The TDM (Yamaha TDM850)

Name: paulyt007

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Product:	Yamaha TDM850
Date:	26/04/02 (1408 review reads)
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Advantages: fun, practical ,versatile, town, country

Disadvantages: clunky , bloody , gearbox

Wow can you have fun on this machine.
Wow is it practical
Wow Wow has it got style.

After trying lots of bikes in my time I have to say that this bike really does satisfy and build on every little thing I love about biking. Its got its faults, but then you can say that about every bike with character, cos the differences between something unique and something more traditional will always please some and annoy others.

This is a bike with an incredible amount of usable power. On paper or screen, the 80ish bhp may not seem much, but the torque is awesome, and the weight of the bike really makes you feel that VELOCITY when cruising gently in top gear, or when accelerating, at any point you want to. From tearing away from a standing start, in second, third, fourth even fifth, the bike feels strong, and with the upright riding position, it really throws your torso back, and while planting your bum firmly in seat, the pressure there is not always enough to stop it putting your back out, in the nicest possible way, amnd of course only when you want it to..

You can really munch up the miles on this bike. Once you get settled in, you can ride this thing all day for days on end. The normal backache and neckache are pretty much eliminated due to the great seat and handle bar height. This is a bike which feels big, feels like it was built to handle it, and has something of a regal air, in all conditions. The really great surprise with this bike has been how great it has been for touring. Its incredibly comfortable for a pillion, the narrowness is actually a welcome relief from other so called luxurious groin splitting machines. One of the reasons I went for this bike was that another owner told me, quite rightly, that the thing feels, and is, so damn heavy, that you can hardly tell that anybody is on the back anyway.
Now dont go thinking that this is a big hard to handle beast. It is not. It is the easiest bike ever to manuovre slowly. Whe
n you are doing this at critical points, and when you are doing this in city centre traffic, it will amazingly reward you with every every bit of trust you put in it, even better, it will never cease to impress you.

It has an amazing combination of two qualities very rarely found together in one machine. It is as comfortable and sturdy as you could possible want for the motorway or fast a road, yet it is so bloody nimble that you can urinate all over scooters in the city if the needs takes you. it also provides one major advantage over almost any other machine that can provide as much of a buss in the engine department: you feel almost higher than the trees, and you can see well in advance what those persky murderous cars are doing.

Doesnt anyone realise that you get more of a buzz from leaning over on a machine which is a mile off the ground. You feel like your leaning over on stk=ilts the first few times- excellent!

This is the ideal bike for anyone who does what I do: bike to and from work every day accross a busy city, and also go off for long weekends burning it up along country roads with the missus on the back.

Well recommended.

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