What's your biggest complaint about the Hyperstrada?

HyperstradaHopeful · January 21st, 2014, 09:05 AM

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.

jamiesk · January 21st, 2014, 11:00 AM

I wont have the money until August for her

R6chase · January 21st, 2014, 12:30 PM

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...

gatdammit · January 21st, 2014, 02:03 PM

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.

Dane1960 · January 21st, 2014, 02:40 PM

Way too much Breaks when it falls over. I don't even think they considered it. Other then that really nothing.

NewRider · January 21st, 2014, 03:08 PM

Fuel gauge.
Gear indicator.
Automatic off signal. (I'm not sure how to mane this thing, sorry.)

Also.

Better tool kit.
Revised owner manual.

usmcstrada · January 21st, 2014, 03:31 PM

Fuel gauge, gear indicator, waterproof givi like cases, the 'tall' windshield should come stock.

twozzie · January 21st, 2014, 04:01 PM

Front forks, fuel gauge, fuel tank size, luggage width (lane splitting in CA).

porkrind · January 21st, 2014, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NewRider

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Automatic off signal. (I'm not sure how to mane this thing, sorry.)

Sadly, the Hypers already have this, but the parameters are not useful.

Quote:

Originally Posted by the manual

Turn indicators (automatic reset)

Turn indicators are automatically reset by the instrument panel. After activating one of the two turn indicators, they can be deactivated using the reset button (4). If the turn indicator is not “reset" manually, the instrument panel will automatically switch it off after the motorcycle has traveled 0.3 miles (500 m) from the time the turn indicator was activated. The counter for the distance traveled for automatic deactivation is activated at speeds below 50 mph (80 km/h). If the calculation of the distance for automatic deactivation is activated and then the motorcycle exceeds a speed of 50 mph (80 km/h), the calculation is interrupted and will restart when the speed returns below the indicated threshold.

phantomfighter · January 21st, 2014, 04:25 PM

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.

January 21st, 2014, 09:05 AM	#1
HyperstradaHopeful 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.

January 21st, 2014, 03:08 PM	#6
NewRider Senior Member Joined: Aug 2013 From: Canada, Ottawa Posts: 246 I Ride: Hyperstrada 821 - 2013, Hyperstrada 939 - 2016	Fuel gauge. Gear indicator. Automatic off signal. (I'm not sure how to mane this thing, sorry.) Also. Better tool kit. Revised owner manual. Last edited by NewRider; January 21st, 2014 at 03:12 PM.

January 21st, 2014, 03:31 PM	#7
usmcstrada 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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January 21st, 2014, 11:00 AM	#2
jamiesk Member Joined: Aug 2013 From: Ipswich, UK Posts: 63 I Ride: Suzuki GSR600	I wont have the money until August for her

January 21st, 2014, 12:30 PM	#3
R6chase 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...

January 21st, 2014, 02:03 PM	#4
gatdammit Senior Member Joined: Mar 2013 From: Naples, IT Posts: 2,216 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.

January 21st, 2014, 02:40 PM	#5
Dane1960 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.

January 21st, 2014, 04:01 PM	#8
twozzie 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).

January 21st, 2014, 04:25 PM	#10
phantomfighter 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.