06-01-12, 08:44 AM
what year is it mine is a 57 and iv never noticed the fuel cur problem and i do thrash the tits of it .a lot of folk say its not as good as a gen 1 but after having a blast on a pals gen 1 my take on them is .gen 1 power delivery is lower in the rev range seams to have a tad more midrange but id say a lazier feal overall ,handling tho gen 1 felt like a big lardy bus didnt want to change direction and had that old hinge in the middle fealing i remember from the 80,s (and bandits).my gen 2 is more like a sports 600 tbh slightly lacking in mid range (certainly compaired to a b12) but once over 5k it goes like feck its certainly a screamer at 80mph coming over the yorkshire moors its just hiting a sweet spot and roll on acceleration is super.and as for handling the gen 2 is allso like a sports bike rock solid no wallow or weave and turns nice and sharp.(these are my own experiences based on riding my 2k mile gen 2 and a pals 36k gen 1 and not an opinion of all gen 1/gen 2 bikes)