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Dane1960

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Re: 2014 690 Enduro R -- First Impressions
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2014, 09:16:05 pm »
I took the bike for I my first real ride this evening. Here are my thoughts:
Plenty of power :),pretty darn fast..I did trade in a BMW s1000rr for this thing.
I liked the instrument cluster very easy to view
Very social just cruising around
Vibration, not that terrible though, mostly felt like it was coming from the knobbies ( I have not been on knobbies in a very long time).
The hand guards have to go for some real protection
The seat was much more comfortable than I expected ( I do have iron butt certificates so I might be somewhat more tolerable than a lot of folks )
I did fine the false neutrals like some have mentioned. My opinion on it: It was when I was lazy shifting, I don't think it will be any concern...happens on my ducati sometimes too, you do have to move the shifter a bit further then what I am used too I noticed.
Real happy with the bike.