Wednesday, June 10, 2009

First day of riding

So today I went and got my new tags in Georgia. Cost me 38 bucks. Then onto to riding. I have covered about 250 miles in the past 2 days. Georgia has some incredible roads winding the the country. I have been through countless historic down towns and the roads are top notch.

Impressions of the bike: Sits taller then I am accustomed but feel very visible to on coming traffic. Not as qick as my Honda 400 but it has a nice smooth gurgly power like a truck. Same torque all the way through but haven't found a sweet spot yet. Also this bikes moves up to 70 mph in no time. Everytime I saw my speedo at 70 my tach was at 4k.

One major incident to report: On the first day I got the bike up to 100mph and I started to get a severe oscillation. Only killed it by decelerating quickly. Haven't felt it since, but beware newbies. Could be a danger point.

Here is a link describing symptoms and possible solutions.
Link to Wobble Problem

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