written by on 14/01/2008
Good Points
range, speed, weight, comfort
Bad Points
stand spring and occasionally tyres on the road
General Comments
my first bike and its quick and after we strapped a g.p.s to the pillion seat discovered it does 102 miles on a full tank which is pretty good in my opinion. i have used this bike in some horrible conditions and in some horrible corners and its not really given me any problems. wing seems to move it a fair bit and the rear wheel tends to lock but just squeaks and hardly fish tails. the tyres didn't seem to like my local dual carriage slip road at 40 odd mph and i low sided it but those heavy mirrors and good old hand guards did the trick and there was very little damage. one thing it didn't like was the bitter cold but its the same for all machines, on a short 3 day road journey left outside it the snow overnight she started but 4 miles down the road ........engine went silent. half an hour with the other bikes exhaust on the carb sorted it out.
overall a very good and reliable bike thumbs up from me.