Added a new toy to the stable last month. MT-10, love it to bits!
@Evotion thanks! To be honest my long term plan is to keep the Suzuki and run it for another 1-2 years then get a new shape (2018) R6 track bike, so not worth spending time or money on it just now.
The MT-10 is so many bikes rolled into 1, I can use it on my commute and it will be docile as you like or take it out for a weekend blast and even go touring on it (european tour is in the pipeline at some point). Even has cruise control which is a nice touch, especially if on a long motorway run.
Only downside is you only get about 120 miles to the tank.
Liking the SP1 though!!
@Evotion there is no MT-10 Tracer and there never, ever will be. To satisfy the customers who wanted a 1000cc tracer Yamaha made the MT-10 Touring. It is literally a normal MT-10 with a tall screen, panniers, comfort seat and hand guards. Pic below for you.
Is it a fire blade?
Very nice Mario. You now need to either paint the Zuki in that lime greeen to match Yamaha or vice verca
I love the livery on the MT-10,. Always liked it since I saw it on the MT-07 a few years back.
As it happens, just started looking for a new bike. Was at Triumph today and the new Speed Triple 1050 RS looks pretty damn good, lots of electrickery. I need to go out on a few bikes as not ridden propoerly for a couple of years now.
I will try the MT-10 but might be too frenetically fast for me. I will def go on out on the MT-09 SP though.
Also looking at a Tuono Factory, an S1000R and the Z1000.
I will ride them all and add my thoughts on https://www.youtube.com/c/whichbike_com
Got the Speed Triple RS ride on Saturday morning for a couple of hours.
There is this SP-1 in my garage.. not been used for 2 years. Battery dead of course.
My foray into moto x didnt last to longa few of my earlier bikes....
Honda CR250 (red rocket) great bike and so fast...bonkers sometimes , then downgraded ..lol to the newer waterpumper version with pro link suspension....good but not as good as the first flavour.
And one of my first proper road bike , didn't do mopeds but did have some 175's etc prior to this, passed my bike test on it , that's when you could have a proper bike on a provisional.
Bought it new for £799.00 pic was not long after.
Suzuki GS250T , another nice bike and I did a lot of miles on it .
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My foray into moto x didnt last to long
I had a 2 stroke Maico 125 like this one
****** thing had a light switch powerband & was a nightmare to ride after a sedate trials bike
Fell off that more than the Bulto lol
I did the whole moped thing
My love at that time was a yellow Yamaha FS1E like this 1
Was a bt scary at times scraping the pedals round corners lol
My was soooo fast at the time, 52mph (every mph counted in moped days lol)
My first 250 was a Honda Superdream (yeh right)
Fortunately I had a large circle of friends who all had 250's at the time
So I ended up owning /using for various amounts of time, in no particular order
Honda CB250RS - a true lightweight 4 stroke single. Lightweight but not as quick as the 2 strokes
Suzuki Gt250 - felt slow after having a
Suzuki 250 X7 - proper lightning quick, but very unstable as it was so light
Kawasaki KH250 - great triple sound but a bitch to keep running on song & by good it drank fuel, but the noise was all worth it
Yamaha RD250E - my fave, brilliantly fast & handled well (or so I thought)
Yamaha RD250LC - cutting edge at the time but never really got on with it TBH
Remember 'em all lol