I am clsoing in on one year with my bike as well. I am only one mile from work so my bike just hit 1200 miles. I am totally in love with it except for my but getting numb after about 45 minutes of riding. I have no issues cursing at 80MPH, I was burning a little oil but that seems to have stopped. I am in love with ridging it up and down the mountains around Idaho Falls because all I have to do is let off the throttle and 5% downgrades require no down shifting to hold 50-55MPH. I have decided that I like going down the steeper graids much better on my Super Meteor than I do with my manual transmission Toyota Tacoma or my wife's automatic transmission 4runner.
Sounds idilic. And yes, agreed, the engine braking is superb. On most corners I never had to touch the brakes. From 80kg h to 50kph in seconds. Corners well. As for the but issue, that is a problem. I am trialing some seats in the next couple of videos 🙏
PS Teacher T. I've ridden the Kawasaki 650 Volcan and the mono shock is far superior than my RE650. I've also ridden as a passenger on both bikes. For bum and back comfort my Super Meteor wins out ever time 😊.
Also a testament to your riding skills 👍 watching this video riding in conditioning like this, as you say, is an insight as to how good the Mighty Meaty handled it, took it all in its stride. I love seeing bikes that get used. Second hand market in GB. is full off ten year old bikes with less than 10K miles. Tripmachine bags look great to, really suite the bike. Also after seeing this, I’ll never moan about the English weather again 🤭😂
She certainly gets used every day, Rain or shine. And it's not always blue skies and sunshine in Thailand. A bit like Cornwall in the winter at the moment 😂🙏
Thank you again for a great and wet video😂Mr. T I’m not going to change my seat as I only ride alone - but would love to see you change into it and how fast you can change it back again sometime and as always keep the videos coming.
Love your video, seem like The Cocoa Tree Garden is a lovely place to go when I have a chance to visit Thailand. 😁 It must be very challenging riding in such heavy rain. muddy with many pot holes. My SM do come with the touring seat, however replacing the rear suspension do change the comfort significantly and it does extend the endurance of the butt especially during long hours riding. 🤣
Yes I found my butt experienced problems in my first week of ownership. 😂 The road from Cocoa to 118 Chiang Rai is an excellent quiet cruising road with lovely views and corners. Hopefully no rain when you visit 👌🙏
Thanks teacher t for yet another great video. I have the touring seat and it’s the best seat I have sat on. Like yourself I’ve been riding for 45 years. I love the look of my seat and sissy bar but to have the GIVI top box the sissy bar has to go. Where did you purchase your side pannier bars from as I think the soft leather panniers look far nicer than the hard panniers. Thanks again ! 😊 so glad to see you both get home safely.
Thank you. The saddle bags and mounting rails came from company called @TrioMachine. They are very good. I made a review video with links where to get them. Panniers or Saddle Bags? Super Meteor 650 Expedition - Trip Machine Special czcams.com/video/ilct0foerv0/video.html 🙏
My mrs loves the touring seat so defo worth a try with mrs T. I’ll be doing what you said and swapping the touring seat with the standard and rear rack when she’s not coming along, shouldn’t take more that 10 mins I think
Ideal. I’ve ordered the touring seat and back rest. Not in stock of course. 😂 Looking forward to fitting and a review from Mrs T. Planning a long road trip in October 🙏
Having bought the Celestial and then converting to the solo seat, i do have to say the touring couch is more comfortable on a long ride. I did still use an air hawk seat cushion though. Also, having riden with both seats before adding yss shocks, the difference in shocker quality/ride/handling and general comfort is astounding. I no longer get the sudden jolt/teeth rattling/jolt down my spine when hitting a bump at 80-110 kph. Also, i think one of the main factors of people having a difference of opinions on comfort comes down to body type. Im 6'2" and 130kg so im getting a different experience than someone who is 5'5" and 70kg.
Well I’m 5’8” and 80kg. I can assure you the same spine pain is felt by me, from day one of owning the bike. But some say it’s ok. I do wonder if different batches of suspension unit were fitted? Now you are putting me off buying the touring seat lol 🙏
@@Teacher-T-Thailand the touring seat is definitely more comfortable on a long ride. Gives you the option to move your posterior about a little more. About town, its not that noticable.
