Hi All, friends with Claude and coming back to bikes after a couple of years break.
Had great fun previously with a 2012 Street Triple R and definitely wanted another triple. After the a bit of searching, landed on a nice MT-09 SP and picked it up 2 weekends ago.
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First thing was the have the suspension tweaked as the bike is was clearly unbalanced frint/rear so i took it to Kais in Atherton (i think) and its bob on now.
Next will be to have it remapped, mainly to smooth out the throttle response. Other than that, happy days!
Skub wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:51 pm
Yamaha's model designation confuses the bag outta me! What's wrong with MT 800,then tubes like me wouldn't need google.
Cool bike and welcome. Don't you have any concerns about invalidating the warranty on a new bike by flashing the ECU?
Skub wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:51 pm
Yamaha's model designation confuses the bag outta me! What's wrong with MT 800,then tubes like me wouldn't need google.
Cool bike and welcome. Don't you have any concerns about invalidating the warranty on a new bike by flashing the ECU?
Lovely engine but the demo SP i rode soon seemed to get out of it’s depth front end wise when I pushed it along. Didn’t inspire much confidence so couldn’t justify spending more on suspension after buying one.
Sounds like you’ve got that sorted though so...Nice bike!!
Cheers chaps. Yeah, it's really a pleasure to ride. Im a bit past the days of trying to scape my knee everywhere. the suspension is about right for the road and my level of 'talent' (or lack there of)
As for invalidating warrant.. Im not that concerned on a 2 Yr old machine with 5k on the clock already. Besides, it took me less than 6 months to to start tinkering with my previous street triple and i did have that from new.
Wotsitt wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2020 11:39 am
Yeah, it's really a pleasure to ride. Im a bit past the days of trying to scape my knee everywhere. the suspension is about right for the road and my level of 'talent' (or lack there of)
There's a very good group test in the latest Bike magazine: Triumph Street Triple RS (8/10), KTM890 (9/10), MV Agusta Brutale 800RR (7/10), Yamaha MT-09 SP (9/10).
They say: "Triumph's triple makes more power and the revvy MV may deliver a bigger thrill, but the Yamaha is easiest and nicest to use."
Wotsitt wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2020 11:39 am
Yeah, it's really a pleasure to ride. Im a bit past the days of trying to scape my knee everywhere. the suspension is about right for the road and my level of 'talent' (or lack there of)
There's a very good group test in the latest Bike magazine: Triumph Street Triple RS (8/10), KTM890 (9/10), MV Agusta Brutale 800RR (7/10), Yamaha MT-09 SP (9/10).
They say: "Triumph's triple makes more power and the revvy MV may deliver a bigger thrill, but the Yamaha is easiest and nicest to use."
-You don't mention the KTM... ( I think I probably know what they'll say about it though)
Tricky wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2020 7:55 pm
-You don't mention the KTM... ( I think I probably know what they'll say about it though)
Actually, they seem to quite like it (joint highest score of 9/10). They say: "...this has to be the perkiest and most exciting of all the current middleweight nakeds..."
There's an entertaining video test of the KTM from Bike World here:
The Triumph always does well on these shootouts, handling is praised etc etc but I really didn't get that at all when I tried Wotsitt's Street Triple R. Front end felt complete disconnected to me. At the time I had the RSVR so maybe that's the difference, going from sportsbike clipons to handlebars, but when I changed from the rsvr to the Monster I still felt connected and the Brutale more so. Odd.
Quite taken with those. No idea what it is mind! 
