[HeyZeus]

How hard do you push your Burgman 400? I have a 2011 burgman 400 that on occasion gets pushed hard in corners. I don't push top speed but I do test the chassis. I also own a Harley XR1200, and a Buell XB12r. I crave the corners. I have plowed the center stand on both sides in hard corners. Well not at the same time. I am surprised I have not dropped her yet. I have even chased some sport bikes into a corner laughing the whole time. They had the Horsepower to leave me but they were going fast in a big turn. When I caught them at the bottom of the hill they looked at me like I was crazy.

I don't ride the Burg much now do to my desire to push the bike. I try to take her out when I want to be more docile. The chassis and suspension make me a little nervous with how hard I ride sometimes. Am I alone in how I ride my scooter? I would have bought the Tmax but it was to tall for the wife. It is her ride that she rarely rides.

 

[mike1nw]

I don't push the Burger. Too worried about that MPG reading in the dash
BUT I haven't ridden the Dragon with it, nor Mulholland Dr. nor the road to Palomar Mtn "yet".
My 05 Concours, with the 1.1 springs and fork brace, now I could run that one
I suppose that once you got Burgie moving, she would hold her own in the twisties, despite the engine mass whanging around. Just a feeling

 

[mikeyMarine]

the center stand is a good warning you are entering parameters the bike is not optimized for, you will begin losing plastic soon, and skin soon thereafter it is a great scoot , but it is a scoot, stick to the center stand limits

 

[29534]

I lead a group of 4-6 riders on a ride a time or two a week on very crooked mountain roads. I rode a R1200CLC at a speed that was comfortable to me but never faster than a little over the speed limit. When I got my Burgman, I rode the same way. However, they all commented that I now ride the curves faster than I did on my BMW. I did not realize it.

 

[Ralph M]

Those that ride with me tell me I corner just as fast as I did on bikes but don't lean the Burger as far,
and though I have never touched anything down It lets me know when near the limit by going into a
sort of pogo weave the rear shock just cant cope, but this is riding quit hard and two Yamaha scooters
I have ridden were if anything slightly worse, there's a firm called Maxton in the uk that rebuilds shocks
or builds new ones and when it gets annoying enough I will talk to them, I rode a V-strom they had done
back to back with a standard one and was surprised at the difference.

 

[john grinsel]

My take----one of the joys of scootering is riding them like putt putt, asking the tires to do as little work as possible. The high handlebars/rear weight bias/feet forward do not lend themselves to really aggressive riding......and having owned TMAX/SilverWing 600/ReFlex/2 Burgman 400, 4 Helix....plus 4 Vespas, ridden over 1.5 million miles, I find the Burgman the least desirable to ride aggressivly on----it can really scare you ridden outside of its limits---ridden in calm manner it is fine.
Have ridden most of Europe's passes except GrossKlockler, Japan mountain riding for 20 years, US what there is available both east and west----I see no need to push on Burgman. Get Zip bike if you want to do that.

 

[mike1nw]

I haven't delved into the rear shock construction on Burgie.
My 05 Concours, you could drain and refill the shock oil. Using slightly heavier oil made a huge difference.