Same again. 🤔
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The first time I saw an MT10 in a dealers is scared the crap out of me. It looked like it was about to stand up on its hind legs in attack mode. Hideous. Too many sharp bits.
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Well it is Christmas...weeksy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:25 pmI rode Trickys and absolutely loved it... But it does have downsides of being crazy fast and £2000 more than my bike...Rockburner wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:23 pmweeksy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:21 pm LOL i don't need reasons, there's one in my local dealer at a not terrible price. But then it's a question of funding it.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-MT10- ... 0290.m3507
Rev Fred had one for trackdays and hooning last year, IIRC he said it was great. I had a quick go on it and it was like riding a jet powered BMX.
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Well...I've never heard " downsides " and " too fast " in the same sentence before. You can only ride as fast as the rode allows.
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Yup, sometimes the road allows 140mph, the law has different ideas though.Dodgy knees wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:12 pm Well...I've never heard " downsides " and " too fast " in the same sentence before. You can only ride as fast as the rode allows.
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I just explain,"it's a naked bike officer,I may briefly do a silly speed,but don't worry I can't sustain it".weeksy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:18 pmYup, sometimes the road allows 140mph, the law has different ideas though.Dodgy knees wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:12 pm Well...I've never heard " downsides " and " too fast " in the same sentence before. You can only ride as fast as the rode allows.
Works every time. Fact.
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Re: Same again. 🤔
Oh no, you can ride much faster than the road allows...Dodgy knees wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:12 pm Well...I've never heard " downsides " and " too fast " in the same sentence before. You can only ride as fast as the rode allows.
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Nice and tidyweeksy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:21 pm LOL i don't need reasons, there's one in my local dealer at a not terrible price. But then it's a question of funding it.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-MT10- ... 0290.m3507
I prefer a quieter bike these days so the de-cat puts me off.
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weeksy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:21 pm LOL i don't need reasons, there's one in my local dealer at a not terrible price. But then it's a question of funding it.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-MT10- ... 0290.m3507
I wouldn't go as far as to say I don't like it at all, but it looks like Yamaha spent 98% of their energy over designing the front end and then ran out of steam and just lashed a cheap bench seat on it to get it through the MOT.
With a decent back end that would look great.
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Tidy bit of kit that I'd happily have in my garage but please please please someone dump the shite AliExpress cheapo bar end mirror!weeksy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:21 pm LOL i don't need reasons, there's one in my local dealer at a not terrible price. But then it's a question of funding it.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-MT10- ... 0290.m3507
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For me they are lie a lot of bikes, they look much better IRL. I parked next to one the other day and as I pulled up it really struck me with its looks. Proper stand out from other bikes look about it. Too expensive and too powerful for me, but if i had any money and riding talent, i'd have one in a heartbeat!
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If riding talent was a requirement for bike ownership,there'd be a hell of a lot less bikes on the road! Folk buy bikes 'cause they want them and rightly so,who cares what others think.
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I'ma danger to myself on big bikes. Something to do with enthusiasm overtaking ability! So I tend to avoid buying them now having nearly embedded myself in immovable structures on previous big bikes!
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I think I'm a bigger twat on a little bike,because momentum is precious and I'm reluctant to give it up.
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