Back in Black

[thebomby]

Hi. Bought this on Friday. 2011 ABS. 6300 kilometres on the clock.



Picking it up in three weeks.

[gordy]

Welcome, very nice in stealth black, and you live in a great area to enjoy it.

[thebomby]

Thank you. Everything on that bike is stock, so there's a lot of room for improvements. I'm coming from a 2009 Versys 650 with a very snatchy throttle and a clutch pull that only Arnie the Terminator could use, so I think I'll be ok initially with the snatchy throttle on the SMT. I've downloaded the whole TuneECU bag of goodies, but that's something that I need to study up on very carefully before I do anything. The Swiss MoT are incredibly strict and having a bike that no longer conforms to the emission regulations will result in a lot of tears for me.

Firstly, I'm just going to get to know the bike better, etc. As you said, Switzerland is a dream for twisties. My after work blast is a 20 to 40 kilometre run of hairpin after hairpin. It scares the shit out of me depending on traffic, so I'll polly need new nappies for the SMT.

[eagle_awd]

Not even broken-in... very nice ride and welcome

[Magic Wand]

Welcome dude

Wow! Only 6300 km...(!)
Congratulations to a very good motorcycle

It's very nice to paint the front fender in gloss black as well. Every part is nicer with gloss black, in my holy opinion.

/M
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[sabestian]

Every part is nicer in carbon fibre, in my holy opinion.

Fixed that for you, mate.

[Magic Wand]

Ohhh nooo 'sabestian'! Don't you try with me...(!)
(I didn't write that sentence about carbon look!)

Mine is almost all in gloss black now - and is MUCH nicer than the boring and 'dirty' matt black.

/M
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[thebomby]

I kind of prefer gloss black myself. Would have loved to have gotten a 2013 bike, but those are a rare and elusive animal.

[thebomby]

Having had the bike a few months now, I've already clocked up a $570 fine for speeding (102km/h in an 80km/h zone, Switzerland is incredibly expensive in everything, including fines). As for the bike, the snatchy throttle was almost too much for me for a while and I wondered if I'd made a mistake, but then, the interwebs came to my rescue in the form of the tip of riding with one or two fingers on the brake lever and it's made a world of difference. This bike is simply a dream. Utter fun.

[Magic Wand]

Hi 'thebomby'

Ouch! 570 dollars fine.... f**k... It's the same here in Sweden, I'v heard. A friend almost lost his driving license once, speedeing like 145 km/h at an 110 km/h road. With passenger. That was stupid, I have to say.

AHA
All of a sudden I understand why people say that the throttle is so snatchy! Because they hold the throttle grip with all the fingers I don't, I'v always got 1 or 2 fingers on top of the brake lever That stabilise the hand and thus not that snatchy throttle

/M

[limeyduffa]

Hi thebomby (you name a surfing reference ?

Nargh, just get some panniers and wear I high vis fest, and the cops will wave you through mate. The SMT looks like a "250 chook chaser", yet how little do they know

Fines are expensive here. 22km/h over the limit would be about $800AUD here, plus 3 demerit points. Over 45km/h, the cop cuts up your licence with scissors.