VOL. 55 ISSUE 3 JANUARY 23, 2018 P79
(Above) In total, there's a whopping
19 gallons of storage on the Eluder.
(Left) There's almost a hint of R1 in
the look of the Eluder. And those
lights are stupendous.
seven-inch LCD screen, you
can voice command everything
with Yamaha's system, and you
access all the features via the
left switchblock on the handlebar
while you're plugged in via your
helmet and the cable system.
You can play music via Blue-
tooth through the dash-mounted
speakers but the sound at full
noise at speed can be quite
tinny, so for optimal sound quality
you'll want to have the tunes play-
ing through your helmet and the
J&M Audio setup.
The enormous screen makes
it an excellent tool for naviga-
tion—which is a standard feature
on the GT option but an acces-
sory on the base Eluder—and
all the usual things like speed,
trip, odo, with a nice analog fuel
gauge on the right, and once you
understand the various shortcuts
you can scroll around the system
quickly. The cockpit is laced with
fat, chunky buttons for cruise
control, volume, kill switch, high
beam etc, but they look rather