Congrats! I've had mine less than a year and LOVE IT! It's like a freakin Ferrari! Be safe and enjoy the badass smooth quick responsive ride!
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Welcome to the family >
I've read and heard from old school mechanics that the way they break their bikes in, is to run the fire out of them at first to get everything to seat properly.
the young guys that uncrate the new bikes and test ride them, will normally run the crap out of them and that actually does the bike a favor.>
also, the way I understand it, the worst thing you can do to a new bike is to run it at a steady speed for a long time. it needs the varying speeds to properly seat everything.
first thing I would do is to get the longer stem mirrors to see over your shoulders before your long trip!
....and never run the fuel too low. if you do you'll likely run into the lag and leap problem and that will freak you out. it is like hitting the kill switch momentarily, so keep your clutch handle ready once you get 100 miles on that tank of fuel and are taking off from stop or going uphill.
this happened to me taking off from a red light and if I wasn't an experienced rider I may have dumped it. it was so unexpected!
now I keep mine topped off between 80-100 miles.
I have only experienced the lag and leap problem once when I first bought it. the dealer only put 1/2 gallon of gas in it...grrr!
the too short mirrors and the low fuel problems are the two main things you need to be aware of.
hope you enjoy your trip !
the young guys that uncrate the new bikes and test ride them, will normally run the crap out of them and that actually does the bike a favor.>
also, the way I understand it, the worst thing you can do to a new bike is to run it at a steady speed for a long time. it needs the varying speeds to properly seat everything.
first thing I would do is to get the longer stem mirrors to see over your shoulders before your long trip!
....and never run the fuel too low. if you do you'll likely run into the lag and leap problem and that will freak you out. it is like hitting the kill switch momentarily, so keep your clutch handle ready once you get 100 miles on that tank of fuel and are taking off from stop or going uphill.
this happened to me taking off from a red light and if I wasn't an experienced rider I may have dumped it. it was so unexpected!
now I keep mine topped off between 80-100 miles.
I have only experienced the lag and leap problem once when I first bought it. the dealer only put 1/2 gallon of gas in it...grrr!
the too short mirrors and the low fuel problems are the two main things you need to be aware of.
hope you enjoy your trip !
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