Kind of hate to resurrect this dead horse but I've finished the fourth day of my trip to the West Coast on the CT and am pleasantly suprised. It's fine on the $%& Interstate, fine in the high speed sweepers and suprisingly enough fine in the tight stuff-e.g. Idaho 21 from Lowman to Idaho Falls and back. I've quit thinking about it and the extra bar push required I noticed at first doesn't register now. I'm a little slower through the tight stuff but I think it's me not the CT; WTF I'll be 68 in October. BTW, the CT doesn't like rain grooves or uneven pavement transitions but if you lighten up on the bars, it corrects itself-think dirt bike.
All in all, unless you are doing track days, I can't think of a reason not to run a CT! I'd get another but when this one wears out, I'll have about 110,000 on my 04 and will be looking for a lighter bike by then (next year). I measured my FZ1 and looks like there is plenty of room for the same tire. :clapping:
I just started this trip to the left coast and have another 6 weeks to go, life is good! Ian, Iowa