We nearly did t go. But the weather in Chiang Mai was perfect and the ride home at the end of the video was fantastic. Until we hit the rains again lol 🙏
Hi, Teacher T, how are you? My name is Aleksander and I'm from Brazil. I have a Super Meteor 650 Celestial Red and, I suggest you put the touring seat on your bike too, because it is much more comfortable for the passenger than the original seat. In addition to being more beautiful and impressive. I hope my opinion is goig to be useful for you and have safe riding. 🏍
I would definitely recommend the RE touring seat with back rest Teacher T 👍. Your wife will love that on a long run. No complaints from my pillion passengers, so far! Enjoyable vid and the destination looked wonderful, as too did the group ride. So in the next one, how to deep clean the 650 Super Meteor perhaps 😂🤘. Safe cruising till next time ...
Ha ha. Many thanks. Yes I think the touring seat and back rest is on the list. It will hang on the garage wall most of the time I”m sure, but would love to experience the difference. Bike sparkling already 🙏
For what it's worth I have been riding a 2024 650 Super Meteor recently. It's seat configuration is the same as your SM and I found its much harder on the bum as rider and passenger. Plus even at slower speeds my bottom is often lifted off the seat more than mine with the touring seat riding UK crap roads. Hence my suggestion to you. And we both agreed new rear suspension before Christmas is the way forward!
As I have said previously to you, I find my touring seat very comfortable indeed, and I believe that it's a case of comfort over looks, although I'm very happy with the look
The touring seat is fitted to my celestial blue SM 650. It is comfortable; however, the rear shocks were still terrible and were changed for Hagon shocks.
I e ordered the touring seat. I plan a long tour from the North of Thailand all the way down to the South in October when my school closes for 2 weeks. Let’s see how that goes 😂🙏
I would love to see the touring seat in action as I'm more about function than form, as Ive found on my Meteor, tried the touring seat and couldn't get on with it; 6000 miles on the original is just so much better IMO 👍
The touring seat makes quite a difference indeed. I have the Astral black variant with the stock suspension. I've cranked the pre-load of the stock suspension up to 5. It made a lot of difference. However, when I rode a friend's bike (celestial blue) with the touring seat, and stock preload setting, it felt much better. I also noticed the touring seat to be much narrower than the stock seat. I'm not sure if this might have something to do with the performance of the suspension.
The stock suspension is a baffler. But when I was on preload 1 and bumpy Thai roads, every major bump would nearly break my spine due to the units bottoming out. Raising the preload will stop this, but then makes the overall ride much harder. I gave up in the end. But I must try the touring seat 🙏
Wow! not the usual tech lectures but a real b' dangerous journey with the Loved one! !0/10 mate but NO repeats please? just stick with the tech lectures which I always look forward to!
Hola estimado amigo Espectacular viaje que realizaste con todas las inclemnecias de la lluvia ( Como se comporto los neumáticos originales CEAT? ) Yo tengo el asiento touring y todo genial; pero tambien hay la posibilidad de voverlo a tapizar y agregarle GEL, con eso y tus amortiguares estaria como en las nubes. Saludos y un fuerte abrazo desde Peru
Thank you. I e out 10,000 Km on the original CEAT tyres now. Still plenty of life left in them yet. They grip the road well. But the recommended three pressures are high, and I do wonder if this causes a stiffer ride? But at the moment all is good. Peru. Wonderful 🙏
@@Teacher-T-Thailand sobre la presión también pienso que es demasiada. Pero hay un detalle que he notado cuando viajo (100km/h a más) siento vibración en la manillar y me adormece la mano derecha. Y note que esto se debía a que la presión del neumático estaba por debajo de lo recomendado por el fabricante (41psi delante y 36psi posterior ). Luego de corregir la presión ya no se sentía la vibración. Cuando tránsito en la ciudad le bajo la presión a 30psi delante y detrás; pero cuando viajo si le pongo la presión recomendada por el fabricante. Un abrazo
@@nelsonwilbury656 Es posible que valga la pena también verificar el balanceo de la rueda delantera. Maybe worth getting your front wheel balance checked also 🙏
I agree I don't like the look of the touring seat but for long trips one must sacrifice for the lady. Also like the utility and style of your panniers over hard cases.
