jcstokes wrote on 03/26/20 at 11:42:40:Srinath, what are the stupidest features of the Yamaha Bolt?
Not many big ones - but most of the bolt seems to be made super clunky like a commie era utilitarian bike.
The horn isn't the first button by your left thumb, its 1" over. Plenty of times I've mashed the plastic and made no noise.
The air filter is squarely going to hit you in the knee no matter which version of the bolt you are on.
The intake manifold makes that hard turn making the bike impossible to tune past the K&N and remap.
The ECU needs a remap, the power commander crap etc does very little, its not easy to do either.
The FI crap is run with o2 sensor in open loop past 1/8th throttle.
The café has the seat at the wrong angle and that retarded fender - mandated by DOT I'm sure doesn't add to the café look.
Belt drive is awesome, my SCR has spoked aluminum 17" rear wheels and will accept the cast bolt wheels.
The accessory seat is thick and will rival many aftermarket ones.
C spec bars are narrow and super cool, the SCR wide wide wide bars are awesome too.
All round positives outweigh the negatives.
Cool.
Srinath.