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Originally Posted by big_slacker
Pros: Very comfortable ergos, nice on long trips. Tahoe to San jose is a joy instead of a workout. Lots of room for luggage. (buy the hard bags from a canadian dealership and save big $$$) Good low end, very nice around town. Suspension is plush but still very capable in the twisties, hard to upset it. Style is fucking awesome, dual exhaust, everything is already flush so no need for mods, no annoying one headlight thing, very clean look with few stickers, it just looks great. Very quiet.
Cons: Needs a little more power. Not that its slow at all, something like 6/10ths slower than the 600rr in the quarter mile. But it would be nice to have a little more. It is heavy, but thats only noticeable till you get used to the bike. It has flat spots which can be fixed with an O2 eliminator. Needs bigger brakes. Sounds like a sewing machine.
Really the pros heavily outweigh the cons. Bike mags have written somewhat unfavorable reviews which I think are unfair. Really hammering on the power and weight. It isn't a track bike. It is an awesome streetbike, one of the most balanced bikes out there. You can't go wrong, go ride one.
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+1 Although I like the V4 sound. I think the mags are hammering it as they forget 90% of us only ride the street. This is one first class street machine, which can do the occasional track day, versus the new crop of 1000 and 600 cc bikes which are great track weapons and terrible to ride, over 200 miles.