@@davidskaggs9914 just Google Trip Machine Company Expedition Saddle bags. Form what I am aware they are specifically made for the Meteor 650. But if you also Google Auto Engina they are the company that made the saddle stays. Worth asking them if they make a saddle stay for the T120 and if it is compatible with the expedition bags. They are very good. 🙏
They are the Expedition Saddle bags by Trip Machine Company. Review video and details in Video description 🙏 Panniers or Saddle Bags? Super Meteor 650 Expedition - Trip Machine Special czcams.com/video/ilct0foerv0/video.html
Hi Teacher T, One question, please, what is the travel range with a full tank? For a person with, let's say, normal driving…. From full to empty, thanks 🙏
My reserve light normally comes on when I reach between 280 and 300km, depending how I drive. The there is still 4 litres in the tank where you can get 26kmpl 🙏
I feel little vibration on footpegs at high speed mostly over 100 KPH. Is it normal or there is some issue with my SM. I reached out to RE and they did some torque setting but it remains the same .. no idea if anyone else is also facing the same issue. Btw it is a great bike and 80-90KPH is ideal speed for the bike i believe
@@ankitkumar-xt7jo ohhh. Also check that the chain is not too tight. Some RE engineers like to overtightened the chain. There should be some slack in it 🙏
I am clsoing in on one year with my bike as well. I am only one mile from work so my bike just hit 1200 miles. I am totally in love with it except for my but getting numb after about 45 minutes of riding. I have no issues cursing at 80MPH, I was burning a little oil but that seems to have stopped. I am in love with ridging it up and down the mountains around Idaho Falls because all I have to do is let off the throttle and 5% downgrades require no down shifting to hold 50-55MPH. I have decided that I like going down the steeper graids much better on my Super Meteor than I do with my manual transmission Toyota Tacoma or my wife's automatic transmission 4runner.
Sounds idilic. And yes, agreed, the engine braking is superb. On most corners I never had to touch the brakes. From 80kg h to 50kph in seconds. Corners well. As for the but issue, that is a problem. I am trialing some seats in the next couple of videos 🙏
PS Teacher T. I've ridden the Kawasaki 650 Volcan and the mono shock is far superior than my RE650. I've also ridden as a passenger on both bikes. For bum and back comfort my Super Meteor wins out ever time 😊.
Agreed on suspension. As for seats, interesting 🙏
@Teacher-T-Thailand RE do, do a comfort seat, according to ' The
Fuzzy Biker' on his channel, posted 12 days ago.
I own both too. SM 650 better seat than vulcan. Suspension?...yes vulcan is the winner.
@@rizkimaruf5744 nice and agreed 🙏😂
Also a testament to your riding skills 👍 watching this video riding in conditioning like this, as you say, is an insight as to how good the Mighty Meaty handled it, took it all in its stride. I love seeing bikes that get used. Second hand market in GB. is full off ten year old bikes with less than 10K miles. Tripmachine bags look great to, really suite the bike. Also after seeing this, I’ll never moan about the English weather again 🤭😂
She certainly gets used every day, Rain or shine. And it's not always blue skies and sunshine in Thailand. A bit like Cornwall in the winter at the moment 😂🙏
Thanks Teacher T. I do prefer the look of the saddle bags as long as they don’t flap about when riding. 😊
Not at all. Solid as a rock. They look like saddle bags. Behave like panniers 🙏
Hello teacher T I look forward the touring seat on your bike
Thanks all ordered. But not in stock lol. Waiting ,🙏
Thank you again for a great and wet video😂Mr. T
I’m not going to change my seat as I only ride alone - but would love to see you change into it and how fast you can change it back again sometime and as always keep the videos coming.
Thank you. Sure, will do. 🙏
Love your video, seem like The Cocoa Tree Garden is a lovely place to go when I have a chance to visit Thailand. 😁
It must be very challenging riding in such heavy rain. muddy with many pot holes. My SM do come with the touring seat, however replacing the rear suspension do change the comfort significantly and it does extend the endurance of the butt especially during long hours riding. 🤣
Yes I found my butt experienced problems in my first week of ownership. 😂 The road from Cocoa to 118 Chiang Rai is an excellent quiet cruising road with lovely views and corners. Hopefully no rain when you visit 👌🙏
Drooling teacher T, wish you safe riding always.
It was all good in the end, thank you 🙏
Happy birthday from Italy ! Great video Teacher T ! As always. I’d love your opinion about the touring seat, as my wife has some back problems ..
Thank you. No problem. Ordered the touring seat and back rest today. Another week or so we will have a video hopefully 🙏
Thanks teacher t for yet another great video. I have the touring seat and it’s the best seat I have sat on. Like yourself I’ve been riding for 45 years. I love the look of my seat and sissy bar but to have the GIVI top box the sissy bar has to go. Where did you purchase your side pannier bars from as I think the soft leather panniers look far nicer than the hard panniers. Thanks again ! 😊 so glad to see you both get home safely.
