Hello from the Pacific Northwest
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2024 5:15 pm
Greetings all from the Seattle area.
I wanted to thank this board for answering some questions I had before buying my first RT. I've been riding since I was 15, and it still took 30 years for me to get that police bike (or that Tour De France cameraman bike) I always looked up to. It's like nothing I've ever ridden before, and I already want another one. As soon as I got on it, I literally though to myself "I could ride this all the way to Sacramento right now!"
I just got a used 2015 with 100K+ miles on it. Any high-mileage gotchas that anyone has, I'd be happy to hear. I was able to identify some items to check from this board (so thanks again!) before I bought it. The bike certainly isn't perfect, but it seems like it wasn't abused, and had been down maybe two or three times at low/0 speed. It's pretty stock with no crash bars or lights.
My plan is to evaluate what I want to change or customize about it, and buy a new, or lightly used, 1250 next spring. I tend to commute about 30 minutes 3 days a week on my other bike - a 2017 Yamaha FJ-09 - but I have a feeling it's going to be quickly relegated. I don't usually ride in the nastier rain here, so I don't commute year-round, but I did ride up into November last year. Seattle doesn't usually rain - it just kind of "spits."
I was curious if anyone has advice on the GS top triple clamp option, that lets you have "regular" handlebars. It seems like a no-brainer option to get if I was to order a new 1250, but then again I don't see it on many of the used ones I've looked at. Maybe it's confirmation bias, since everyone that gets that option doesn't sell them?
Is there a downside? Does it change the ergonomics or feedback? Has anyone converted a 1200 and then regretted it?
Cheers.
I wanted to thank this board for answering some questions I had before buying my first RT. I've been riding since I was 15, and it still took 30 years for me to get that police bike (or that Tour De France cameraman bike) I always looked up to. It's like nothing I've ever ridden before, and I already want another one. As soon as I got on it, I literally though to myself "I could ride this all the way to Sacramento right now!"
I just got a used 2015 with 100K+ miles on it. Any high-mileage gotchas that anyone has, I'd be happy to hear. I was able to identify some items to check from this board (so thanks again!) before I bought it. The bike certainly isn't perfect, but it seems like it wasn't abused, and had been down maybe two or three times at low/0 speed. It's pretty stock with no crash bars or lights.
My plan is to evaluate what I want to change or customize about it, and buy a new, or lightly used, 1250 next spring. I tend to commute about 30 minutes 3 days a week on my other bike - a 2017 Yamaha FJ-09 - but I have a feeling it's going to be quickly relegated. I don't usually ride in the nastier rain here, so I don't commute year-round, but I did ride up into November last year. Seattle doesn't usually rain - it just kind of "spits."
I was curious if anyone has advice on the GS top triple clamp option, that lets you have "regular" handlebars. It seems like a no-brainer option to get if I was to order a new 1250, but then again I don't see it on many of the used ones I've looked at. Maybe it's confirmation bias, since everyone that gets that option doesn't sell them?
Is there a downside? Does it change the ergonomics or feedback? Has anyone converted a 1200 and then regretted it?Cheers.
