Not my first bike, but my first new one 
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Picked the thing up this morning, little cold outside at the time (36). Rode it home took some pics, got a little warmer so I rode it up to work. After work I rode around a little more before the sun went down.
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First riding impressions, this bike SUCKS for the street. Suspension is rock hard, spring rates are actually higher than the racetech forks/ohlins rear I did to my f4i. Everylittle bump and ripple I feel on the road. Standard preload settings are set very low, still can be cranked up higher. The seat is rock hard, lower back was feeling it too, prob because I do not put and weight onto my hands. This is gonna be sweet when I mount Pirelli Supercorsas and take it out onto the track though. With the higher spring rates, I guess I'll have to ride it harder to get the suspension in the right working range!
Bike has awesome stock brakes, I had no problem slowing it down with one finger. Also the throtte response is great, no matter how quickly, or how little I twist it the engine instantly responds. No hesitation or stutter at all. Power seems to be very smooth also. Like a sewing machine. This is all below 8k rpm too. I've been reading that people say this bike has no power down low, but it still feels a lot peppier than my f4i did at the same rpm. Like any other 600 the clutch needs to be slipped a little from a stop. Overall I am so far very impressed with this bike just tooling around, it feels so much more refined. The bike at slow speeds, loves to be ridden smoothly. I imagine it will be the same once the pace picks up.
!Picked the thing up this morning, little cold outside at the time (36). Rode it home took some pics, got a little warmer so I rode it up to work. After work I rode around a little more before the sun went down.
First riding impressions, this bike SUCKS for the street. Suspension is rock hard, spring rates are actually higher than the racetech forks/ohlins rear I did to my f4i. Everylittle bump and ripple I feel on the road. Standard preload settings are set very low, still can be cranked up higher. The seat is rock hard, lower back was feeling it too, prob because I do not put and weight onto my hands. This is gonna be sweet when I mount Pirelli Supercorsas and take it out onto the track though. With the higher spring rates, I guess I'll have to ride it harder to get the suspension in the right working range!
Bike has awesome stock brakes, I had no problem slowing it down with one finger. Also the throtte response is great, no matter how quickly, or how little I twist it the engine instantly responds. No hesitation or stutter at all. Power seems to be very smooth also. Like a sewing machine. This is all below 8k rpm too. I've been reading that people say this bike has no power down low, but it still feels a lot peppier than my f4i did at the same rpm. Like any other 600 the clutch needs to be slipped a little from a stop. Overall I am so far very impressed with this bike just tooling around, it feels so much more refined. The bike at slow speeds, loves to be ridden smoothly. I imagine it will be the same once the pace picks up.
