Guinea Pig
New Member
Hi all,
Well, after just over a month of owning my Super Ten and I’ve clocked up 2000 miles and all I can say is that it’s brilliant and in my opinion, it’s much better than my R1200 GS....eg, it didn’t break down ::013:: ....I’m easily pleased!
Admittedly, most of those miles have been racked up on a trip to the south of Germany (Scotland, England, Belgium, Holland, Germany and back again!) and the bike was sat in the garage at home for a week as I’d done the first 600 miles much earlier that I’d anticipated and had to wait for the service booking I’d made when I bought the bike
That was a long week of waiting.
Hit the 1000 mile mark when we got into Germany - just in time to allow me to open it up above 4700 revs and hit the unrestricted autobahn O
The only time I could tell the bike was fully loaded was when putting it up on the centre stand ( got the hang of it in the end!) and had no problem pushing it through customs when getting off the ferry in the Uk ( took an hour to get through and apart from having the fuel gauge flashing empty and not wanting to waste any fuel, I wasn’t going to sit idling and creeping forwards for an hour).
The tall screen on the Raid edition ended up being put in it’s lowest position as the vacuum it created in the higher positions at speed along with the buffeting made me feel a bit sick and short of fresh air - it was hot there compared to what I’m used to
The engine is still tight - I’m guessing it’s going to take a while to break in properly.
One thing I was trying to work out was the electronic pre-load settings - although the manual says that there should be no weight on the bike when setting it, I was wondering what other people’s experiences are as I originally set it for rider and luggage after I’d put the luggage on. Felt ok after I’d done it and even after removing the luggage for the days when it was just local riding and setting the preload with just we on the bike, it was comfy.
I set it back to just rider yesterday after getting back home and taking all the luggage off with me standing next to the bike and it felt a bit stiff / hard suspension wise. Should the preload be set with the rider sat on it?
All in all, a great 2000 miles and I can see this bike taking over from the car, especially as the weather protection seems great.
Cheers!
Well, after just over a month of owning my Super Ten and I’ve clocked up 2000 miles and all I can say is that it’s brilliant and in my opinion, it’s much better than my R1200 GS....eg, it didn’t break down ::013:: ....I’m easily pleased!
Admittedly, most of those miles have been racked up on a trip to the south of Germany (Scotland, England, Belgium, Holland, Germany and back again!) and the bike was sat in the garage at home for a week as I’d done the first 600 miles much earlier that I’d anticipated and had to wait for the service booking I’d made when I bought the bike
That was a long week of waiting.Hit the 1000 mile mark when we got into Germany - just in time to allow me to open it up above 4700 revs and hit the unrestricted autobahn O
The only time I could tell the bike was fully loaded was when putting it up on the centre stand ( got the hang of it in the end!) and had no problem pushing it through customs when getting off the ferry in the Uk ( took an hour to get through and apart from having the fuel gauge flashing empty and not wanting to waste any fuel, I wasn’t going to sit idling and creeping forwards for an hour).
The tall screen on the Raid edition ended up being put in it’s lowest position as the vacuum it created in the higher positions at speed along with the buffeting made me feel a bit sick and short of fresh air - it was hot there compared to what I’m used to
The engine is still tight - I’m guessing it’s going to take a while to break in properly.
One thing I was trying to work out was the electronic pre-load settings - although the manual says that there should be no weight on the bike when setting it, I was wondering what other people’s experiences are as I originally set it for rider and luggage after I’d put the luggage on. Felt ok after I’d done it and even after removing the luggage for the days when it was just local riding and setting the preload with just we on the bike, it was comfy.
I set it back to just rider yesterday after getting back home and taking all the luggage off with me standing next to the bike and it felt a bit stiff / hard suspension wise. Should the preload be set with the rider sat on it?
All in all, a great 2000 miles and I can see this bike taking over from the car, especially as the weather protection seems great.
Cheers!
