Ssky0078
Wizard
Alright guys, I just got my bike today and I'm just grinning ear to ear being able to write this post. I'm pretty stoked and think there is a lot to love about the bike.
I went for a short little 50 mile jaunt to get a feel for her and HOLY $HIT the beast has balls. I had to fuel her up before riding down to the DMV to get her plate. I pulled out of the gas station and got on it just a little bit and looked down and I was going 65 with like 3000 RPM to go in first still.
I have an appreciation as to what many people commented on my other Thread about respecting the throttle and urging me to caution the desire to push it. I could feel the difference in pony power immediately and realize how easily it could get away from me if I'm not paying attention or get too silly. :gaming: In fact I was pulling off the main roadway across 3 lanes of traffic to a side road, I hit the little bump from the channel the water goes down between road and curb, I felt the front tire leave the ground for a second.
With all that said, I'm in love. The deeper rumble from the engine and the exhaust compared to the buzzy/vibey little 600 has me feeling like my balls finally dropped. The only question or concern I have is when I let off after a hard acceleration and just let the engine compression slow me down the bike almost makes a tin can in a dryer kind of sound. Any thoughts as to why that might be?
And for those of you that love pics, here ya go.
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I went for a short little 50 mile jaunt to get a feel for her and HOLY $HIT the beast has balls. I had to fuel her up before riding down to the DMV to get her plate. I pulled out of the gas station and got on it just a little bit and looked down and I was going 65 with like 3000 RPM to go in first still.
I have an appreciation as to what many people commented on my other Thread about respecting the throttle and urging me to caution the desire to push it. I could feel the difference in pony power immediately and realize how easily it could get away from me if I'm not paying attention or get too silly. :gaming: In fact I was pulling off the main roadway across 3 lanes of traffic to a side road, I hit the little bump from the channel the water goes down between road and curb, I felt the front tire leave the ground for a second.
With all that said, I'm in love. The deeper rumble from the engine and the exhaust compared to the buzzy/vibey little 600 has me feeling like my balls finally dropped. The only question or concern I have is when I let off after a hard acceleration and just let the engine compression slow me down the bike almost makes a tin can in a dryer kind of sound. Any thoughts as to why that might be?
And for those of you that love pics, here ya go.
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