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I just rolled over 150 miles today on my Majesty. I started riding it to work this week. It has been 38 degrees at 8 am each morning this week. The lined, armored pants that match my jacket haven't arrived yet, so I am wearing rainsuit pants, and I arrive frozen from the waist down, yet
strangely happy. Plus, as an added benefit, I get to park right next to the building instead of a ten minute hike across campus. Suh-weeet.
The Majesty owner's manual says to avoid "prolonged" running of the engine over 4000 rpm for the first 600 miles. So does anyone know how Yamaha defines "prolonged"? More importantly, does the Majesty have a counter somewhere on it's embedded computer engine controller that counts the number of times an engine was run over 4000 rpm? Not that I ever run it over 4K. Nope, not me.
I'm new to riding anything with two wheels and an engine, so I don't know
motorcycle customs. I have noticed that riders of motorcycles going in the other direction kind of wave at me by taking their left hand off the clutch and holding it down at a 45 degree angle. Or the last few people I passed going the other way were all signaling for a stop. Or is that the signal for "wiener bike"?
Does anyone else have a hard time closing the trunk (boot?) with a full face helmet or two in there? I have a Scorpion helmet, but it's not size XXL. It's supposed to fit. You have to fiddle with it a bit or it won't latch.
And speaking of the trunk, there's a sticker in there that says the weight
limit is 11 pounds. What's up with that? My lunch alone weighs 11 pounds. What are the consequences of a 12 pound load down there?
Has anyone come across a mesh net or other tie down that will fit well on
the passenger seat? The grab rails on the back don't fit any of the bungees or tiedowns I found at Target.
New product idea: an MP3 player that mounts on your scooter handlebars and holds audio files of a big Harley engine being revved. When you touch the play button, it booms out the BLADDAM BLADDAM BLADDAM sound at about 500 watts. I got this idea this morning on a packed California freeway. I was being too timid to lane split (looked pretty darn narrow to me), and was riding in the center of the lane. I hear BLADDAM BLADDAM behind me, and dive left. Here between the cars comes a guy on a big Harley, it looked much wider than the Maj. As he approaches a car, he just pulls in the clutch and revs the engine. The drivers hear the boom behind them, and most move over. We got no clutch, therefore no BLADDAM BLADDAM. If any of you actually implement this idea, I get 10% of the net.
Second fuel up: 147 miles, 3.11 gallons. 47 mpg. About half the distance riding 2-up around our suburb with one or another grinning small boy.
strangely happy. Plus, as an added benefit, I get to park right next to the building instead of a ten minute hike across campus. Suh-weeet.
The Majesty owner's manual says to avoid "prolonged" running of the engine over 4000 rpm for the first 600 miles. So does anyone know how Yamaha defines "prolonged"? More importantly, does the Majesty have a counter somewhere on it's embedded computer engine controller that counts the number of times an engine was run over 4000 rpm? Not that I ever run it over 4K. Nope, not me.
I'm new to riding anything with two wheels and an engine, so I don't know
motorcycle customs. I have noticed that riders of motorcycles going in the other direction kind of wave at me by taking their left hand off the clutch and holding it down at a 45 degree angle. Or the last few people I passed going the other way were all signaling for a stop. Or is that the signal for "wiener bike"?
Does anyone else have a hard time closing the trunk (boot?) with a full face helmet or two in there? I have a Scorpion helmet, but it's not size XXL. It's supposed to fit. You have to fiddle with it a bit or it won't latch.
And speaking of the trunk, there's a sticker in there that says the weight
limit is 11 pounds. What's up with that? My lunch alone weighs 11 pounds. What are the consequences of a 12 pound load down there?
Has anyone come across a mesh net or other tie down that will fit well on
the passenger seat? The grab rails on the back don't fit any of the bungees or tiedowns I found at Target.
New product idea: an MP3 player that mounts on your scooter handlebars and holds audio files of a big Harley engine being revved. When you touch the play button, it booms out the BLADDAM BLADDAM BLADDAM sound at about 500 watts. I got this idea this morning on a packed California freeway. I was being too timid to lane split (looked pretty darn narrow to me), and was riding in the center of the lane. I hear BLADDAM BLADDAM behind me, and dive left. Here between the cars comes a guy on a big Harley, it looked much wider than the Maj. As he approaches a car, he just pulls in the clutch and revs the engine. The drivers hear the boom behind them, and most move over. We got no clutch, therefore no BLADDAM BLADDAM. If any of you actually implement this idea, I get 10% of the net.
Second fuel up: 147 miles, 3.11 gallons. 47 mpg. About half the distance riding 2-up around our suburb with one or another grinning small boy.