Hi everyone, I’ve just about run my bike in and thought it was time to share my opinion of the T7. The short answer is I love it. On the road, for a dirt orientated bike it is amazing I can’t believe how stable it is yet so responsive on winding roads. The more I ride it the more my confidence rises in the bikes ability to handle whatever is throne at it. Alternately on loose surfaces it changes little until you start charging on it. This is when it comes alive and the beast within lets loose. I think Yamaha have done a miraculous job creating this Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hide.

Is it perfect? No, but that gives us something to tinker with and the ability to make it individually perfect for ourselves. I have done lots on my T7 as I have done in the past with every bike I’ve ever owned. No doubt there will be more to do and that in my opinion is part of the joy of owning something you are proud of when you step back and think, well Yamaha built it but I have individually perfected it to suit just myself.      

Perfectly summed up!  Totally agree.  I was completely happy with my T7 when I got her,  and I'm sure she would be fine in stock form,  but it's a big part of owning the bike for me to make it 'mine'.  

Cheers,  Steve 

Yup Allen, mine's run in now, and I agree with your thoughts on the bike. Great on open roads and really nice, and fun on off road tracks. I find it limiting on rough stuff due to a few things, it's tall, heavy, has a high 1st gear and the tyres just don't cut it in the soft stuff like knobbies but it's only an issue in soft and/or real tough terrain, and I am too used to my little DT200 which I could take just about anywhere.

 

Lovely bike and i'm really looking forward to the time when we all can go on long trips again, and go camping and stuff like that. Perfect bike for that sort of stuff if you ask me.