Riser stiffening washers

Picture courtesy of SS Custom Cycle

Just a heads up. It seems that SS custom cycle has these for sale now so you don't need to have ones made when installing taller bars or risers. SS Custom Cycle website

If you don't know what these are for click & read below

> http://black-bolt.blogspot.fi/2015/11/pullback-riser-installation-on-yamaha.html

> http://black-bolt.blogspot.fi/2015/12/yamaha-bolt-riser-bushings-washers.html

Bikes ridden

I listed all the bikes I've ridden over the years.  I gave them stars according to how I liked them so the stars are clearly my "feel based" opinion (or recollection) and not so much a statement of how good or bad a bike is. Whats the point? There is none.

Lofoten ride

Made it back in one piece. A good ride, but the weather sucked a bit.

Some notes from the trip:

- the backrest was just spectacular on those long boring stretches
- tank size was not a problem at any point
- waterproof luggage proved to be very necessary this time
- too much stuff came along (again)
- need better riding gear, having separate rain gear sucks
- invest in really really good "come hell or high water" gloves (had several crappy ones with me)
- stock suspension is absolutely fine
- phone still sucks as GPS navigator
- have your own straps for any future train rides

On my way

I will be on my way up north and towards the Lofoten Islands tomorrow evening. Updating the blog from the road with the phone is too much of a hassle, but if you want to tag along you can see updates from the road on my Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/web_biker/

Below is the plan for 4 days of riding.

Luggage testing for the trip

Wolfman bags on a cruiser no less

Did a test mounting of my gear for the upcoming trip. If I leave one of the Wolfman bags at 50% I can get a working back rest from the bags. Rain gear is strapped separately to the sissy fro fast deployment.

2017 Yamaha Bolt and Bolt R-spec

2017 Yamaha Bolt

Yamaha has published 2017 Bolts. No dramatic changes. Only the flangeless tank and spoked wheels are different from 2014-2016 Bolts.

2017 Yamaha Bolt R-spec

Yamaha Bolt product page
Yamaha Bolt R-spec product page

Yamaha SCR 950 Scrambler and new accessories

Yamaha has officially introduced the rumored Scrambler version of the Bolt. The obvious differences to the standard Bolt are:

- upswept exhaust (the design is otherwise pretty much the same)
- scrambler bars
- spoked wheels
- new seat and rear sub frame
- scrambler style rear fender
- flangeless tank

Yamaha SCR 950 exhaust

Yamaha SCR 950 seat

Yamaha SCR 950 tank

For those owning and keeping the standard Bolt or the R-Spec the most interesting question is, what this brings to the accessories department and what parts can be perhaps utilized on our bikes.

The skid plate should work on the standard Bolt and maybe even the upswept pipes could work as a simple bolt on customization.

SCR950 Aluminum Skid Plate

 (BL3-F14B0-V0-00)

Another interesting addition to the accessories is the  SCR950 Micro Cowl (BL3-F83M0-V0-00)

It will also be interesting to see how they have done the rear sub frame. It's hard to tell from the photos whats going on there.