Picked it up yesterday. Love it! Took a long way home so I got two hours on it right away. Impressions and questions: (skip to the bottom for the question if you just want to help me there!)
Far windier than I like to ride in. The batwing was nice for that. Having a heavier bike was awesome compared to what I am used to. It really wasn't bad.
Power is smooth, plenty acceptable. I hit neutral twice by accident at low speeds (coming to light) which is probably more from not riding a couple years than the bikes fault. I upshifted to third on a turn, that was from not being used to where my feet are. Coming from sport bikes the adjustment was still easier than I expected.
Had to do one "spirited" stop thanks to traffic coming to an unexplained halt. Had been practicing using both brakes, and it was zero issue. Gave me confidence in both me using both brakes and the bike itself.
Handling...will take some getting used to. Low speed is plenty easy. Sweeping curves were strange. I am used to my bike leaning into a turn at little more than a thought. This took...effort and thought.
It's a bit loud....I am thinking of putting the baffles back in. If that makes it too quiet I assume I can cut the baffles. I will look at that later. For now I will deal with the volume so I can get out on it and not work on it. I got the stock pipes from the seller also, doubt I will go back to them.
Question:
When the hell do I shift? I RTFM and tried to follow that, felt like it was lugging when I shifted there. I couldn't go by sound or RPM since I have never owned a twin. and for constant speed...best RPM range? On that note, the shifting itself was smooth. Downshifting also was smooth.
