Today I have mostly...

Cheers.

Well, as Nigel says, it's all subjective.

It can wheelie in first and second off the throttle (but I don't because I
don't want to be buying new tyres each week).
It also has an interesting amount of go (and more importantly - noise) if
you head north of 8000rpm.
But it's so easy to ride that I tend to spend most of the time around 4.5 -
7 'cruising' along - therefore having the TRE wouldn't actually do much for
me.

I wanted a bike that I could do the mileage I wanted to (big or small) and
would suit my riding style without too many issues.

When Dan and I rode up there the Strom demonstrated the two sides to it very
nicely - could be lovely and sedate (and comfortable) on the gentle sweepers
(70mph indicated) and then be in, on it's ear and out of roundabouts in a
flash. Once we got on the A517 I could engage my version of "nutter" mode
and attack the road. On the way home for one bit I sat on the M40 doing 90.
Happy at all of those (just don't ask me to wheel it around a carpark!) and
even happy tackling narrow bumpy B-Roads

It's an amazingly competant road motorcycle that whilst not going to keep up
with a 10R, it does let you get on with watching what's coming and getting
from A -B with a touch of madness here and there.

I still miss the hard edge of the GSX-R though And the standard screen
was rubbish (Have I mentioned this before?)

 

dwb? He'z just ziz guy, you know?

On my way home I ended up on the M1 (again, one of these days I'll
wander round and find the top of the A5 again).

Doing upto 115 it was fine, but at 120 and above it started shaking the
bars a lot and let me know it wasn't happy.

Which is strange because upto now I've had it upto 130 and its not
batted an eyelid.

Where did you get the screen from? I'd like to put a better screen on
mine as there is a lot of wind & noise.

 

The Older Gentleman says...

It must be like riding a 2-wheeled Renault Espace. That screen is about
3 weeks ahead of you.

 

Was there any cross winds? It's can be exciting in any kind of side wind ...

Do a search for MRA Screens - I can't recall the UK supplier at the mo - but
I think they do do one for the original style - whether it's any good I
dunno.