & it's definitely worthwhile, the standard throw is way too long. Honestly no negative side effects.
Me too, and it's not even a Yamaha- have the same tube (R1 part no) on my ZX6, makes it much quicker action
Yorick wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:47 am
Why are the insurance paying for a bike defect?
Because of course it ain't a defect - the damage wouldn't have happened if the nuts hadn't come off...
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:59 am
by Tricky
weeksy wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 7:38 am
Well i wasn't going to post this... but hey, why not... 30s after the pic above, i noticed this
2022-03-16_02-06-29 by
Steve Weeks, on Flickr
WTF happened there then... Well i thought someone had smacked it while i was having coffee and damaged it.
But i sat and thought more about it and ended up Googling about a bit on the internet i found some distinctly similar threads on the Kawasaki 300 forums. It seems the 2 adjuster nuts have likely come loose and spun the retaining block which in turn causes damage to the swingarm.
Is that a bit of a bugger, well yes, just a bit.
I've had to suck it up and sent it to the insurance company for repair. They were initially going to use a company called 4th Dimension who are their repairer, but i wanted to use Yamaha instead to ensure i get genuine parts and a genuine Yamaha mechanic.
The odds are, as i was the last person to touch the back end, this is on me in terms of 'who did what'....
Happily, apart from what you can see, it's 100% fine... So once that's sorted we'll be all good again. Apart from the wallet.
Hmmm, bummer, but not a biggie to sort by the look of it- will it really be financially worthwhile to involve insurance?- I'd be just getting a new adjuster assembly and sorting the swing-arm damage myself.
That pic oes show how much built down to a price it is though eh
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:04 am
by Skub
That's pretty ugly.
Custom swinger time and a brand new thread.
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:05 am
by Taipan
So when's the 690 arriving?
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:09 am
by ogri
Meh, any excuse for a new bike
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:10 am
by Skub
ogri wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:09 am
Meh, any excuse for a new bike
Molegrips,threadlock and a swift trade in.
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:11 am
by KungFooBob
New end plate, couple of nuts... pair of mole grips and some touch up paint, job jobbed.
Re: INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:25 am
by Taipan
In all seriousness, isn't this a brand new one? Surely that's down to the dealer for not doing the PDI properly?