I'm delighted to hear that Yamaha have sorted this one. It's a lovely bike and if these few little gripes have been sorted, that's great.
My R had 15/45 gearing, and I found it much better with 14/45. The alternative would have been to go 3 up at the back, to 15/48, but this would have been much more expensive (larger r/wheel sprocket, plus longer chain) and not really worth it - the small penalty of greater wear on the chain from the smaller front sprocket was a minor issue.
I found the high gearing didn't make for relaxed cruising, though. 5th gear was only feasible at 80+, which was about at my personal neck-muscle limit, and it spent most of its time in 4th. Aha, but of course the Ten has a small screen, I forgot that! Perhaps that would make the difference.
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