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OregonHyperStrada

Joined Aug 2019
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Oregon
I've owned by Hyper for only a couple months and it's the most smile per mile bike i've owned and I've owned A LOT OF BIKES! However, I plan to ride to Sturgis next summer from the west coast and need advice from long time Hyper Owners IF it's possible to set the bike up for the distance and is so what do you recommend?

6'-0" with a 32" inseam which puts me above my Puig to the point of ear splitting wind noise!

I would love to ride the bike to Sturgis, any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
You can put one of those windscreen extenders on. Couple have been posted on the forum.

Keep it under 80 and take a nice long stretch at each fuel stop. I've done a couple 4 hour days. I need scotch and a hot tub afterwards.
 
gatdammit said:
You can put one of those windscreen extenders on. Couple have been posted on the forum.

Keep it under 80 and take a nice long stretch at each fuel stop. I've done a couple 4 hour days. I need scotch and a hot tub afterwards.
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Yup - I got a $30 small one from ebay or amazon, and the hardware is good - holds a setting and easy to adjust. Feathers the air nicely, if that makes sense. I have it adjusted low and parallel with my MRA screen and the air is clean - minimal to no buffeting.

Just came back from 4 days on the road and had to blast down a notoriously windy highway - much better and was holding an indicated 90mph without much effort with full luggage (bags and 2 duffles). No helmet slapping.
 
OregonHyperStrada said:
I've owned by Hyper for only a couple months and it's the most smile per mile bike i've owned and I've owned A LOT OF BIKES! However, I plan to ride to Sturgis next summer from the west coast and need advice from long time Hyper Owners IF it's possible to set the bike up for the distance and is so what do you recommend?

6'-0" with a 32" inseam which puts me above my Puig to the point of ear splitting wind noise!

I would love to ride the bike to Sturgis, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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As noted - I have the MRA screen with a small wing attached. The wing- or deflector - really smooths the airflow - I got a 10" ebay version for about $30 and it's really nice. Would probably work the same with the stock screen, as the mRA really didn't change much (a little lower - a little wider).

I don't think a tall screen is the answer - clean airflow and earplugs works for me. Also, in rain, wind on your visor clears it pretty nicely. I also have those rubber finger wipers - don't leave home without it!!

That takes care of the head - padded bicycle shorts helps a lot with the buttinski. Hours of comfort. A break to unbunch the crotch - and onwards and upwards!
 
Greatly appreciate the advice to all.... Ordering a deflector and Corbin seat today, and a bottle of Scotch for the hot tub!

Fantastic machine and I look forward to cyber stalking everyone's chit chat about do's and dont's.

Thank you everyone
 
I'm a little shorter at 5'10" and have the Puig taller screen fitted. Bear in mind that we have a 100kph speed limit here. I tour on this bike all over New Zealand both solo and with my lady as pillion. We love this bike for touring and find it very comfortable. I have the standard luggage plus a Givi top box. Works a treat. Cheers.
 
Good advice above, I've ridden it for some long days but man, not a highway machine, so I look for curves and stay off super slab as much as I can manage, consider going to hard bags, adding a Rotopax and I use a Speedpack when camping, then there's the tank bag...
 
super slab is boring stuff, but some of the highways out west weave though the dramatic landscape with graceful sweepers and huge elevation changes - I can imagine they might be some kind of fun. Bear down and give it the beans!
 
This will be my second trip to Sturgis, first being in 2015 on a 3rd Gen VFR, as mentioned super slab is mind numbing, although, here in the west the super slab leads to roads over the Rockies that can only be described as what street bike commercials are made on! No chicken strip left on the tire when you reach your destination.... MRA ordered, not as easy to find as one would think.

Now i just need to figure out how to convince the girlfriend to allow me to park it in the living room....
 
BadToTheBown said:
Good advice above, I've ridden it for some long days but man, not a highway machine, so I look for curves and stay off super slab as much as I can manage, consider going to hard bags, adding a Rotopax and I use a Speedpack when camping, then there's the tank bag...
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What hard bags can be mounted to the Hyper?
 
Fotoguzzi said:
What hard bags can be mounted to the Hyper?
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Look at a hyperstrada. You'd need the mount and the bags. Pretty expensive all told. If you're carryig camping gear etc.. something like the mosko moto reckless 80 might be the ticket - not cheap but well thought out and no racks are needed.

If you're not camping, a couple of sets of rok straps and drybags would do the trick - though you need the passenger grab rail or a rear rack. I've been using one of these for years: https://www.amazon.com/DRY-PAK-Wate...ocphy=1018127&hvtargid=pla-569997206629&psc=1, and a 20 liter drybag for quick access to rain gear, water etc.. One pari of rok straps for each.
 
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Fotoguzzi said:
What hard bags can be mounted to the Hyper?
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I have 30L Givis with Bellvue Ducati mounts for Givi Trekker cases, very happy with how they worked out, you can go larger in the cases but then it looks like steroid cases on this bike...
 

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Thanks for the info, I looked at your other post with the mounts only and no bags on, boy pretty unsightly.
 
The factory bags/mounts certainly look better without bags on, which I think was deliberate...the Bellevue bag mounts have proven solid and I've been very happy with them, glad I didn't go with the larger bags, would have been too much and looked like Samonites on both sides...IF you plan to leave the bags on like me, what the mounts look like won't matter much...IF you plan to ride a lot with them off, there's something to be said for the factory bags, I wanted hard bags...
 
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Don't forget the factory bags hold a full face helmet. I would not upgrade to something that did not hold a helmet. Most of the rectangular brands, while offering a lot of storage liters, won't hold a full face helmet.

This, plus the decent look of naked rack, is why the stockers are a great offering.
 
gatdammit said:
Don't forget the factory bags hold a full face helmet. I would not upgrade to something that did not hold a helmet. Most of the rectangular brands, while offering a lot of storage liters, won't hold a full face helmet.
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+1 my Givi's will not fit a a helmet (maybe a half shell)...
 
I have a Oxford Aqua 30L dry bag mounted on the tail with rok straps. I went with that because it comes with a shoulder strap to carry as a duffel. It was very affordable and works great.

That an the stock panniers comfortably supported a 4 day work trip with uniforms, gym and nightlife clothes.
 
All I did to set up my bike before riding it to Colorado and back (a little over 3k round trip) was to wash it. I throw a Wolfman roll top dry bag on the tail and pack lightly as my trips bias towards backroads and spirited riding. I did take I-70 from Grand Junction to Silverthorn and that was definitely not as fun, of course we were on day 4 and had been doing 7 - 9 hour riding days so everyone was sore and tired. I don't think I was in any more pain than my friend on his 650GS. That said, I love the stock seat on the SP (race seat I think) but I'm going to look into a custom seat before my next long trip. 6'3" 230 with a 34" inseam here.
 
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