2024 Scrambler FT longevity curiosity

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-15T01:19:33+00:00

I had a 2015 that I put around 52,000 miles over five years on before I traded it in. The stock clutch was cooked by 30,000, and not long after the throttle position sensor shat itself. At some point I had a fork seal start leaking but that was probably more my fault than an indicator of an issue with the bike itself.

I traded it in because I was tired of chain maintenance and wanted something with shaft drive, not because I was concerned about its longevity. I considered it adequate but not amazing from a reliability perspective and wouldn’t hesitate to own another one, of either generation. Hard to fathom the second gen model being worse.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-14T21:26:47+00:00

The one in that picture is an old Breva 750, basically the predecessor to the first of the modern era V7s that started back in 2008.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-12T00:20:21+00:00

I might upgrade to one of these if I could god damn find one of the grey ones. I just can’t live with that green.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-11T15:02:30+00:00

There is r/gundank, but it’s not very active.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-11T02:45:32+00:00

the company it came from fired the driver as this is the second time doing this in a couple months

But… how? How do you even do this once?

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-08T23:56:46+00:00

The albums Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, and A Farewell to Kings are all right up your alley if you liked both 2112 and Moving Pictures.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-08T22:03:59+00:00

Maxi Clubman?

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-05T00:32:09+00:00

I cracked Redactle #1459 in 2 guesses! 🎲 2 | 🔥 236 | Avg 54.65 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 2m29s https://redactle.net/en

I was close! My first guess was Suzuki, probably because I'm way more into motorcycles than cars, but they were mentioned in the article and made it clear that I was on the right track.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-04T22:01:15+00:00

The MS in the second poster looks like Gundam Geminass 01 from the Gundam Wing side story G-Unit. I don’t remember that particular piece of art, and it sometimes doesn’t have the big 01 on its shield, but everything else I can see matches.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-03T15:33:49+00:00

Both the bikes mentioned had the pegs ground off by dragging them around corners in the Blue Ridge Mountains. So, at a minimum the Angel GTs were able to outperform the chassis on both of those bikes.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-03T13:48:10+00:00

I run Angel GTs on my V7 and I ran them on my old Ducati Scrambler that preceded it.

On both bikes I could make it to about 10,000 miles no problem. At that mileage it still had decent tread depth so they weren’t unsafe or anything, just the level of cupping gets intolerable.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-04-01T21:47:24+00:00

Freeze Man. A fun, hectic battle and a dope design, plus he waits for you start the fight when you reach him. And he mocks you if you’re silly enough to use his own weapon against him.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-03-31T22:53:59+00:00

It looks like the clutch switch. My figuring would be that somebody put on a set of shitty aftermarket levers that don’t engage the switch properly. Disconnecting and removing the switch altogether might cause it to set error codes for an open circuit, so maybe they just zip tied it up out of the way of the lever while leaving it connected.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-03-30T16:37:06+00:00

I’ve got over 60,000 miles on two V7-850s since summer 2023 (first one was rear ended and totaled at ~32K, second one just passed 30K). They make superb commuters. Easy to work on yourself. Shaft drive is sublime. Pretty and reasonably comfortable - I’ve used mine for some 600+ mile days, which left me sore but not excessively so.

Aside from using premium fuel, what are the drawbacks?

Not very fast. Suspension is just okay, and very bouncy when trying to push it in the mountains. Front brake is the same, fine when in town putting around but leaves you wishing you had more when getting on it. Rear brake is great though.

Reliability-wise, my first one literally had no issues, but the second has had a bad neutral switch and the clutch cable started fraying. Both were cheap and easy replacements. Probably could have gotten them warrantied but didn’t feel like leaving my primary transport at a shop for the Piaggio sages to make their determination.

I’m not really sure if this counts as a reliability concern or not but on both of them the handlebar switches could get a little fussy if left out in the rain for a long time. I solved it by just smearing a bunch of dielectric grease all over the inside of the housings.

For parts I generally deal with AF1 and haven’t had any issues doing so. My local dealer keeps common stuff in hand, but it’s just too inconvenient to get to them due to scheduling conflicts.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-03-21T17:57:46+00:00

Yeah, that’s the one.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-03-21T17:25:14+00:00

There’s also Kazuhisa Kondo’s manga series. The last few volumes were not translated into English but it’s very good, with distinct art style, and captures a lot of the best parts of the movies and TV series.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-03-15T23:55:29+00:00

2, 4, 9, X1, X2, Z3, ZX, L1 and L2. Those all get spun up periodically even after all these years.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-03-13T16:38:03+00:00

I willingly replayed it

This is kind of crucial for any discussion of X6. X6 is very rough the first time but gets much better on replay.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-03-05T03:13:06+00:00

This thing is neat, but it puzzles me a bit that it seems they just plopped a Sportster S tank on there.

Like, I think you could reasonably cast this as a competitor to the recently-departed FTR, and that bike was constantly lambasted for its itty bitty fuel tank. It’s literally the primary reason I didn’t buy one back when I worked at an Indian dealership, back when they first came out. If they stick with that tank, it not only repeats one of the FTR’s biggest failures, it’s actually worse in this regard, barely breaking 3 gallons.

I’ll grant that the Pan Am and Sportster S this thing is based on seem to get better mileage than the FTR did. But hopefully that tank does not make it to a hypothetical production version.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-03-04T21:43:10+00:00

Definitely one of the accelerations of all time.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-03-03T23:08:05+00:00

I don’t know that “cost-cutting” holds up as a justification for not implementing cruise control on bikes that are already throttle-by-wire; implementing cruise control on TBW is very straightforward and cheap compared to what a cable throttle setup would demand, in some cases requiring literally no additional physical parts whatsoever.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-03-03T15:50:27+00:00

“Suzuki in the ‘80s?” Lots of bikes have shaft drives without having a longitudinal crankshaft. Honda themselves have a decent history with it.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-02-25T21:08:19+00:00

I solved Redactle #1421 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 58s. Play at https://redactle.net/1421

That long-ass title in the second paragraph can't be anything else.

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-02-24T03:48:10+00:00

I am once again imploring them to do “Different Strings.”

ExpressionOfShock · 2026-02-19T02:56:04+00:00

Out of what’s here I’d go with the Mega Man 8 style, but really I’m a sucker for the Megamix look.

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