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I was not "upsold" by the dealer. The bike I bought and the older new bike were at different dealerships. While I paid more for the bike I decided on, I still saved a bunch by getting a demo. As far as not being comfortable cutting wires and changing a few connectors to get a Speedohealer to...

Hopefully Speedohealer will have something available in the near future. I am only interested in a plug and play device. I sent an email to Yamaha customer service asking if the speedometer can be calibrated and all they said was no. Big help there. I think the older bikes probably have a...

According to the Speedohealer website, they do not make a speedohealer for a 2016 S10. If some one has one on their bike, can you post the part#? Thanks

Maybe this topic has already been beat to death but I just installed a new Garmin Nuvi on my 2016 and I was stunned that at 100 kph my bike speedometer was reading 108 kph.In an earlier post someone said that the 2016 was much improved over early bikes. With the quality of the electronics on the...

My 2016 S10 was bought as a demo with 500 KM on it. 3000.00 below list and other than a very small scratch on the display screen it was showroom condition. And the warranty did not start till I took delivery. I have only managed 200 KM since delivery because of bad weather but it looks like and...

Thanks everyone for the very informative posts. I havent got enough miles on yet to answer the poll yet. Be back in 6 months or so.

I have never worked on a car engine that had shims to adjust the valve lash. I saw the cutaway picture posted on the forum here and I think I have an understanding of how the valve train works on these engines.That being said, I do not understand why you would be overly concerned about the...

Another new bike that I saw the other day is the Aprilia Capanord 1200. I did not consider it because I did not know it existed. Has cruise, comes in 2 models with lots of electronic features. I still think I would have bought the S10 because I think the Aprilia is overpriced for a chain drive bike.

I will be doing this on my Tenere this summer. I had a can-am spyder and other than the obvious balancing issues the method will be the same: Remove top case, golf shoes in the sidecases, lay big thick towel across passenger seat and sidecases. Lay golf bag across sidecases and bungy cord to...

I got the 42L version of the Givi trekker outback because you can't open the lids of the oem yamaha sidecans with the bigger top box. I have had 2 other monokey top boxes(one a 52L) and no problems with the mounting system. If someone has broken the front tabs it would be nice to know.

Congrats. In Canada the 60th anniversary models are yellow 2016's.I bought the S10 over the others just to get cruise control. The roads were sort of dry the other day so I went for a short ride and put it in cruise. Works just like a car does.

We got ours as soon as they were available. Going for a month in June camping at Banff, Jasper and then Kootenay parks. No S10 though trailer camping and no way to haul it along.

I had a 2009 Spyder RS and I enjoyed it. I put 10K on it. The thing I liked about it was it's all weather nature.I road it in the winter as long as the roads were dry. A little snow did not bother it and sand on corners did not affect it. The stability control works really well. The problem off...

The comparable Honda to the S10 is the VFR1200X. Shaft drive 1200 (but 4cyl) most of the same features but you can't get cruise control. You can get a version with a DCT automatic though. The Africa Twin is available with the DCT as well but it too is not available with cruise control. And in my...

Shot of whole bike. Still waiting for a thaw so I can go for my first ride on it.