revtothelimit - motorbike forum

anyone had any experience of one, a friends selling his and the BIL is thinking of it as his first big bike...Post DAS

Might be best moved to the bike related forum.

Do you mean MT01 as in the wacking great cruiser engine in a manga bike? I think they are awesome but never ridden one. I think they are very heavy though and monster torque. I seem to recall Yamaha couldn't sell them, but they are now a cult bike and expensive. (Yamaha have a history of this)

Thats the puppy, least hes not wanting a harley and its a damn site cheaper

It's on my must own list, but I ain't not swung a leg over one yet.

Rode one with a "tune" and an Akra pipe on it and it was very, very entertaining. Sounded like the end of the world was approaching. Easy to handle at slow speeds once rolling but obviously very heavy once stopped. Ok around the twisty bits but you do need to think "cruiser" a little more than you do "naked". It's also quite big so whilst I found it easy (I'm 6'4" with a long inside leg) I know a few of our friends have really struggled with it both in terms of ride comfort and to handle on and off the stand.

My mate rode one, reckoned they'd done very little to the lump from it's cruiser origins, so it was slow revving with a very low redline.

sounds a bit of agiggle in a supertanker sort of way...