I hadnt planned to but it was offered to me by Heath at hamilton Motorcycles so I though Oath whay not.
I wasnt kitted up in all my gear Denuim jeans and jacket so it was a lame ride around some local roads for half an hour.
This isnt a bike review but here is what I thought.
the Bike is definanetly an improvement on my 04 model the areas I noticed a difference were
1/ the bike steers alot quicker, the balance seems different , it has a lighter feel to the bike, it threw my a bit on the first roundabout but after ten minutes it was okay, I was used to it. the steering seems very light in comparision, I would imagine a damper would be a must.
Cornering was smooth and the bike was very well planted holding its line extremely well. My bike also does this but the 05 is better again.
2/ The speedo/ Tacho/ Rev Controls might as well not be there, the top of the blade cuts your vision to them completely, you have to duck your head down to read the speedo, I found this bloody annoying and wondered why they did this in the first place, I am 6ft which would not help, if you were 5.6 you might be okay, I would have to have a double bubble to sought this out.
3/ The power is certainly up, another 11 hp on mine, the acceleration is awesome all the 136 hp launch this bike into oblivion at a very quick rate, I was very impressed. It would certainly be quicker than mine, and mine aint no slouch at 0-100 in 3.2 sec.
Would I buy one, well no I dont think so on the basis that mine is still almost as good, I would be tempted with the new colour schemes like Titanuim and black, looks awesome.
I would have liked to of had the bike longer to get to know it better, Half an hour was not very long to test ride, I will get it again for another crack later on.
I would like to take the zx10 out now as a comparision to the 636, that would be interesting.
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