IAmA M0t0r Ridεr
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Here's the video:
youtu.be/M0AmtvH0l7s
Hope you enjoy watching it. Since I had a chest mount GoPro, after 3:43 I started riding it. Thanks to my friend, for the opportunity to ride his brand new toy!
I'm not gonna go into the looks discussion. I like it, especially the yellow.
I was lucky to have a test ride up on these tight roads, so here's what I think for whatever it's worth:
The suspension is too soft for me. Also, as far as I can tell, the way John Wu rides and me, it lacks ground clearance. Pegs (w/o feelers) scrape early and after than is the kickstand and the exhausts. For normal riding, it was good. I'm surprised all the reviews I've read said it had "great" or "plenty" of ground clearance...yeah, right. You can hear on the video hard parts touching.
Brakes are not Panigale like level, me and owner agreed on that, but they're adequate and you adjust quickly. They brake, but there's no bite. This I think it's the compromise for being marketed for beginners. Really squeeze them, they will work. Clutch action wasn't right (long travel, late bite for me), the owner I think is looking to replace levers soon.
Suspension needs work. I'd like something more tight, more damping all around, not much more. However, it was still not plush, like say on the Multistrada. A well setup Multi is plush and tight, this one is neither. Handlebars (even the lower one's the owner fit on his bike - which now I think it's a great choice) gives you A LOT of leverage, so what happened to me often was that I finished the turn way quicker than I was expecting and I was free to open the throttle faster than I am used to (well, you can't really do that on the 1199 on these roads), so I get caught many times with no drive - lots of torque helped mitigate that, but I believe I could go faster and smoother if I dialed that in. Bike turns on a dime on hairpins, so yeah, turn it, bang, go. I got two false neutrals, you can tell where on the video. Slipper clutch: not sure if the video shows, but at least one downshift to first, I locked the rear - Owner was close and saw it too.
I enjoyed it, and I'm thinking of getting one. I'd like to see all the other options in person first. I hope there's one with higher ground clearance and higher pegs. That's the one I'd choose.
This bike is a monster customization canvas!!!
youtu.be/M0AmtvH0l7s
Hope you enjoy watching it. Since I had a chest mount GoPro, after 3:43 I started riding it. Thanks to my friend, for the opportunity to ride his brand new toy!
I'm not gonna go into the looks discussion. I like it, especially the yellow.
I was lucky to have a test ride up on these tight roads, so here's what I think for whatever it's worth:
The suspension is too soft for me. Also, as far as I can tell, the way John Wu rides and me, it lacks ground clearance. Pegs (w/o feelers) scrape early and after than is the kickstand and the exhausts. For normal riding, it was good. I'm surprised all the reviews I've read said it had "great" or "plenty" of ground clearance...yeah, right. You can hear on the video hard parts touching.
Brakes are not Panigale like level, me and owner agreed on that, but they're adequate and you adjust quickly. They brake, but there's no bite. This I think it's the compromise for being marketed for beginners. Really squeeze them, they will work. Clutch action wasn't right (long travel, late bite for me), the owner I think is looking to replace levers soon.
Suspension needs work. I'd like something more tight, more damping all around, not much more. However, it was still not plush, like say on the Multistrada. A well setup Multi is plush and tight, this one is neither. Handlebars (even the lower one's the owner fit on his bike - which now I think it's a great choice) gives you A LOT of leverage, so what happened to me often was that I finished the turn way quicker than I was expecting and I was free to open the throttle faster than I am used to (well, you can't really do that on the 1199 on these roads), so I get caught many times with no drive - lots of torque helped mitigate that, but I believe I could go faster and smoother if I dialed that in. Bike turns on a dime on hairpins, so yeah, turn it, bang, go. I got two false neutrals, you can tell where on the video. Slipper clutch: not sure if the video shows, but at least one downshift to first, I locked the rear - Owner was close and saw it too.
I enjoyed it, and I'm thinking of getting one. I'd like to see all the other options in person first. I hope there's one with higher ground clearance and higher pegs. That's the one I'd choose.
This bike is a monster customization canvas!!!
