DerSchlussel
New Member
Hello to one and all.
I'm Bill Key from Huntsville, AL, in north-central Alabama. I bought a new 2021 ES about a month ago and am approaching my 4 Kmile oil change. My other bike is a 2002 Yammy VStar 1100 Classic with about 111 Kmiles on it, of which I put about 95K. I'm a grey beard, about 72, don't know it all, suspect a great deal and, at 5' 9", prone to falling off my tall new stallion in the parking lot. I tend to be a little slow but I almost make up for it by being stupid.
Things I need to do to my new bike. I rode it off the showroom floor in Henderson, NC and went, by the slow route to Amarillo TX. I had bought it with the "shortened"seat and almost everything else except grip warmers. On the way to Amarillo, I noticed my hands being very uncomfortable, almost cramping, it felt like. Also, I found the seat chaffed my inner thighs to the quick. Oozing plasma style. I also noticed that the arches of my feet, not being used to pegs for over 20 years with my VStar and the rise and pullback on the handlebars was insufficient by about 1 1/2"up and about 2"back.
I've put one layer of "Re-Grip" brand name grip repair over the OEM hand grips and much of the hand problem is relieved. The rest, I believe, will be removed by the handlebar repositioning. The one layer of "Re-Grip" thickened the OEM grips almost to the size of my Kuryakyn IsoGrips with which I am most pleased.
I'm going to go with the HeliBars risers. They look like the deal.
So!!! The seat and the pegs! What to do?
Pegs: Now, most of the time I sort of just move forward and fuggedaboudit. And I really like floor boards because they are comfortable. So I'm thinking about going forward in that direction. My existing thinking has led me to these are the way to go - "MK4 Pivot Pegz # PP-55MK4 (platform is 60mm wide x 100mm long, overall approx length from center of foot peg pin to end of peg is 115mm)" Website is here if anyone is interested in what they look like. https://pivotpegz.com/products/yamaha-2010-2018-xtz-1200-super-tenere?variant=37975851761858 . I'm also looking at some of the stuff Kurykyn has in stock. Now, I'm in no way put off by how a "cruiser" intended peg/board would affect those looking and pointing alongside the road as I ride by or park. So, anyone ever see full blown boards on an adventure bike? Thoughts are welcome, even those pointing toward negative. I have given thought to break and gear controls and how access to them using boards/wide pegs in the dirt while standing. I say this to move that "starting" portion of the comments past the, sort of basic, comments.
Seat: I tend to ride commando style, wearing CE2 level denim pants. This, I think, proved almost "fatal" in my first ride. By the time I got home the pain was almost unbearable when I would sit down on the saddle (again, it's the "lowered" OEM seat). I attribute it to the non-slip seat cover on my bike...I assume its the same on all Sup 10s? My first thoughts on this is to start wearing some kind of "long"underwear, maybe something smooth and slick like what the ladies are wearing as outerwear. Anybody had similar problems with this seat?
Finally, I had a HELL of a time getting registered here. Man!! I started trying to register the day after my initial ride and finally lucked out today. It'll be worth the trouble, I'm sure!
I'm Bill Key from Huntsville, AL, in north-central Alabama. I bought a new 2021 ES about a month ago and am approaching my 4 Kmile oil change. My other bike is a 2002 Yammy VStar 1100 Classic with about 111 Kmiles on it, of which I put about 95K. I'm a grey beard, about 72, don't know it all, suspect a great deal and, at 5' 9", prone to falling off my tall new stallion in the parking lot. I tend to be a little slow but I almost make up for it by being stupid.
Things I need to do to my new bike. I rode it off the showroom floor in Henderson, NC and went, by the slow route to Amarillo TX. I had bought it with the "shortened"seat and almost everything else except grip warmers. On the way to Amarillo, I noticed my hands being very uncomfortable, almost cramping, it felt like. Also, I found the seat chaffed my inner thighs to the quick. Oozing plasma style. I also noticed that the arches of my feet, not being used to pegs for over 20 years with my VStar and the rise and pullback on the handlebars was insufficient by about 1 1/2"up and about 2"back.
I've put one layer of "Re-Grip" brand name grip repair over the OEM hand grips and much of the hand problem is relieved. The rest, I believe, will be removed by the handlebar repositioning. The one layer of "Re-Grip" thickened the OEM grips almost to the size of my Kuryakyn IsoGrips with which I am most pleased.
I'm going to go with the HeliBars risers. They look like the deal.
So!!! The seat and the pegs! What to do?
Pegs: Now, most of the time I sort of just move forward and fuggedaboudit. And I really like floor boards because they are comfortable. So I'm thinking about going forward in that direction. My existing thinking has led me to these are the way to go - "MK4 Pivot Pegz # PP-55MK4 (platform is 60mm wide x 100mm long, overall approx length from center of foot peg pin to end of peg is 115mm)" Website is here if anyone is interested in what they look like. https://pivotpegz.com/products/yamaha-2010-2018-xtz-1200-super-tenere?variant=37975851761858 . I'm also looking at some of the stuff Kurykyn has in stock. Now, I'm in no way put off by how a "cruiser" intended peg/board would affect those looking and pointing alongside the road as I ride by or park. So, anyone ever see full blown boards on an adventure bike? Thoughts are welcome, even those pointing toward negative. I have given thought to break and gear controls and how access to them using boards/wide pegs in the dirt while standing. I say this to move that "starting" portion of the comments past the, sort of basic, comments.
Seat: I tend to ride commando style, wearing CE2 level denim pants. This, I think, proved almost "fatal" in my first ride. By the time I got home the pain was almost unbearable when I would sit down on the saddle (again, it's the "lowered" OEM seat). I attribute it to the non-slip seat cover on my bike...I assume its the same on all Sup 10s? My first thoughts on this is to start wearing some kind of "long"underwear, maybe something smooth and slick like what the ladies are wearing as outerwear. Anybody had similar problems with this seat?
Finally, I had a HELL of a time getting registered here. Man!! I started trying to register the day after my initial ride and finally lucked out today. It'll be worth the trouble, I'm sure!
