04-02-2018, 11:26 AM
Smoothness, presence and grace = Lacking in character and soul? Perhaps.
Rode the M620 yesterday. The suspension is firm and unforgiving; the engine is lumpy and recalcitrant below 4000 rpm but clears out and wails beautifully and purposefully above that. I'm not sure about soul, but the thing certainly has character. You need to engage it. You need to control it. The CB? Quite the opposite. You hop on and it takes you for a ride. It's effortless. Roll on, roll off. The Duc can't do that.
Rode the M620 yesterday. The suspension is firm and unforgiving; the engine is lumpy and recalcitrant below 4000 rpm but clears out and wails beautifully and purposefully above that. I'm not sure about soul, but the thing certainly has character. You need to engage it. You need to control it. The CB? Quite the opposite. You hop on and it takes you for a ride. It's effortless. Roll on, roll off. The Duc can't do that.