Thank you. The saddle bags and mounting rails came from company called @TrioMachine. They are very good. I made a review video with links where to get them. Panniers or Saddle Bags? Super Meteor 650 Expedition - Trip Machine Special
czcams.com/video/ilct0foerv0/video.html 🙏
My mrs loves the touring seat so defo worth a try with mrs T. I’ll be doing what you said and swapping the touring seat with the standard and rear rack when she’s not coming along, shouldn’t take more that 10 mins I think
Ideal. I’ve ordered the touring seat and back rest. Not in stock of course. 😂 Looking forward to fitting and a review from Mrs T. Planning a long road trip in October 🙏
Having bought the Celestial and then converting to the solo seat, i do have to say the touring couch is more comfortable on a long ride. I did still use an air hawk seat cushion though. Also, having riden with both seats before adding yss shocks, the difference in shocker quality/ride/handling and general comfort is astounding. I no longer get the sudden jolt/teeth rattling/jolt down my spine when hitting a bump at 80-110 kph.
Also, i think one of the main factors of people having a difference of opinions on comfort comes down to body type. Im 6'2" and 130kg so im getting a different experience than someone who is 5'5" and 70kg.
Well I’m 5’8” and 80kg. I can assure you the same spine pain is felt by me, from day one of owning the bike. But some say it’s ok. I do wonder if different batches of suspension unit were fitted? Now you are putting me off buying the touring seat lol 🙏
@@Teacher-T-Thailand the touring seat is definitely more comfortable on a long ride. Gives you the option to move your posterior about a little more. About town, its not that noticable.
@@deveous_dave thanks. Just ordered one with the back rest today 🙏
Great interview Pat, the interviewer was a bit harsh 😂
She’s warming up to it. Not a natural like you John 🙏
I think I'd have turned back with that rain tbh! Worth it in the end tho for you both.
We nearly did t go. But the weather in Chiang Mai was perfect and the ride home at the end of the video was fantastic. Until we hit the rains again lol 🙏
Hi, Teacher T, how are you?
My name is Aleksander and I'm from Brazil.
I have a Super Meteor 650 Celestial Red and, I suggest you put the touring seat on your bike too, because it is much more comfortable for the passenger than the original seat. In addition to being more beautiful and impressive.
I hope my opinion is goig to be useful for you and have safe riding.
🏍
Thanks Alexander. I have ordered a seat and back rest set. Hopefully Mrs likes it 😂🙏
08:19 agree with you but she’s good buddy on bike. 😊 I custom those rear seat wider 2inches makes wife more comfortable on my RE350.
I e ordered the touring seat now. Let’s see if she interviews better on that video 😂🙏
happy birthday. greeting from a Chinese rider live in Bangkok.
Thank you. Be safe riding in Bangkok 🙏
I would definitely recommend the RE touring seat with back rest Teacher T 👍. Your wife will love that on a long run. No complaints from my pillion passengers, so far! Enjoyable vid and the destination looked wonderful, as too did the group ride. So in the next one, how to deep clean the 650 Super Meteor perhaps 😂🤘. Safe cruising till next time ...
Ha ha. Many thanks. Yes I think the touring seat and back rest is on the list. It will hang on the garage wall most of the time I”m sure, but would love to experience the difference. Bike sparkling already 🙏
For what it's worth I have been riding a 2024 650 Super Meteor recently. It's seat configuration is the same as your SM and I found its much harder on the bum as rider and passenger. Plus even at slower speeds my bottom is often lifted off the seat more than mine with the touring seat riding UK crap roads. Hence my suggestion to you. And we both agreed new rear suspension before Christmas is the way forward!
@@leswatson8563 well I can recommend a suspension upgrade. It transforms the bike 🙏
As I have said previously to you, I find my touring seat very comfortable indeed, and I believe that it's a case of comfort over looks, although I'm very happy with the look
I will have to try one 👌🙏
The touring seat is fitted to my celestial blue SM 650. It is comfortable; however, the rear shocks were still terrible and were changed for Hagon shocks.
I e ordered the touring seat. I plan a long tour from the North of Thailand all the way down to the South in October when my school closes for 2 weeks. Let’s see how that goes 😂🙏
I would love to see the touring seat in action as I'm more about function than form, as Ive found on my Meteor, tried the touring seat and couldn't get on with it; 6000 miles on the original is just so much better IMO 👍
I’m thinking of Mrs T more than myself. It if I make it too comfy she will just fall asleep on the back. She has a habit of doing that 😂🙏
@@Teacher-T-Thailand Yes but you don't really like the comfort of the riders seat also 🤔
@@BobfmBali it’s better after I cut it with slots with my angle grinder lol 🙏
The touring seat makes quite a difference indeed.
