Time for an update:
Phoenix & I have just had our first decent ride together.. 1800ks traveling to The Brass Monkey & back.. her first rally..
I found her so smooth & effortless to ride!!! She handled like a dream! Accelerating & decelerating is again, smooth & effortless. she picks up to overtake in a split second & the suspension & handling in corners is awesome! Physically she is very much like sitting on my old GSXF.. very similar in terms of size & riding position.. (but the extra weight when pushing her around (out of garage etc) is really the only main obvious difference for me there).
I have always been more of a fan of riding uphill than down, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that I found riding downhill was far more smooth & enjoyable on Phoenix than old 'Onyx' was (my son's new name for the GSXF.. now that I've owned her for 8 years.. without naming her...& am now selling... ).
For the Brass, she had the addition of headed handgrips& a packrack.. & now also some business sign writing (subtle but sleek) & some clear self adhesive protection stuff on the headlight.
sorting a couple of pics soon..
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