Yamaha MT Tour - 26th/27th July, Box Hill Rykas

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Anyone planning to go to this? I'll admit the main point of interest for me is being able to test ride the MT07 (abliet a 35kw restricted one) on an off-road area, no licence needed (CBT holder here :(). MT-125 is also there to ride on the same area.

Should be able to have a decent sit on the MT09 and there's always the super extreme wheelie machine if I'm feeling confident :eek::D

http://www.yamaha-motor.eu/uk/experience/mt-tour/index.aspx

Tests rides available for the full licence holders, stunt area, MT09 sport tracker, etc etc. :cool:
 
Quite tempted to go to this on Saturday, 100 mile round trip and I'm sure it'll be mega busy.

Does look like it could be enjoyable though.
 
It is tempting to go, I dread to think how light an MT-09 must feel compared to my flabby old Bandit 12, probably feels like a push bike. :D
 
45 miles each way for me, on a 125cc as well! Google reckons an hour and half, can't use motorways :( Should be good though, will keep an eye on the weather.
 
Only live down the road from this and was planning on going if I passed my Mod 2 yesterday... which I did!

Got an XJ6N which I will ride there but interested in trying a MT-07 and the wheelie machine!

I am sure on the earlier ads they had said the Stunt show would not be present at the Box Hill event, although it appears this is no longer the case, which is an added bonus!
 
I went along around midday, went anti-clockwise on the M25 for 50 miles to get there and 95% of it was filtering! Mad traffic, lots of people going on holiday I guess with the schools shut. Hot too.

Lots of people there, plenty of nice bikes there. Booked myself in to do test ride the MT-09, wasn't interested in the wheelie machine.

They give you a short briefing, basically don't act like a loon and get them into trouble.
Ride itself was 35 mins long along some 30-60 back rounds in Surrey.

This was the first time riding something other than my own bike since passing last December.
Brief thoughts on the bike:
Felt very light, probably due to the seating position and bars which took a little getting used to from my CBR.
Lots of grunt, even down low. Modes make a fairly big difference to throttle input.
Very comfortable ride, but also felt very soft at the front.
Brakes were very sensitive, but powerful.
Gearbox was pretty nice and accurate, no false neutrals for me.
Build wasn't quite on par with Honda, switchgear didn't feel as robust.
My throttle seemed to have a little bit of play, but I asked some others and they didn't find this.

Overall nice bike, good value, but not really to my liking.

Got some freebies too, t-shirt, neck tube, key ring and pen.
Thing was run by focused events, pretty good overall. :)
 
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Nice :cool:

I got there about 1pm after nearly 2 hours of filtering along the A25.

Had a short ride on the MT-07 in the beginner/stunt area at 2:30pm - was a 35Kw version but don't think at the speeds I was doing it had any effect, I was nowhere near full throttle.

Felt small vs my varadero, a bit too small for me at 6ft 3in if anything (sat on an MT-09 later and it felt much more my size) and it felt lighter too, weight felt lower down. My knees were up close to the top of the tank, and there wasn't much in front of them, legs didn't really fit into the tank cut outs. Low set height too, the 09 has a higher seat, the 07 was maybe a bit too low for me.

VERY easy to ride, got into 2nd in the small area, box was very smooth. Clutch very light. Accelerator much more willing to rev than my bike. Did a couple of slow u turns and rode up and down the area, felt like I'd been riding it for months, it was that easy to ride.

Then I got to accelerate a bit more in 1st from a few mph.... :eek::D:D my bike will do 20mph in first, this will do 60mph. I could have done that all day :D

So basically: small, light, EXTREMELY easy to ride. Seemed to be a fair bit of torque from low down. :D Fuel gauge, gear position indicator, brakes were nice and sharp, made mine feel like they were made of paper. This was my first time riding a proper sized bike, so other people's impressions may be different.

Given the choice I think I'd take an MT-09 and set it to B mode for the first few months, or weeks, or days, or hours...:p

Heard a bloke get off the 09 after a test ride and he said "damn it, I bought an MT-07, I should have bought the MT-09!!!"

If anyone saw a tall skinny bloke sweating his balls off on a red varadero 125, that was me :)

Edit: they had the MT09 Sport tracker there, me likey very much. Big flat seat, carbon and alloy style front mudguard, looked nice.
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Heading to this tomorrow morning.

Fancy a test ride but I wonder if they will take my Mod 1 and 2 pass certificates instead of my license as I haven't received my updated stuff yet since passing :D

Hopefully get a couple freebies too.. Is there any trade stands there? Could do with getting a tank protector!
 
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