About a week ago I took possesion of a Thunder Grey S1000RR. Wow - what a bike. I already have over 700 miles on it and will be taking it back to Sandia BMW for the first service on Tuesday. The thing feels feather light to me and it handles soooo nice. Quite different than the 1200GSA to say the least and the FJR.
The day I picked it up I rode around the south end of the Sandia Mountains and around the east side. I went up to the peak and back down on a nice twisty road. Coming back down I was a little more familiar with the road so I pushed it a bit more. Man was that fun. Then I went north to Madrid, made famous by "Wild Hogs". Little fartsy artsy town, not for me. Headed back the same way, loaded it up in the trailer and made the trip back south to home.
Here's a couple of pictures from Madrid.
Last Saturday my cousin (on his CBR1000RR) and I went over the mountain from Hilsburough to Silver City New Mexico. The pass on top is about 8,000ft, so it is a nice tight twisty road. I passed a guy on a 1200GS, several Harleys/ V-twins and a few cars. When I got to the bottom on the other side where the road straightened out I stopped to wait for the Honda. It's the rider that was slow, not the CBR. I can't beleive how well this thing handles. Keep in mind this is in the "break-in" period with the rev limiter set at 9,000RPM by BMW. I have a big sore spot on the top of my head from hitting the limiter so often. Tomorrow that goes away!!!! I have not run them side by side, but I think even at 9k limit the S1000 could take the FJR in a drag race. And the power band is 9k to 14,300 red line. The one I road in Tempe was indeed "scary fast". I'm not a pro. I hope I have enough respect and self control not to kill myself. "Let's see... how do I turn wheelie control off???"
The shift assist is the cats meow. It is really fun to shift without letting off the throttle or pulling in the clutch. Down shifting is done as normal, only the up-shifts are "assisted".
I will be taking it out to a track day at Arroy Seco in a couple of weeks. Hopefully I can keep it rubber side down!
DK :yahoo:
