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Reviewed on November 15, 1999
I have been riding thirty years on 1, 2, 3 & 4 cylinders; two and four stroke; tourers, cruisers, dirt and sport. This is the first bike that has felt like an extension of my body. The engine delivers such torque at my fingertips that acceleration is more a request than a demand. Same with...
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I have been riding thirty years on 1, 2, 3 & 4 cylinders; two and four stroke; tourers, cruisers, dirt and sport. This is the first bike that has felt like an extension of my body. The engine delivers such torque at my fingertips that acceleration is more a request than a demand. Same with steering input, shifting and braking. My last 3 bikes were Honda 600's & fine bikes too, but this seems to be the bike I was working up to. The only drawback you will hear is poor mileage(42 to 45mpg, but after 6000 miles this has only become a character trait to be tolerated. Two or three hundred mile trips are quite easy for this 55 year old body. I have fallen in love with the narrow chassis and the willingness to go deeper and faster into a corner...and the thrust forward as the torque, instead of high RPM, pulls thru to the exit. I certainly don't plan on a Gold Wing soon.
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