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Senior Member Joined: Jan 2014 From: California Posts: 215 | What's your biggest complaint about the Hyperstrada?
I've had mine for the last 7 days and so far have put 200 miles on her. Clear it's a great bike! Just curious what you've noticed and what your biggest gripes are with it so far? For me, really just two things stand out at this point: 1. The display... wish it were full color and provided more info, more like the Panigale display or even better yet, like this MV Agusta display. ![]() 2. Seat height... with a 29" inseam, a 33.5" seat height doesn't inspire total confidence. It's not as bad as I thought and the bike is so well balanced it's easy to hold it on my tippy toes at a stop, but I still would really prefer being able to flat foot it. I'm going to give the low seat a try and then see if the local shoe repair place can build a 3/4" thicker sole for my riding boots. Those two things together should drop the seat height to 32", which should allow me to flat foot. Until I can flat foot it, I fear that it's always going to be that I like it and never that I love it. I think I'm learning my personal preference and that I need to be able to flat foot a bike in order to really love it and bond with it. I don't feel totally in control unless I can flat foot it would seem. |
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Member Joined: Aug 2013 From: Ipswich, UK Posts: 63 I Ride: Suzuki GSR600 |
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Senior Member Joined: Mar 2013 From: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 282 |
I wish it had a proper fuel gauge, if I could look at the dash and know how much I had to the nearest eighth of a tank this bike would be perfect in every single way! Ooh and if the bags clamped and were water tight... |
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Senior Member Joined: Mar 2013 From: Naples, IT Posts: 1,903 I Ride: 2013 White Strada |
Crappy front forks, gear indicator, fuel gauge. If it had a screen like that with the above added, I might have paid $499 more. I'm pretty surprised they didn't offer an SP-like package for '14 with top-o-the-line, fully adjustable suspension. Probably wouldn't move a lot of units as the low price point is probably what reeled a good portion of us in. |
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Member Joined: Mar 2013 From: Texas Posts: 97 I Ride: 2013 White Hyperstrada, 2014 KTM 690 Enduro r |
Way too much Breaks when it falls over. I don't even think they considered it. Other then that really nothing.
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Senior Member Joined: Aug 2013 From: Canada, Ottawa Posts: 246 I Ride: Hyperstrada 821 - 2013, Hyperstrada 939 - 2016 |
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Member Joined: Mar 2013 From: Montgomery, Alabama USA Posts: 56 I Ride: Hyperstrada | More of the same
Fuel gauge, gear indicator, waterproof givi like cases, the 'tall' windshield should come stock.
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Senior Member Joined: Apr 2013 From: Tracy, CA Posts: 185 I Ride: 2013 Hypermotard in Fast White |
Front forks, fuel gauge, fuel tank size, luggage width (lane splitting in CA).
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Senior Member Joined: Jun 2013 From: Santa Barbara Posts: 147 I Ride: '16 Multistrada | Quote:
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Member Joined: Jun 2013 From: Sydney Posts: 67 |
My biggest complaint about owning my Hyper SP is that I can't use it to its full potential in the congested streets of London.
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