stormingnorm
New Member
Hi all,
thought it would be good manners to introduce myself. been riding about about 35 years mainly commuting into central London but I have also been a senior member of London Advanced Motorcyclists where I was on the committee and used to organise toy runs etc. I've also been a senior member of the Unity Support Riders helping to marshal large bike rides etc. Had numerous bikes over the years including Fazer 6, Fazer 1000, FJR 1300 but due to a bad back i've recently been riding several T'Max's as they make the perfect commute bike. But thanks to the criminal low life in London I've had my last two T-Max's stolen from public bike bays in Knightsbridge and it's simply not worth having a T-Max anymore hence my lastest aquisition of a secondhand 2015 XT1200Z with only 3000 miles on the clock. It came with fogs already fitted as well as heated grips and I'm told it's been mapped. It's a very different bike to what I've been used to but I'm loving it and have already done about 1000 miles in the 3 weeks that I've had it.
I've also fitted some daytime driving led spots which I think are fantastic and very easy to fit but I just had an issue with the Yamaha heated grips which I'm not too impressed with. Has my usual ride to work in the pouring rain and got soaked through despite my wet weather gear. got back to the bike in the afternoon to ride home to find the battery flat! long story short is that the rain must have got into the circuit and I suspect the switch, which shorted the right hand grip which came on and ran the battery flat while I was in the office. I'm waiting to hear back from Yamaha as my dealer suspects the grips are still under warranty but whatever happens I'm going to rewire them so they can only come on with the engine running as currently wired direct to battery which is not a good idea when you leave it parked in a public bay! I have wired the led spots into the lighting circuit so they only come on when the engine is running although I'm currently looking at fitting a power hub from Denali or Fuzeblock or a PC8 so any recommendations would be appreciated.
I'm hoping to keep super10 for many years to come.
Thank you for letting me join your forum
Norm
p.s. happy to pop a few photos up if anyone is interested
thought it would be good manners to introduce myself. been riding about about 35 years mainly commuting into central London but I have also been a senior member of London Advanced Motorcyclists where I was on the committee and used to organise toy runs etc. I've also been a senior member of the Unity Support Riders helping to marshal large bike rides etc. Had numerous bikes over the years including Fazer 6, Fazer 1000, FJR 1300 but due to a bad back i've recently been riding several T'Max's as they make the perfect commute bike. But thanks to the criminal low life in London I've had my last two T-Max's stolen from public bike bays in Knightsbridge and it's simply not worth having a T-Max anymore hence my lastest aquisition of a secondhand 2015 XT1200Z with only 3000 miles on the clock. It came with fogs already fitted as well as heated grips and I'm told it's been mapped. It's a very different bike to what I've been used to but I'm loving it and have already done about 1000 miles in the 3 weeks that I've had it.
I've also fitted some daytime driving led spots which I think are fantastic and very easy to fit but I just had an issue with the Yamaha heated grips which I'm not too impressed with. Has my usual ride to work in the pouring rain and got soaked through despite my wet weather gear. got back to the bike in the afternoon to ride home to find the battery flat! long story short is that the rain must have got into the circuit and I suspect the switch, which shorted the right hand grip which came on and ran the battery flat while I was in the office. I'm waiting to hear back from Yamaha as my dealer suspects the grips are still under warranty but whatever happens I'm going to rewire them so they can only come on with the engine running as currently wired direct to battery which is not a good idea when you leave it parked in a public bay! I have wired the led spots into the lighting circuit so they only come on when the engine is running although I'm currently looking at fitting a power hub from Denali or Fuzeblock or a PC8 so any recommendations would be appreciated.
I'm hoping to keep super10 for many years to come.
Thank you for letting me join your forum
Norm
p.s. happy to pop a few photos up if anyone is interested
