02-23-2015, 12:07 AM
Ya, the 2010 was a very pretty bike. My put off was the silly looking speedo. I like round analog gauges with a good looking proper font. KTM's are the worst offender to my eye, the VFR was not much better. Kinda of a silly thing to be picky about, but I like my instruments to look good since I'll spend a fair amount of time looking at them. More than looking at the bike, so it needs a good looking front office. And a comfortable seat.
The odd thing about having the Griso and the CB, they both make the other bike look good. The CB has a nice smooth inline four which really is a plain vanilla when it comes to engine personality. Where as the Griso has this locomotive feel to it . Very visceral. The Honda is light on her feet and very easy to steer in the parking lot and in the twisty bits. The Griso loves the fast sweepers and is very confidence inspiring. One feeds my inner gentleman, the other, the inner hooligan. They are not unlike bookends.
The 650L lets me play in mud.
The odd thing about having the Griso and the CB, they both make the other bike look good. The CB has a nice smooth inline four which really is a plain vanilla when it comes to engine personality. Where as the Griso has this locomotive feel to it . Very visceral. The Honda is light on her feet and very easy to steer in the parking lot and in the twisty bits. The Griso loves the fast sweepers and is very confidence inspiring. One feeds my inner gentleman, the other, the inner hooligan. They are not unlike bookends.
The 650L lets me play in mud.