My bike from october 2003 until april 2006.
This is the black Street Moto variation of the Baghira family.
| Engine type | Liquid cooled single cylinder, 4-stroke (Yamaha) |
| Displacement | 659 ccm |
| Bore x stroke | 100 x 84 mm |
| Compression ratio | 9.2 : 1 |
| Valve system | 5 valves, SOHC |
| Ignition | Digital |
| Transmission | 5 gears, chain |
| Frametype | Tubular frame with screwed engine mounting and rear frame |
| Rake/trail | 26.8 degrees/94 mm |
| Front suspension | telescopic fork, adjustable damping |
| Rear suspention | Single shock, WP, fully adjustable |
| Front tyre | 120/70 ZR17 |
| Rear tyre | 160/60 ZR17 |
| Front brake | Single 282 mm disk with Grimeca 2-piston floating calliper |
| Rear brake | Single 245 mm disk with Grimeca 1-piston floating caliper |
| Wheel base | 1530 mm |
| Seat height | 900 mm |
| Fueltank capacity | 12.5 liters |
| Dry weight | 162 kg |
24-25 april 2004
3772 - 4884 km (540 km on day 1 and 560 on day 2)
2 day trip to the German Sauerland.
This is the first major trip with the Baghira. The bike is
obviously not designed to do long trips with lots of luggage
but that will not keep me at home. Just stuff all necessary
things in a waterproof canoo bag, strap it on the bike, throw
a backpack with some handy stuff on top of it and you're
ready to roll...
If you need to carry more luggage you will need some sort of rack to support a couple of saddlebags. I don't think the saddle bags will last long if you dont use a rack. On the right side is the exhaust and unsupported bags will probably 'fold' themselves under the seat and will be touched by the rear wheel.
Riding the Black Panther in the hills is somewhat of a dual
experience. It is great fun because of the engine. But on hard braking
when traveling downhill it doesn't feel very solid. Maybe it's the
gigantic dive of the front forks. But at some point you need to
brake harder but you (well I) don't dare to sqeeuze harder because
you don't really 'feel' what is going on.
Still enough fun to go to the hills again and again and again...
One thing I noticed is that I didn't get half the expected 'saddle pain'.
The very narrow saddle is not very comfortable but for some reason
it did the job pretty well. It can be compared with the ZR-7 which
falls in the category 'bearable'
And you need to get off the bike very often because of it's enormous
12.5 liter fuel tank.
I went on tour with 2 cyclists (as their support vehicle).
Today (april 16th 2005) I finally fitted the OSCO (One Second Chain Oiler) that had been hanging around since I bought the Baghira back in october 2003.
For the 2005 holiday I took the Baghira to the French Alps.
