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yea a bit top heavy, but only when you're pushing around the garage. Switch the engine on and a doddle to balance - I put it down to the 18" front wheel and the increase in gyroscopic effect that that would give. No probs in the corners (I'll give most sports bike riders a run for their money - the torque make the power very usable...and a lot of sports bike riders don't know how to ride anyway <sits back and waits for the abuse to be hurled back>

Hi I fitted GS1150 guards to my TDM900, but there is a whole thread and lots of different hand guards for TDMs (850 & 900s) here: http://www.carpe-tdm.net/ipb/index.php?sho...p;hl=handguards There's loads of other threads too...go to search and type in "handguards" bet you find an answer somewhere!

sooo true. I had the bike two years before doing it... more fool me!

I wouldn't bother with a centre stand, I've ground mine both sides quite badly, it touches down before the hero blobs, so no warning ...you have been warned! (in fact I've had the exhaust bracket touch down before the hero blob too - bit of a bad design on Yamaha's part I think)

well this is a pretty old thread, but for the benefit of future TDM owners.... head toward http://www.carpe-tdm.net/ (which incidentally is listed by Yamaha as the TDM owners club) Another excellent site for TDM owners is here... http://jbx9.free.fr/tdm/index.php" which is full of techy stuff It's a really easy to ride (very torquey motor) bike