I have the Astral black variant with the stock suspension. I've cranked the pre-load of the stock suspension up to 5. It made a lot of difference.
However, when I rode a friend's bike (celestial blue) with the touring seat, and stock preload setting, it felt much better.
I also noticed the touring seat to be much narrower than the stock seat. I'm not sure if this might have something to do with the performance of the suspension.
The stock suspension is a baffler. But when I was on preload 1 and bumpy Thai roads, every major bump would nearly break my spine due to the units bottoming out. Raising the preload will stop this, but then makes the overall ride much harder. I gave up in the end. But I must try the touring seat 🙏
Wow! not the usual tech lectures but a real b' dangerous journey with the Loved one! !0/10 mate but NO repeats please?
just stick with the tech lectures which I always look forward to!
Ha ha. I like to mix it up. Tutorials, reviews and vlogs. Have an idea to mix all 3 for the next video 😂🙏
Hola estimado amigo
Espectacular viaje que realizaste con todas las inclemnecias de la lluvia ( Como se comporto los neumáticos originales CEAT? )
Yo tengo el asiento touring y todo genial; pero tambien hay la posibilidad de voverlo a tapizar y agregarle GEL, con eso y tus amortiguares estaria como en las nubes.
Saludos y un fuerte abrazo desde Peru
Thank you. I e out 10,000 Km on the original CEAT tyres now. Still plenty of life left in them yet. They grip the road well. But the recommended three pressures are high, and I do wonder if this causes a stiffer ride? But at the moment all is good. Peru. Wonderful 🙏
@@Teacher-T-Thailand sobre la presión también pienso que es demasiada.
Pero hay un detalle que he notado cuando viajo (100km/h a más) siento vibración en la manillar y me adormece la mano derecha.
Y note que esto se debía a que la presión del neumático estaba por debajo de lo recomendado por el fabricante (41psi delante y 36psi posterior ).
Luego de corregir la presión ya no se sentía la vibración.
Cuando tránsito en la ciudad le bajo la presión a 30psi delante y detrás; pero cuando viajo si le pongo la presión recomendada por el fabricante.
Un abrazo
@@nelsonwilbury656 Es posible que valga la pena también verificar el balanceo de la rueda delantera. Maybe worth getting your front wheel balance checked also 🙏
@@Teacher-T-Thailand tienes razón.
No había pensado en el balanceo.
Lo realizaré.
Saludos y fuerte abrazo
P.S, even with the touring seat the rear shocks must go!
Agreed lol 😂🙏
I agree I don't like the look of the touring seat but for long trips one must sacrifice for the lady. Also like the utility and style of your panniers over hard cases.
I will have to give one a try. The Expedition bags are very versatile and good. 🙏
@@Teacher-T-Thailand do you have a link to where you got the Expedition bags? Also, I wonder if they are available for a Triumph T120?
@@davidskaggs9914 just Google Trip Machine Company Expedition Saddle bags. Form what I am aware they are specifically made for the Meteor 650. But if you also Google Auto Engina they are the company that made the saddle stays. Worth asking them if they make a saddle stay for the T120 and if it is compatible with the expedition bags. They are very good. 🙏
Hello Mr T.
What bags are you using they look awesome. Where you got them?
They are the Expedition Saddle bags by Trip Machine Company. Review video and details in Video description 🙏 Panniers or Saddle Bags? Super Meteor 650 Expedition - Trip Machine Special
czcams.com/video/ilct0foerv0/video.html
Hi Teacher T, One question, please, what is the travel range with a full tank? For a person with, let's say, normal driving…. From full to empty, thanks 🙏
My reserve light normally comes on when I reach between 280 and 300km, depending how I drive. The there is still 4 litres in the tank where you can get 26kmpl 🙏
I feel little vibration on footpegs at high speed mostly over 100 KPH. Is it normal or there is some issue with my SM. I reached out to RE and they did some torque setting but it remains the same .. no idea if anyone else is also facing the same issue. Btw it is a great bike and 80-90KPH is ideal speed for the bike i believe
I don’t feel any vibration on mine. Maybe try and get the wheel balance checked? But yes, 80 to 90 kmph is an ideal cruising speed. 🙏
@@Teacher-T-Thailandthe vibration started after 1st service .. yeah... I'll get the balancing checked. Thanks for the suggestion 🙏
@@ankitkumar-xt7jo ohhh. Also check that the chain is not too tight. Some RE engineers like to overtightened the chain. There should be some slack in it 🙏
@@Teacher-T-Thailand sure 🙏