Thanks guys. My feedback so far is all positive. The bike is only just run in, so I've only done one 'full power' run so far. I guess it's all about expectations, but it doesn't seem underpowered to me. I tested it up my benchmark local dual carriageway Hill, which is about a mile long at 1 in 10 or so and it accelerated up to 70 and held it all the way up, no problem. It'll pull from tick over in all gears, but comes on to the pipe over 4k. Fuel consumption seems to be about 90mpg, but will probably go down a bit now I can give it the berries. Loving it so far. 😁
Obviously I can't comment on long term reliability, but from the research I did before buying, the only problems seems to corroding brake calipers (fixed by a recall), clocks misting up and sterling head bearings under greased from the factory. Ie, nothing too serious at all. I think Nathan Millward of postie bike fame has about 40k on his at the moment, including a lot of off roading, with no serious issues.
That being said, I went into the purchase with my eyes open fully expecting to have to do more hands on maintenance than you would with a Honda, but that's part of the fun to me...
