Thanks for your answers!
My bike has a fresh valve clearance set and carb adjustment/sync. The chain seems to be on the stiff side.
The only cure I've found so far is raising idle RPMs to the 2k range which made the engine brake effect somewhat weaker.
Checking the TPS however sounds a clever idea, -if there's a setting when the ECU gives less ignition advance.
The eccentric pulley idea came to my mind from the new FZ6 specs, where Yamaha addressed the problem this way.
I definitely need some time first getting used to the new bike (especially after a two-stroke yam with virtually no engine brake
), and watch out for potholes to avoid sudden changes to deceleration every time I hit them