Good bike, you can definitely notice it was designed back in the mid nineties but that said it goes well all the same, very stable. Motor is moderately powerful and reasonable low an mid torque, good brakes but they'd probably benefit from a freshen up and some braided lines by now as could the suspension too. Remember it rode pretty hard but I reckon if you got it for a song and spent some decent coin on the suspension it'd be a weapon, not the quickest handling sporting bike but it's not slow either, bank it over on it's side and it rails 'round corners.Originally Posted by ducatilover
What do they go like?Looks to be a fairly nice beast for the money.
For a four cylinder.....
Probably it's biggest down fall handling wise is going down hill into tight corners but on the flip side to that it's a dream going up hill, had some fun going up the Rimutaka's on that bike, had to lift my inside foot completely of the footpegs because they were folding up, very confidence inspiring going up hill. Seat comfort I never found to be that great and unless you're on open roads it could be hard on the wrists with the reach to the bars. If you wanted to get into sports riding on a bigger bike I'd recommend it, I had a ball on it.
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I think she's a sexy machine (apart from the sad seat) 
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