Simmo737
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I have 5.5 hrs on my new bike, on grass, sand and beach and east coast hills in the wet.
The bike is better than my 2013 was.
The 2013 was great bike, lacked the slow speed handling of my 2011 but was an overall better bike. The 2013 had a great engine which had more power everywhere than my tricked up 2011 with high comp head. The 2013 shock was good ( better than 2011) but had a "dead" feel and had a habit of kicking on logs and square edges prior to a revalve, but it never felt active. The 2013 was an improvement in finish over my 2011 but still had stupid stuff going on...I will list them.
Stupid kick stand bolt, brakes that couldn't be bled without Jedi mind tricks, rear brake line still eating into swing arm'and cases, rad guards not quite fitting, jungle behind headlight, difficult to get to plug from right hand side due to coil placement, totally unsealed airbox, titanium seat, crap speedo that was too big and broke easy, paint coming of swing arm after 1 hr, suspension valving that was too progressive, oil site glass once again requiring Jedi insight, stupid renthal twin wall wrist wreckers, stickers pealing off after 1 hr etc.
All fixed......Really. Fixed. Like they read this forum or something. Handling included. PLUS....
Billet hubs, better muffler, lighter weight , neater electrics, better bash plate, better sprocket, an electric start that flat out works, more linear engine (even with a yamaha needle so you get its better bottom end....yessss), better fuel cap, variable power valve for the fiddlers or pipe hit freaks , softer clutch pull, better stickers on smaller plastics (especially side number plates) and other stuff I suspect I haven't noticed yet. Edit: it's thinner too, especially across the rads edit: you can pull the whole thing down with an 8mm socket and some hex keys. Edit: big platform grippy steel chunky foot pegs.
The shock is awesome out of the box, you get that nice bladder shock feel...nice
The bike is great low speed like they have moved the Center of gravity a foot lower, the power is very smooth and in very wet conditions the bike just hooks up, in sand whoops the thing just monsters through with two spring rates too low for me and no kicking and heaps of power always there and useable.
I lost the front end once on mud covered rock, I watched everyone else I was riding with loose the front at the same spot and many other places as well except me and the dudes on the 14s and 15s.
I loved my 13 but this thing is even betterer, apology for the fan boy tone, but it's that good. Hope it stays this good
The bike is better than my 2013 was.
The 2013 was great bike, lacked the slow speed handling of my 2011 but was an overall better bike. The 2013 had a great engine which had more power everywhere than my tricked up 2011 with high comp head. The 2013 shock was good ( better than 2011) but had a "dead" feel and had a habit of kicking on logs and square edges prior to a revalve, but it never felt active. The 2013 was an improvement in finish over my 2011 but still had stupid stuff going on...I will list them.
Stupid kick stand bolt, brakes that couldn't be bled without Jedi mind tricks, rear brake line still eating into swing arm'and cases, rad guards not quite fitting, jungle behind headlight, difficult to get to plug from right hand side due to coil placement, totally unsealed airbox, titanium seat, crap speedo that was too big and broke easy, paint coming of swing arm after 1 hr, suspension valving that was too progressive, oil site glass once again requiring Jedi insight, stupid renthal twin wall wrist wreckers, stickers pealing off after 1 hr etc.
All fixed......Really. Fixed. Like they read this forum or something. Handling included. PLUS....
Billet hubs, better muffler, lighter weight , neater electrics, better bash plate, better sprocket, an electric start that flat out works, more linear engine (even with a yamaha needle so you get its better bottom end....yessss), better fuel cap, variable power valve for the fiddlers or pipe hit freaks , softer clutch pull, better stickers on smaller plastics (especially side number plates) and other stuff I suspect I haven't noticed yet. Edit: it's thinner too, especially across the rads edit: you can pull the whole thing down with an 8mm socket and some hex keys. Edit: big platform grippy steel chunky foot pegs.
The shock is awesome out of the box, you get that nice bladder shock feel...nice
The bike is great low speed like they have moved the Center of gravity a foot lower, the power is very smooth and in very wet conditions the bike just hooks up, in sand whoops the thing just monsters through with two spring rates too low for me and no kicking and heaps of power always there and useable.
I lost the front end once on mud covered rock, I watched everyone else I was riding with loose the front at the same spot and many other places as well except me and the dudes on the 14s and 15s.
I loved my 13 but this thing is even betterer, apology for the fan boy tone, but it's that good. Hope it stays this good
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