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Since last Friday i'm an MTniner too.
I got a matt-grey mt-09 with ABS and i have done about 500 km.
As i live to the sea shore, my favourite drive for the break-in period is a seaside road named "Sounion avenue" that drives from Athens to an ancient temple at Cape Sounion.
The first days (Friday & Saturday) i drove from Lagonissi to Cape Sounion and back in B-mode, but yesterday i did it in STD-mode.
Before MT-09 i had a DL650V-strom, so my wife and my daughter found the passenger seat of MT better & more comfortable than the wider of V-strom .
So Yamaha's designers had done good job there !
Also i like the soft setting of suspension (front and rear) which makes the bike more manuverable and friendly on curvy roads even with passenger.
At my lovely drive to Sounion, that has lots of turns and curves, i use 3-4-5-6 gears untill the "limit" of 5.500 rpm...
Allthough 5.500 rpm in 6th gear gives about 140km...
Another point i like to mention is the tires. Mine is equiped with Dunlops Sportmax D214. I was a little afraid with many notes of here about how bad are those tires, but i found them good enough for driving on dry roads.
The rear brake is weak and i felt the feedback of the abs in my right foot 2 times before i completely stop.
The front is strong enough, OK for my driving style and i haven't experienced the vibration on my 2 right fingers yet.. even when i tried (It is the 1st bike with ABS i ever owned).
The front light is strong, but i have to put it a litlle bit lower at the first service.
I find the bike very light, easy to drive and friendly enough.
I think that the CSS i graduated about 10 years ago made the driving circumstances so simple....
P.S. I promise to put some photos with the help of my daughter...
I got a matt-grey mt-09 with ABS and i have done about 500 km.
As i live to the sea shore, my favourite drive for the break-in period is a seaside road named "Sounion avenue" that drives from Athens to an ancient temple at Cape Sounion.
The first days (Friday & Saturday) i drove from Lagonissi to Cape Sounion and back in B-mode, but yesterday i did it in STD-mode.
Before MT-09 i had a DL650V-strom, so my wife and my daughter found the passenger seat of MT better & more comfortable than the wider of V-strom .
So Yamaha's designers had done good job there !
Also i like the soft setting of suspension (front and rear) which makes the bike more manuverable and friendly on curvy roads even with passenger.
At my lovely drive to Sounion, that has lots of turns and curves, i use 3-4-5-6 gears untill the "limit" of 5.500 rpm...
Allthough 5.500 rpm in 6th gear gives about 140km...
Another point i like to mention is the tires. Mine is equiped with Dunlops Sportmax D214. I was a little afraid with many notes of here about how bad are those tires, but i found them good enough for driving on dry roads.
The rear brake is weak and i felt the feedback of the abs in my right foot 2 times before i completely stop.
The front is strong enough, OK for my driving style and i haven't experienced the vibration on my 2 right fingers yet.. even when i tried (It is the 1st bike with ABS i ever owned).
The front light is strong, but i have to put it a litlle bit lower at the first service.
I find the bike very light, easy to drive and friendly enough.
I think that the CSS i graduated about 10 years ago made the driving circumstances so simple....
P.S. I promise to put some photos with the help of my daughter...
