Fence Sitter no Longer!

[pdedse]

After 4 days of a little snow and black ice, things finally melted and dried by late morning, and since I had window, went for 20 mile ride in 40 degree weather along the Columbia River. First impressions...you probably remember them:
1. started up and watched the rpm hover around 1200rpm...felt weird not messing with the choke lever for I've never had a FI bike.
2. Good grief! I'm in second when normally I'm looking for 4th on the KLR
3. I don't feel the need for 4th until I enter hiway 84. Does this bike ever break 3000rpm? : )
4. Six gears? Still, it pulls pretty nice in all gears.
5. dual disk brakes up front...holy bat brakes! I've never had a bike stop like this (consider my history: sportster, klr, xs650, kawasaki ke250, honda cgl125)
6. clutch lever soooo easy to pull (again, my xs650 is pretty stiff)
7. hands down the most modern feeling bike I've owned...and retro at that!
8. Is it still running? Quietest bike I've had too.
9. are these signals self-cancelling? guess not.
10. the most symmetrical bike I've ever ridden
11. I'm a little tall for the bike, but it's do-able; long trips will tell me more.
12. fun 20 mile jaunt, but work was a-callin'
13. absorbs bumps less than my klr, but that's apples to oranges
14. cool!