Friday 24 June 2016

MT-10

Have been fortunate enough to have been running around on an MT-10 and i have to say that the performance is pretty phenomenal!! seriously it is a complete package of handling, power and comfort, I have heard others complain about the brakes but not for me, they are up to the job in hand. The thing I liked the most though other than the stunning acceleration, wheelies galore, and comfort was the way the front end felt so planted, the bike feels like you could ride it around a wall, the front Tyre just sticks where you put it and the back tracks around it perfectly.
My only real dislike was B mode, I can't see a situation where i would want the throttle to behave like an on off switch? A mode perfect, standard mode great both are really usable but B is a turn off.



The looks may divide opinion but when you are hooning along you can forgive it for looking like Wall-E's sister. The only other thing that might be an issue is the bike has a healthy appetite for unleaded if you ride it in a spirited fashion but you can almost for give it for that due to the huge beaming grin that you sport on reaching your chosen destination.
I would love to have been able to have heard it with a link pipe and a can on to liberate the full effect of the noise that the cross plane crank R1 derived engine makes. Talking of the engine it is basically the one that is fitted to the R1s that they get in the states, the titanium is removed in a bid to lower production costs but it still pumps out 160bhp so she is no slouch.
To conclude a lot of bike for the money, £10136 on the road which has got to seem a bit of a bargain when compared with some of the competition but it doesn't feel like a bike built to a budget, it's a well thought out and put together bike that delivers a fantastic riding experience.