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I have been laid up since Sept 3 because of an accident so have been chaffing at the bit to get out and ride. Today looked like the perfect chance, good weather, my cast is off, I don't have to keep my arm in a sling and since the B400 is an automatic you only really need one good hand to operate it; right? What could possibly go wrong??? So I bring out the bike and place it on the center stand to let it warm up while I'm getting my gear on, then I jump on the bike and can't get it off the center stand since it is sitting on a slight hill! My next bright idea was to stand beside the bike and push it off the center stand but since I only have one good hand (oops, that hand is on the same side of the body as my 3 busted ribs...) so I manage to get the bike off the center stand but then gravity takes over and down goes the bike on the pavement :tard: Do I need to mention that this is a new bike with no previous marks on it? :sad6:
I figure it doesn't look too bad...I'm taking off the handguards to fit my new Givi screen and the side scuffs can be touched up and covered with the mythical side wings that I'm trying to find so I decide I'm too desperate to ride to listen to karma and head out for the highway. It ended up being a great day. I managed to get in 517kms/321miles and the bike performed much better than I thought it would. Almost all of those miles were at speeds of 120-140 kph/75-85mph travelling up steep mountain highways and I found myself constantly having to slow the bike down rather than trying to force it to go faster. Granted it doesn't have much in reserve at these speeds but it didn't seem to be working hard at all and a couple of times I was amazed to look down and see it hitting the redline! I don't know what the mpg would be but the days end average was 22.1 kms/liter so stick that in your pipe and smoke it! My big reason for going out today was to see if this little bike would be able to take the place of my Wee-Strom on the highway and although it won't accelerate or pass like the Wee the B400 it was actually smoother at speed and of course gave much better gas mileage. I also changed my mind about the stock screen today and felt it worked pretty well although it let too much wind to hit you so that I would only want to use it in warmer weather. All in all I'm quite impressed with the little bike but I still have to get used to the handling of the small wheels and the limited suspension travel and it is not near as comfortable to ride as the Wee-Strom. I have to put my feet up on the passenger footboards to stretch out my back/pelvis area, I'm looking for a headrest to make a back rest with and I'm going through my storage sheds trying to find my old gel pads so I hope to get it dialed in for comfort soon.
I figure it doesn't look too bad...I'm taking off the handguards to fit my new Givi screen and the side scuffs can be touched up and covered with the mythical side wings that I'm trying to find so I decide I'm too desperate to ride to listen to karma and head out for the highway. It ended up being a great day. I managed to get in 517kms/321miles and the bike performed much better than I thought it would. Almost all of those miles were at speeds of 120-140 kph/75-85mph travelling up steep mountain highways and I found myself constantly having to slow the bike down rather than trying to force it to go faster. Granted it doesn't have much in reserve at these speeds but it didn't seem to be working hard at all and a couple of times I was amazed to look down and see it hitting the redline! I don't know what the mpg would be but the days end average was 22.1 kms/liter so stick that in your pipe and smoke it! My big reason for going out today was to see if this little bike would be able to take the place of my Wee-Strom on the highway and although it won't accelerate or pass like the Wee the B400 it was actually smoother at speed and of course gave much better gas mileage. I also changed my mind about the stock screen today and felt it worked pretty well although it let too much wind to hit you so that I would only want to use it in warmer weather. All in all I'm quite impressed with the little bike but I still have to get used to the handling of the small wheels and the limited suspension travel and it is not near as comfortable to ride as the Wee-Strom. I have to put my feet up on the passenger footboards to stretch out my back/pelvis area, I'm looking for a headrest to make a back rest with and I'm going through my storage sheds trying to find my old gel pads so I hope to get it dialed in for comfort soon.
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