A fortnight ago I went to my local dealer to pick up a wheel bearing for my ZZR1200, and bought a black 2011 GTR....oops!
Collected it last Thursday and have done 635 miles, so ready for first service now, booked in advance.
After travelling on my own for 140 miles realised the suspension was all wrong for my weight, 100Kgs, but once set up properly was fantastic. The wife forgave me for my impulse purchase,after our trip to Normandy to run it in, so comfy she nodded off on the way home.
I love everything apart from the screen, at 6'3" I get buffeted and think it just needs a little extra on the screen for me, but so has every bike I've owned so no great suprise, just got to explore the miriad options available. Anyone of a similar size on here, can you let me know what works for you please? ;D
Very happy with my purchase, looking forward to 'exploring' the engines potential and picking up some advice and sage words on here.
A pic of the bike parked on the front at Le Touquet on Saturday
Ah!! I can relate to your tale, three weeks ago myself and my good lady went to have a test ride on a GTR with no intention whatsoever( really) of buying one any time soon, and yes you know the rest. Mine is green and very nice too. I'm waiting till it's run in until I start suspension fiddling, so far just adjusted controls. Enjoy the bike and the forum and a big welcome cheers Geoff ;D
Cartman, ouch, expensive bearing!
You obviously have a a very understanding other half. I might, (if I pluck up the courage) show your thread to my other half just to show her that its perfectly normal and acceptable behaviour to buy a new bike on a whim. ;D ;D
Quote from: Lonewolf on May 31, 2011, 06:47:34 PM
Cartman, ouch, expensive bearing!
You obviously have a a very understanding other half. I might, (if I pluck up the courage) show your thread to my other half just to show her that its perfectly normal and acceptable behaviour to buy a new bike on a whim. ;D ;D
+1
Welcome Cartman, the MRA works a treat for me, only 5' 11' me, so maybe not for you, big boy.
Quote from: fatharry on May 31, 2011, 06:51:34 PM
+1
Ah well, understanding took time, I did fear for my man bits for a few days! and I don't have a car so the more reliable my bike the less I use her car ;)
Quote from: Cartman on May 31, 2011, 07:56:10 PM
Ah well, understanding took time, I did fear for my man bits for a few days! and I don't have a car so the more reliable my bike the less I use her car ;)
Yeah like the look of the MRA, but not sure it will work for me. Only person I've talked to with a GTR is 6'1" and uses the bigger Kwak screen and a laminar lip, so might give that a bash.
I'm 6ft 4" and have fitted a cee Bailey ultra tour domed, also have a corbin seat. When screen down have a lot of buffeting but raise halfway and windnoise around head and shoulders disappears, fully up and the hand in the back effect takes place
I'm 6ft 2" and use an MRA Vario....its alright, but could do with being a few inches taller...or i could do with being a few inches shorter....either way ??? ::)
6ft and the mra vario didn't work for me. I currently have a calsci screen which I'm happy with.
I may have a cee baileys ultra tour for sale
Obviously depends on your body / leg ratio :) http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/Fairing.html#Height (http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/Fairing.html#Height) Think mine's the large which is 3" taller (about 6' 31" leg) than the large OE screen on 2010/11 models. I needed to buy 2 plastic washers from dealer which I either lost or they weren't fitted at factory. Screen is just right, maybe need to duck an inch for quiet music :)
Well done Cartman .... sort of thing I like to hear ... just popping down to the shops to get " this " and end up buying " that " !!
A good friend of mine recently did the same at his BMW dealer .. took his 14 month old Gs down for a service, they gave him a R 1000 S ...( the sporty little one ) and that was it ... £14000 and 7 days later it was in the garage at work !! They gave him an excellent Px .. I would hope so ! .... and when it goes in for its 600 mile service they will plug it into the BMW gizzmo and derestrict the engine to its full 190Bhp .. the mind boggles !!
I digress a little .. I hope you enjoy the bike, they are brilliant.
Well, I went down just to have a look @ the new Z1000SX everybody is raving about and ended up buying a green GTR. :D
Can't wait to pick it up hopefully on Saturday.
Wow. Another impulsive purchaser. Welcome mecki
;D Top result.
Welcome Mecki, this seems to be a recurring theme of people going to dealers with no intention of buying a GTR, and ending up owning one, It happened to me also, mine is green too, and so far after just 500 miles no complaints at all. Enjoy the site and the bike and keep us informed how things go. ;D cheers Geoff.
Looks exactly like mine but a lot cleaner being as IVe done 15000 miles since august. I like it so much this is my second consecutively.
Well done Mecki .... that's what we like to hear ! And just as the weather men promise us a hot June ... you could not have timed it any better !! Enjoy !
OK - I had a test ride on a 09 model last year and loved it, but in the end I decided to stick with my 1250 Bandit GT K8 for a while longer.
I tried the new Triumph Sprint GT earlier this year and wasn't impressed. I guess I just got to used to the enormous grunt the Bandit has at the bottom end and the Sprint felt comparatively sluggish below 6000 rpm.
Even though a gel seat and MRA touring screen improved the touring abilities of the Bandit considerably it is still not a real sports tourer.
And since I go down to the south of France on the bike twice a year to visit my son and his family I wanted something more comfortable.
hi guys, well i can relate to tha as well,lol,.set my heart on the new vfr 1200!,tock it for a test ride back a while ago,was absolutly smitten with it!!!,umed n arred for a while then put it on the back burner--then for some reason i decided to try a gtr!,just before i bought the honda (been scouring the net for ages for a low mileage one with all the kit on it) tock the gtr out,,,,,,well,i was amazed!!!,thats it,i had to have one,,,,,1 week later,a 08 gtr with 569mls on the clock-fully loaded with all the goodies was mine!! ca-ching!!! ;D