[Chris]
17 July 2004, 17:10
Hi all,
Just took one of these out today. Available in red and silver, with the red looking much nicer. Stylish to look at, single sided swingarm and large exhaust. And on the key is a button which pops the seat to reveal a spacious 'boot'.
Comfortable to sit on, and it allows for two seating positions. The first is sat back against the(very comfortable) backrest, with your feet flat on the floor. The second is the round town position, sat forwards with your feet slightly higher up.
Two up it handles very well, cornering has to be approached slow in and fast out. Pillion says it is very comfortable at speed and round town. The only gripe is that if you pull the right hand brake lever you end up wearing the pillion. This is due to the interesting brake system where the left lever gently operates the left hand side of the front and rear brake and then the right hand side operates the other side more fiercely.
Cruises along on the motorway happily at 85-90 one or two up. Hardly any wind blast, would be an easy tourer.
Round the twisties is fun too, although a little more acceleration would be nice (two stroke anyone) and round town is easy.
So all in a nice commuter, which can be used as a tourer or round town. So shall I buy it hmmmm.........
Just took one of these out today. Available in red and silver, with the red looking much nicer. Stylish to look at, single sided swingarm and large exhaust. And on the key is a button which pops the seat to reveal a spacious 'boot'.
Comfortable to sit on, and it allows for two seating positions. The first is sat back against the(very comfortable) backrest, with your feet flat on the floor. The second is the round town position, sat forwards with your feet slightly higher up.
Two up it handles very well, cornering has to be approached slow in and fast out. Pillion says it is very comfortable at speed and round town. The only gripe is that if you pull the right hand brake lever you end up wearing the pillion. This is due to the interesting brake system where the left lever gently operates the left hand side of the front and rear brake and then the right hand side operates the other side more fiercely.
Cruises along on the motorway happily at 85-90 one or two up. Hardly any wind blast, would be an easy tourer.
Round the twisties is fun too, although a little more acceleration would be nice (two stroke anyone) and round town is easy.
So all in a nice commuter, which can be used as a tourer or round town. So shall I buy it hmmmm.........