At risk of sounding like sleepless_red, "I rode 415 miles yesterday," although my ride started at 9:30 am rather than 3:30 am. Ha Ha.
I rode the back roads over to Baker City, checked out the short line RR at Sumpter and McEwen, then came home by way of Hells Canyon, etc. I made a few observations and have a few questions.
I shift this bike like an old big block Chevy. It gets the job done at 3000-4000 rpms. Without looking at the tach, I can tell exactly when I get to 4800 rpm's. The whole bike takes on more of a buzz. It's as if 4800 is the resonant frequency of the power train. Does your Gen 1 vibrate noticably more once you approach 5000?
I will admit that I've never gone to the redline. The bike is mild mannered and predictable at the rpm's I typically maintain. What do you consider the threshold of nasty? At what point does your bike switch to the alter ego? Do you cross this threshold on the street? Very often? For what purpose?
A couple other observations... I made 214 miles before the low fuel light came on. This is a new record for me. Of course, I already calculated that the Japanese odometer is high by 5%, so I really only made 203 American miles to low fuel. I'm going to use a Japanese ruler the next time I measure my... well, nevermind.
This was the first day with my new Vista Cruise. That sounds like a cheesy name for a bicycle. It's a throttle lock that mostly works. It's a little quirky, but even still, it's 100 times more useful than the Throttlemeister I had on my last bike. I'm going to keep it.
I rode the back roads over to Baker City, checked out the short line RR at Sumpter and McEwen, then came home by way of Hells Canyon, etc. I made a few observations and have a few questions.
I shift this bike like an old big block Chevy. It gets the job done at 3000-4000 rpms. Without looking at the tach, I can tell exactly when I get to 4800 rpm's. The whole bike takes on more of a buzz. It's as if 4800 is the resonant frequency of the power train. Does your Gen 1 vibrate noticably more once you approach 5000?
I will admit that I've never gone to the redline. The bike is mild mannered and predictable at the rpm's I typically maintain. What do you consider the threshold of nasty? At what point does your bike switch to the alter ego? Do you cross this threshold on the street? Very often? For what purpose?
A couple other observations... I made 214 miles before the low fuel light came on. This is a new record for me. Of course, I already calculated that the Japanese odometer is high by 5%, so I really only made 203 American miles to low fuel. I'm going to use a Japanese ruler the next time I measure my... well, nevermind.
This was the first day with my new Vista Cruise. That sounds like a cheesy name for a bicycle. It's a throttle lock that mostly works. It's a little quirky, but even still, it's 100 times more useful than the Throttlemeister I had on my last bike. I'm going to keep it.
