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Reviewed on March 6, 2009
Switching from a 650, I knew it would different moving to a 1000 in-line 4, but I had no idea how different. This bike is like a race horse chomping at the bit. The bike just begs you for a heavy right hand.
It handles like a dream; it almost throws itself in the turns. It holds a solid line,...
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Switching from a 650, I knew it would different moving to a 1000 in-line 4, but I had no idea how different. This bike is like a race horse chomping at the bit. The bike just begs you for a heavy right hand.
It handles like a dream; it almost throws itself in the turns. It holds a solid line, like it's on a track or something. I'm still breaking it in right now, so I haven't tapped the bike yet at all really. However, I can tell you that my weight as a rider hasn't slowed this bike down one bit. Once you break 5k on the tach... hang on, because it's game over.'
Even in 6th gear just cruising along on the freeway, I can yank that throttle and the bike just pulls.
All of the performance does come with a small price... comfort. The seat is a little stiff and the rider height compared to the handle bars puts a lot of strain on the wrists and lower back. But who are we kidding... a person doesn't buy a machine like this for the comfort. They buy it for the blurred vision and the feeling of the front wheel skipping along through the first three gears.
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