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

[weeksy]

I am looking forward to an in depth review. I also realised that I may well follow your footsteps in a year or two, sigh

If the weather holds, you're more than welcome to come over for a test ride.

[weeksy]

The list is currently very short.

Radiator guard
Paddock stand bobbins
heated grips
None of which have been ordered yet, but will be in the next 48 hours.

With the longer term list of being
Quickshifter
Rear Shock.
Tail tidy

So out of the list, everything is now either here or almost here apart from the QS. I don't really want to get the QS until I've put a few hundred miles on the bike and considering the weather now I don't exactly know when that may be.

The tail tidy install seems a bit more involved than I thought but nothing too tricky. Couch was telling me that the shock is easier with rear wheel and hugger out. So I've made a note of all the torque settings I'll need for that and indeed all jobs. But it's now simply just a case of waiting for it to arrive.

It's now insured and I'm ready to go

[Mr. Dazzle]

The list is currently very short.

Radiator guard
Paddock stand bobbins
heated grips
None of which have been ordered yet, but will be in the next 48 hours.

With the longer term list of being
Quickshifter
Rear Shock.
Tail tidy

So out of the list, everything is now either here or almost here apart from the QS.

Everything?

Seems like you're still missing one bit

[weeksy]

Well yes, the biggest big... but that's always not been due until Thurs... so no major shock.

[weeksy]

[Dodgy69]

I know the feeling well..?

[weeksy]

Aye, i know that one... Mine is coming from Wigan (as is yours)

I guess they'll not get here till after lunch assuming they only start loading this morning

[v8-powered]

Aye, i know that one... Mine is coming from Wigan (as is yours)

Get them to bring some pies down too....

[weeksy]

Aye, i know that one... Mine is coming from Wigan (as is yours)

Get them to bring some pies down too....

Too late, he's only 30 mins away having just come from Portsmouth.

[Demannu]

Will it be being flashed?

[weeksy]

2021-10-21_12-20-19 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

[the_priest]

Hah! Flouro wheels! Still nice looking bike that! Enjoy.

[Dodgy69]

2021-10-21_12-20-19 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Go get it dirty.

[Supermofo]

Will it be being flashed?

Yes, Weeksy's got his mack on already.

[weeksy]

Will it be being flashed?

Depends. Some ECU can't be done apparently so need to take a pic of it. But if it can, then yes

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Have you sent it back yet?

[weeksy]

Quick lunch-break ride. But first i threw the radiator guard and swingarm bobbins on there. Wanted to keep the radiator nice, so it was done before riding.

I've been reading the usual conflicting ideas on running it in, but for me, it's a Yamaha so it's been given the plan of 'just ride it normally' so that's what i've been doing with it, just riding it normally. Not taking it up to the redline/limiter, but giving it a decent thrapping anyway.

First impressions are, well as you'd expect, i like it lots... it does exactly what it's supposed to. It goes, stops, turns and does everything you want and need in a bike.

Things i don't like.
1. It seems a bit windier than i recall
2. The throttle is a lonnnnnnnnng turn to the stop.

both are easily fixed of course, 1 with a screen, so i may ping a message to one of our forum vendors and 2 with an R6 throttle tube... (but made slightly more complex by having the heated grips fitted).

Other than those bits and a bit of road dirt from their test ride, it's a lovely thing. It'll get ACF50 and the rear shock fitted this evening if my lad wants to play with spanners, if not, the shock may wait until the weekend.

[Skub]

It looks well,health to enjoy.

[weeksy]

2021-10-21_02-41-42 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

2021-10-21_02-41-52 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

2021-10-21_02-41-57 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

2021-10-21_02-42-02 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

[Bigyin]

Happy New Bike Day ....... hope you enjoy it as much as the build up suggests.

Who knows, i might even get to see it in a few months