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So, she's done!! Runs like a damn top! I took her on vacation this past week after I got her running. Spent a nice 5 days out at Plum Island...
Things I notice this thing needs...
TIRES... 8 years of sitting on like-new Metzlers have turned them into big, round plastic wheels. I've tried running them and scrubbing them in but they're too hard for anything above a sprinkle. Trying to accelerate on even damp pavement ends up in spinning the rear..
So, I think I'm gonna get some Avon's or Dunlops... maybe Michelin Anakee's... they're the closest tread-pattern to the Metzs without spending 200 bucks per tire.
Over-all... I am IMPRESSED with this bike! Smooth as silk... you can definitely tell it only had 1200 miles on it... cuz she purrs like a new kitten.
The only other odd-ball thing is that the front end seems crooked. I popped off the forks and changed out the oil and they're straight... but mounted up the bars are a bit cocked from travel... it may be the trees... but that'll take a bit more work to fine tune.
Other than that... she's mint! And the hard-bags... Oh man... I don't think I'll own another bike without them... soooo convenient.
Not only that... but I'll never... EVER own another bike under 750-800cc's... or say, with under 90hp... This thing is like a street bike on stilts... Kinda high up, but you can scrape the pegs in a corner and out accelerate anything. There's nothing like being on the highway at 65mph in 6th, hovering around 4500rpm and just slightly open the throttle and you're humming up to 100 in mere seconds.
Stupid, stupid, stupid fun.
Ba-zing...
I am sooo happy .