18-03-13, 03:42 PM
Lovely bikes those, I've got a fair amount of riding history clocked up on one that a mate had that I took out fairly regularly. Now admittedly at the time I had a 600cc hornet, which is a revvy bugger, but the power on the sprint just seemed full of grunt right from tickover. I think my mate put it right when i asked him whether it had a powerband as such "yeah, it starts at tickover, and goes to the red line).
Can definitely see me having one as soon as the insurance on them is affordable as I think they're lovely, the engines got a load of grunt, and I found it all day comfortable. Only issues I found were that the suspension was a bit harsh (get that sorted and you'd have a lovely handling bike), the pillion seat was angled forward a bit which a couple people I took on the back said made it seem like they were sliding forward, and the headlight was crap, to put it mildly.
Still, some work on the suspension, PC3 to optimise the fuelling, HID kit and a bit of work done on the seats and you'd have a truely awesome bike!
Can definitely see me having one as soon as the insurance on them is affordable as I think they're lovely, the engines got a load of grunt, and I found it all day comfortable. Only issues I found were that the suspension was a bit harsh (get that sorted and you'd have a lovely handling bike), the pillion seat was angled forward a bit which a couple people I took on the back said made it seem like they were sliding forward, and the headlight was crap, to put it mildly.
Still, some work on the suspension, PC3 to optimise the fuelling, HID kit and a bit of work done on the seats and you'd have a truely awesome bike!