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As Taylor and Brian will attest, I am now one happy camper. Finally got out the door into the pouring rain and rushhour traffic with the new bike. After the initial embarrasment of the minor incident in the parking lot in which the bike went over due to my too short legs(no damage and a lot of helpful hands to get me back up quick) I was off on the maiden voyage. Lesson learned, I am going to have to be very careful about getting the side stand up from now on. Or get a pair of Elton John boots! On the road the exhaust note was not even short of beautiful. And unlike some have said, was quite audible at all speeds. The wind screen worked perfectly for me with absolutely no buffeting. The signals were a bit of a pain and the cancellation button was really hard to use, causing throttle blipping trying to find it. Finally gave up and let it cancel itself. Interestingly enough, it won't cancel at a stop and the faster you are going, the quicker it cancels. Headed out towards Mitchosen into a hard, cold rain. I was dressed for it but after a half an hour I noticed the ol crotch was gettin damp.This grew into an uncomfortable swamp and pointed me in the direction of home base. Seemed that the riding pants were no longer waterproof. Anyhoo, the bike got the baptism she was made for and performed flawlessly. I could feel the slickness of the newly wet roads and the brand new tires to a point of the rear wheel breaking loose on accelleration from stop signs so I babied her home. Now she's covered with rain spots! Waaaa.
