Have had one a year now. Such fun to ride comfy and fairly quick for a heavy beast. My advice would be to take it easy and learn the stand assist first. It can catch you out and many have dropped stand assisted trikes on all brands. When you are coming to a stop, light comes on to say stand assist can be activated. Its usually as your feet are already down as bikes nearly stopped and you can arm it without putting feet down but takes practice. When you are stopped and stand assist armed and you have your feet up, make sure your on levelish ground and its straight as it will lunge a bit towards the lean if its armed and on a bit of a slope. I dont tire of riding mine as its such fun. Did a 200 mile ride and no aches and pains after.
@@briansture4353 The stand assist... pulling away with feet up on levelish ground is ok. Best to always be aware that it may lunge a bit. I always pull away fast with stand assist armed... as it seems safer. . The coming to a stop and arming it before it topples is an art. Your feet automatically go down as its going so slow before it allows you to arm it... But even if successful it means if you arm it coming to a stop the trike is not always straight. This means pulling away its likely to lunge left or right. Like you i only used it for parking early on but i do use it as designed for pulling away but the arming when coming to a stop is well dodgey but have had at least 4 sucessful stops and pull aways without actually putting my feet down.
For tricity users: how this bike behave against sustained strong winds and gusts? Also what about the grip on wet roads? I want to buy one but not sure yet, either this or nmax.
@@mamutero21 it's a heavy machine but I've not had an issue, and I've never dropped it. The standing assistant is the device that can cause a fall, I only use standing assist when moving the trike around by hand. There's a very good video showing a Asian guy riding between cones. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vDLVeyLdLms.htmlsi=W0Upm3YveKYxZvUV
I hate those LCD digital displays... Cheap and boring looking, like looking at a calculator screen. I love the circular analogue traditional speedometers
I am more surprised at how basic it is... like if you look at the Peugeot or Piaggio or Kymco CV3, they have fully customised RGB bright screens with GPS/App interfaces. Like if its intended for a car driver, the lack of any GPS interface seems rather cheap for Yamaha.
I bought a second hand one in uk for all year commuting and after talking to someone in the far east i changed the 17g standard variator rollers to 17g flying pulley sliders and what a difference.. smoother take off and stopping and a fair bit punchier in acceleration. I was going to sell it but I'll keep it now as its pretty bloody good considering its weight for a 300..more fun than many bikes ive ridden !
That IS the petrol blue you are driving. I was also surprised when I ordered a nice deep blue 155 and got that pale sh*t.... Also I hear the rear suspension is not up to standars on the 300 neither to put it mildly. By the amount your upper body moves I think you will feel it soon too.
it is not a gyroscope that keeps the Tricity upright at a stop , there is an electrical brake disk and pads under the fairing above the front suspension , you probably know this by now but for the benefit of anyone thinking of buying one I thought it best to mention . oh and if you store the Tricity over winter with stand assist locked on and the battery goes flat , you cant unlock the stand assist , don't ask how I know 🤣
I live in Australia and bought a 22 Tricity 300 no-foot brake fitted, a very neat plate covers the place where it is supposed to be. The dealer said the foot brake is not fitted in Australia. Yamaha must have changed the braking system for Australian models as the brakes work well on both hand levers. The braking system is good can't see any need for a foot brake. Been riding all types of bikes for over 60 years. I don't use the stand-alone when riding I use it for push parking only.
The foot brake is required in Europe for the Car License for Tricycle regulations (which Australia doesn't have). This is cause car drivers can understand a foot brake by default and that engages both brakes at the same. Its removal is a cost saving.
I was a bit dubious about buying a 3 wheeler, as there were alot of them selling with extremely low mileages, so i eventually brought a Piaggio MP3/250, i soon found out y, as they r very front heavy and r a beast 2 do a u turn in a narrow street, but once on the move its a joy 2 ride, 67mpg, i also thought it would b great on shingle roads with the 3rd wheel, but if u front 2 wheels r over shingle mound, your back one is in the middle of mound, a sidecar would solve this problem as 2 wheels r in line and 3rd wheel is on opposite side of mound. I dont know how they would behave if u were 2 get a puncture in 1 of the front wheels, i think that 2 wheels at back {trike} could be controllable
Had mine for over 2 years now , the fronts are fine once the pads have bedded in , I thought mine were crap until I had 2 or 300 miles on the bike , acceleration much improved the more miles it does , engine nice and loose , now I am much happier than I was to start with when I bought it new .
