El Toro
Innocent Bystander
What I noted first was the slipper clutch, which also appears to include an assist to reduce the activation force required. This is a big deal for those of us who are living with long in the tooth AEs.
My plan is to go by my dealer this afternoon and ask them to order one for me.
They will want a deposit, and I'll suck it up.
I don't care about having the first one ... in fact, it would probably be smarter to wait for the warehouse clearing of the '15s. There will be promotions on the 15's guaranteed.
And then there are always the bugs that have to worked out of anything new. It was a HUGE error when I bought the first year of the Moto Guzzi Norge, and I feel the same way about my first year purchase of the BMW K1600 GTL. Both bikes were frought with teething issues, and neither lasted in my stable for a whole season.
I am talking myself out of ordering today. Might be smarter to wait until the release gets closer.
FWIW, my opinion is that the 5 speed tranny is just fine, and in fact all four of my current bikes are 5 speeds ... but at the same time, when I have 6 speeds, I usually figure out what to do with them. 6 can be more fun than 5, and often I'm looking for that overdrive that Don 'Nacho (old Zorro reference to Don Ignacio in one of the episodes) suggests may characterize this particular top gear.
Well, at least we know the color. It looks to me like "Blue to die for" Blue...
My plan is to go by my dealer this afternoon and ask them to order one for me.
They will want a deposit, and I'll suck it up.
I don't care about having the first one ... in fact, it would probably be smarter to wait for the warehouse clearing of the '15s. There will be promotions on the 15's guaranteed.
And then there are always the bugs that have to worked out of anything new. It was a HUGE error when I bought the first year of the Moto Guzzi Norge, and I feel the same way about my first year purchase of the BMW K1600 GTL. Both bikes were frought with teething issues, and neither lasted in my stable for a whole season.
I am talking myself out of ordering today. Might be smarter to wait until the release gets closer.
FWIW, my opinion is that the 5 speed tranny is just fine, and in fact all four of my current bikes are 5 speeds ... but at the same time, when I have 6 speeds, I usually figure out what to do with them. 6 can be more fun than 5, and often I'm looking for that overdrive that Don 'Nacho (old Zorro reference to Don Ignacio in one of the episodes) suggests may characterize this particular top gear.
Well, at least we know the color. It looks to me like "Blue to die for" Blue...
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