25-11-16, 08:20 AM
Hi AyJay, spot on with your analysis of the Gen 2 and its engine donor R1. Glad one of us remembered which year it came from. 
Racing improves the breed is what they say but when it's the search for peak power driving rev limits higher and higher, the road character of the engine changes for the worse. Thin and reedy is exactly the feeling I got riding the original Gen 2 back to back with a stock Gen 1.
Racing improves the breed is what they say but when it's the search for peak power driving rev limits higher and higher, the road character of the engine changes for the worse. Thin and reedy is exactly the feeling I got riding the original Gen 2 back to back with a stock Gen 1.