Few thing as I noticed on my 100 mile ride home with it and a local potter following my daughter on her new Vespa LX50 as she builds road confidence. Actually, the first thing we both noticed on the way home. The rear protection bars sit between the pannier and the footrest, so you can end up heel kicking your pillion when putting feet up and down! They do detach easily (no idea what brand they are) but then you would only be left with engine protection. Maybe one day I'll swap the protection for something more subtle. The previous owner had some Denali spots on there which were apparently linked in through an ezcan, but that element was removed, so now I have two loose and apparently quite expensive spots I have to decide what I want to do with! Oh and the daughter isn't impressed by having to negotiate the furniture to get on!
Quick shifter. Well, that's a wee bit clonky! But I have just got off a Street Triple which has a really nice gearbox and the shifter compliments that. Using the clutch between 1st and 2nd, it's liveable with between other gears. Not really tried downshifts with it as I'm not used to blippers. Other comparison to any other non BMW - Indicator! That Wonder Wheel puts the indicator a little further away than I'm used to, although day 2 it seemed much more natural.
Do have a RAM ball on the brake reservoir. Will probably take it off, although still mulling phone mounting options, whether to get the Chinese wireless thing that goes in the Nav prep, or go Quad Lock and mount that to the nav prep blank or the RAM ball. Need to consider the options, and if Quadlock, where there might be a 12V supply to make use of the 12V wireless charging mount because do I want an exposed USB connection in the rain? There is the Wunderlinq of course, but not sure I want that much connectivity, and it looks like an exposed USB again, albeit more sheltered. I have a Nav VI too, so if I do use the Nav VI, there is a USB (and an aux 3.5mm receptacle) in the right cubby box I can use to charge a phone if needed.
Also have that little bag which fits under the screen. No idea what to keep in there. Parking in Manchester, anything might go missing from there, even a blank bit of paper
Few gaps in the tool kit under the seat, so will have to investigate what's missing and top up (if anyone has a pic/list I'd be grateful).Anyway, enough grumblings, it's a great bike to ride, very amused by the electric screen and central locking. Not looked at any of the menu stuff yet, had a play with Normal and Dynamic mode and not really found the difference (not actually tried making any exuberant progress yet due to pillion on board and following the daughter's moped), but will see how that goes. Feels confident in corners at the modest pace I'm giving it (I'm not quick anyway), liking the engine note. Didn't expect the screen to close when shutting the bike down, but that's a nice touch. Left cubby box also takes my disc lock, which takes me back to my Deauville as the left cubby on that also took the disc lock. Next on list of things to learn is the width for filtering. Not sure how it compares to my Deauville when that had the extra capacity pannier lids on. Shall have to look it up.
Thanks all for the responses to pre-purchase questions, really appreciate that. Hopefully see you on the roads around the North West and odd venture to the Dales and Moors.
Not the brightest of photos but you can see the crash protection
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