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Woah, cpunk as fuark Good luck getting that approved for street use in the EU but what a beauty. I wish there were driving videos available, I'll patiently wa

Woah, cpunk as fuark Good luck getting that approved for street use in the EU but what a beauty. I wish there were driving videos available, I'll patiently wait

ryan-allen 5y ago
Their petrol motorbikes are absolutely wonderful machines, I can't wait for their transition into electric!
- xgbi 5y ago
  I'm not so sure, the engines are great but they cheap out on suspensions lately. I had an MT09 Tracer that was wobbly as f. in curves and on stright lines at high speed. The rear shock was just too loose. Same for the MT07 since 2014.
  - jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
    I've heard a lot of complaints about the wobbly MT09 Tracer at high (>160km/h) speeds. I've also heard it was only on the first models, and due to the hand guards having bad aerodynamics. AFAIK it's solvable with aftermarket (or no) hand guards.
  - squarefoot 5y ago
    I've had both Yamaha and Honda motorcycles in the past, and all of them had extremely poor suspensions. My Honda XLV1000 fell multiple times from the stand because how soft the suspension became after only 6 months even after tuning it for maximum force. I'm surely a contributing factor for being overweight, but they should be anyway approved for 2 people, and swapping the suspensions with aftermarket quality ones always solves the problem. Looks like many Japanese made bikes share this problem; they're fantastic, but their suspension system is definitely not on par.
  - erikbye 5y ago
    Try MT09 SP.
bserge 5y ago
What's the problem with getting it approved?
- Rexxar 5y ago
  Absolutely no problem but lots of people like to trash talk on EU for no reason at every occasion they have.
  - tomcooks 5y ago
    Also some people have custom made Vespas like I do and to get it approved by the EU as a vehicle I have to export it to Switzerland and then reimport it to my country, but keep on letting your imagination run wild
    - Rexxar 5y ago
      Vehicle are approved by each country, not by EU. EU make that validation in one country is accepted in all country of the union and other countries that have a treaty with the union (Switzerland in this case). So you are blaming EU for the failure of the country you are in whereas it's the EU rule that have allowed you to get it in another country. EU has help you to get what you need and for some reason you find a way to blame it. If there was no EU, you would need to have one validation per country.
  - bserge 5y ago
    I want to convert my bike to electric, so I've been looking into the legal stuff. Doesn't seem like there's any obstacles so far. And there's plenty of electric cars around, I'm thinking a motorcycle would be the same, but I'm not 100% sure. Also thinking of starting a local business on this, surprisingly no one else is doing it, so there's got to be a catch somewhere. E-bikes sell for 2400+ Euros, how is that even possible. A good one could be built for ~1000-1500 at most, which still leaves enough room for a lower price and a profit from the (little tbf) research I've done.

Woah, cpunk as fuark Good luck getting that approved for street use in the EU but what a beauty. I wish there were driving videos available, I'll patiently wait

ryan-allen 5y ago

Their petrol motorbikes are absolutely wonderful machines, I can't wait for their transition into electric!

xgbi 5y ago
I'm not so sure, the engines are great but they cheap out on suspensions lately. I had an MT09 Tracer that was wobbly as f. in curves and on stright lines at high speed. The rear shock was just too loose. Same for the MT07 since 2014.
- jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
  I've heard a lot of complaints about the wobbly MT09 Tracer at high (>160km/h) speeds. I've also heard it was only on the first models, and due to the hand guards having bad aerodynamics. AFAIK it's solvable with aftermarket (or no) hand guards.
- squarefoot 5y ago
  I've had both Yamaha and Honda motorcycles in the past, and all of them had extremely poor suspensions. My Honda XLV1000 fell multiple times from the stand because how soft the suspension became after only 6 months even after tuning it for maximum force. I'm surely a contributing factor for being overweight, but they should be anyway approved for 2 people, and swapping the suspensions with aftermarket quality ones always solves the problem. Looks like many Japanese made bikes share this problem; they're fantastic, but their suspension system is definitely not on par.
- erikbye 5y ago
  Try MT09 SP.

bserge 5y ago

What's the problem with getting it approved?

Rexxar 5y ago
Absolutely no problem but lots of people like to trash talk on EU for no reason at every occasion they have.
- tomcooks 5y ago
  Also some people have custom made Vespas like I do and to get it approved by the EU as a vehicle I have to export it to Switzerland and then reimport it to my country, but keep on letting your imagination run wild
  - Rexxar 5y ago
    Vehicle are approved by each country, not by EU. EU make that validation in one country is accepted in all country of the union and other countries that have a treaty with the union (Switzerland in this case). So you are blaming EU for the failure of the country you are in whereas it's the EU rule that have allowed you to get it in another country. EU has help you to get what you need and for some reason you find a way to blame it. If there was no EU, you would need to have one validation per country.
- bserge 5y ago
  I want to convert my bike to electric, so I've been looking into the legal stuff. Doesn't seem like there's any obstacles so far. And there's plenty of electric cars around, I'm thinking a motorcycle would be the same, but I'm not 100% sure. Also thinking of starting a local business on this, surprisingly no one else is doing it, so there's got to be a catch somewhere. E-bikes sell for 2400+ Euros, how is that even possible. A good one could be built for ~1000-1500 at most, which still leaves enough room for a lower price and a profit from the (little tbf) research I've done.