My experiment with BMW has taken a downturn

Panman said:

At the pace you are rumored to run you will be lucky to get a 100 miles on the stock tank.

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Had a first year FZ-10 and put 30K miles on it. Loved the power and the ergo's are quite nice as well. However the fuel mileage, especially during "spirited" riding is awful! Easy riding yielded upper 30's to maybe 40 mpg. Extended fun riding I averaged upper 20's!

I would own another one tomorrow if I could have a larger fuel tank (5.5 gallon) and a little better fuel mpg average.........

Enjoy!!!!

SkooterG said:

For crying out loud! That thing has a face only a mother could love. Kinda like you!

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Glass houses, 'brah...!

New developments!

So while waiting patiently for the 2023 MT10 models to arrive, I started doing research for the essential aftermarket luggage offerings. In addition to side cases, I will need a strong, beefy top rack to hold the aux fuel cell. It soon became apparent this was a big problem on the Gen II MT10s (2022-2023). On the first gen models (2016-2021), I could have my pick of luggage rack systems from GIVI, Shad, Hepco&Becker, etc.

But not for the Gen II bikes! Why is that? My research revealed a truly bummer decision by Yamaha regarding the newer MT10s.

Below is the 2016-2021 rear subframe for the MT10. Red arrows point to four strong mounting lugs welded into the frame, all the aftermarket systems rely on these 4 hard mounting points:



Below in the 2022-2023 MT rear subframe... Yamaha has removed these mounting points altogether!



I decided to change gears immediately, and go on the hunt for the latest year Gen I MT10 I could find, hopefully one with low low miles.

I never, ever buy used bikes, so this was nerve-wracking until I found a true SCORE: a barely used 2021 MT10 with only 1535 miles on it, it was a trade in at ProCaliber Motorsports in Bend, OR, only 240 miles south of me. Bike had a killer price on it because it's been collecting dust since last summer: $10,800. Oof! I got ahold of Doug Chapman, he and his wife Linda met me in Bend with their bike trailer, and we towed this beast back to my garage:




And now... the Winter of Farkeling begins! And the S1000XR in the far corner gets placed on the market asap!

I will start a new thread when I am ready to start transitioning this bike to be my new Long Distance Desert Runner!

Looks like they left the track day tires on it . Nice Bike!

That was the reason for the low miles - bike was strictly a track toy until trade in:




The only go-fast mods I can see is this set of mega-$$$ Driven Racing TT Rear Sets, and that hi-tech Quckshifter. Otherwise, bike is stock from the factory.

Warchild said:

I never, ever buy used bikes, so this was nerve-wracking until I found a true SCORE

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I ALWAYS buy used bikes. Generally Yamaha and I haven't been burned yet. (Never even had anything go wrong that would be covered by warranty.) Latest purchase was a BMW F700GS - got a good deal but I worry more about it than any of my last four (Yamaha) bikes.

That bike is a beauty!

RossKean said:

I ALWAYS buy used bikes. Generally Yamaha and I haven't been burned yet. (Never even had anything go wrong that would be covered by warranty.) Latest purchase was a BMW F700GS - got a good deal but I worry more about it than any of my last four (Yamaha) bikes.

That bike is a beauty!

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I am like you. Out of the 15 FJRs I have owned over the years all have been used except for two of them. And one of those was my first one - an '04 non-ABS when getting a used FJR was pretty much unobtanium. Also, like you, I bought a used BMW. A '14 R1200 GSA. Bought it with 52k for a smoking deal and now has 65k. So far has given me zero issues, but like you there is always a bit of doubt in the back of my mind.....