INCOMING, Happy 50th to me.... Yeah, it's a Yamaha... it's the easy option.

[weeksy]

After the debacle of the 690, as you've seen there was likely to be an incoming thread.

I spent a while playing a few dealers off against eachother but Wigan Yamaha came in the eventual winners with both the lowest price and free delivery, they started off wanting £250 which would have meant i'd have gone somewhere else.

In the end though they've removed that and done a cracking price.

Regarding condition, it will be 100% because, well, it's brand new..

The colour scheme isn't classic Yamaha but i wasn't sold on the blue.... and the black paint looks a bit satin/matt which can be harder to clean as you end up polishing off the finish.

s-l1600 (5) by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

s-l1600 (1) by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

s-l1600 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Deposit has been paid.... lets move on

[Yorick]

Good lad. Only new will get good enough. I love new bikes.

[KungFooBob]

Interesting times... tho' I'd have thought you would have just waited for Couchy to get bored of his and offer him peanuts for it.

[Supermofo]

Nice.

[MingtheMerciless]

[Mr Moofo]

I give it til the end of March '22,

Or 1st November '21

[weeksy]

Interesting times... tho' I'd have thought you would have just waited for Couchy to get bored of his and offer him peanuts for it.

It was an option, but i fancied the warranty, the newness, little things like that really.

[Taipan]

It's a yes from me!

[matt]

Nice, sensible choice I think ,will (probably) be my next road bike.
There's more ups and downs than any soap reading your threads on here
Oh -and Happy birthday.

[Dodgy69]

Brilliant...I'd have gone blue though.

[weeksy]

Nice, sensible choice I think ,will (probably) be my next road bike.
There's more ups and downs than any soap reading your threads on here
Oh -and Happy birthday.

Not until the 26th... but thank you...

Bike arrives on the 21st..

[Mr Moofo]

Weeksy,

Genuine question - what is the reasoning for that as a choice ?

[DefTrap]

I can't keep up - didn't you just get a KTM?

[Numnut]

Nice! Should be fun.

[Skub]

A blokes muscle mass peaks at 45,so you are 5 years down the far side. It makes sense to get a light bike. Happy birthday man.

I like that colour,understated and classy. Health to wear.

[Supermofo]

Weeksy,

Genuine question - what is the reasoning for that as a choice ?

It was least dirty

[weeksy]

Weeksy,

Genuine question - what is the reasoning for that as a choice ?

In terms of bike choice ?

Small, light (ish), right power for B road blasts, right bike for fun, easy to throw around, really easy to enjoy. It was a really enjoyable thing on the test ride. It's obviously got Japanese reliability in there as well along with 2 year warranty.

After sitting weighing up all the choices and options, if someone Japanese made a 690 then that'd win... but they don't so i can't. So taking everything else into account, the MT07 makes the most sense.

With next year plans being that i'm unlikely to see a trackday apart from the forum extravaganza, i don't need a super fast bike.. Although if i do, the MT07 will do a fine job i think. So it's just local rides, bimbles and trips to cafes/shops etc... it's a win win.

[weeksy]

I can't keep up - didn't you just get a KTM?

It was a swamp donkey that broke the first time i looked at it.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Nice one, fwiw I think the MT looks nicer than the XSR

[MrLongbeard]

Well played, look tidy enough aside from the paint, I can't stand grey on vehicles that aren't part of her maj's navy.