Having had a sit on an R11S a couple of years ago at some show or other it's been on my list of potential replacements for my 1200S Bandit. A fateful sunny-day trip out a couple of weeks ago landed me at a nearby dealers with a shiny 11S. Discussions were had, a test ride was made the next (still sunny) day and I went off to do some digging - and found this board. A little more clued up I went for another looksee and a deal was done.
So I'm now the proud owner of a Mandarin (ok, I'm a bloke - yellow!
) '00, bearing ABS, a 5.5" rear, standard cans and cat, heated grips, an oe carbon/plastic mudguard (were they the standard?) and some headguards covering a couple of scratches.
I desperately need a hugger after having seen the state the back half gets into in this weather (PM going to sandbar next) - I forget how bad it can be after having had one on the B12 for so long.
It transpires that this was a parallel, which I was surprised at given the UK clocks and origin of manufacture. Still, I didn't think it would matter too much given that the power is made for a single market, so I can't get a sub-standard one, and the butt-dyno tells me it's about right.
My first check post-purchase was for the headlight dip and surpise, surprise ..... it went the wrong way. Makes me wonder how the dealer could put an MoT on it.......! Anyway it gave me a reason to strip it down and correct it, since they make it so easy and even tell you how in the manuals. That gave me an opportunity to 'feel the quality' of all the nice fittings. Proper screws and rubber washers, not snap-off tabs and the like on all the other bikes I've had.
It has had a set of Lasers on at some point, a new Motronic unit (£502) and a chip (Motorworks code TUA00002) into the new Motronic after it was fitted, probably for the Lasers. How do I tell if the original chip was refitted? Anyone able to provide chip codes or markings to identify what the standard one is? My first tank gave me 47mpg and 138 miles to the fuel light, so I don't think it's overfuelling.
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