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Howdy all,
Got my 959 (red) about 2 weeks ago.. goes in for the 600 service tomorrow. Lat bike was a CBR 600 and many years ago.
So far I haven't changed one thing except throwing a set of rear spools on it. My experience:
The heat isn't the end of the world... stop complaining, remember you're riding a rocket
The suspension is brick hard... Its confidence inspiring in the turns for sure but like riding a 2x4. This will get adjust either during the service or just after.
I have had a terrible time with the hard to start issue. I am going to try the "start the bike within 5 seconds of the ECU coming on" in about 2 minutes. What I know to be utterly useless is: cycling the key multiple times quickly (doesn't even make a small bit of sense), the tank having too much back pressure, the bike being "too cold." I will also ask the dealership about removing the carbon can tomorrow.
the red paint sure does scratch super easy... need to get something on it asap as I'm not really the best at cleaning my bike a lot. I do like the saying "ride it like you stole it, clean it like you own it"... I just suck at the later part.
I'm not much of one to change a lot of things from the factory but I will say the rear view mirrors totally suck so ARG Arrow mirrors will almost certainly be the next purchase. I'll probably grab the Sato or T-rex slider just in case and eventually I will get around to replacing that phallic thing that hold my license plate on but frankly, I don't have to look at it so it doesn't bother me that much.
I'll check out race mode after the service... and I did a fairly decent job of staying under 6K... the times I went over, the bike was plenty hot... its rady to be run like it was made to be!!
Planning to do a track day Aug 8th and planning to get as many miles on it between now and then.
Cheers
Andrew
Got my 959 (red) about 2 weeks ago.. goes in for the 600 service tomorrow. Lat bike was a CBR 600 and many years ago.
So far I haven't changed one thing except throwing a set of rear spools on it. My experience:
The heat isn't the end of the world... stop complaining, remember you're riding a rocket
The suspension is brick hard... Its confidence inspiring in the turns for sure but like riding a 2x4. This will get adjust either during the service or just after.
I have had a terrible time with the hard to start issue. I am going to try the "start the bike within 5 seconds of the ECU coming on" in about 2 minutes. What I know to be utterly useless is: cycling the key multiple times quickly (doesn't even make a small bit of sense), the tank having too much back pressure, the bike being "too cold." I will also ask the dealership about removing the carbon can tomorrow.
the red paint sure does scratch super easy... need to get something on it asap as I'm not really the best at cleaning my bike a lot. I do like the saying "ride it like you stole it, clean it like you own it"... I just suck at the later part.
I'm not much of one to change a lot of things from the factory but I will say the rear view mirrors totally suck so ARG Arrow mirrors will almost certainly be the next purchase. I'll probably grab the Sato or T-rex slider just in case and eventually I will get around to replacing that phallic thing that hold my license plate on but frankly, I don't have to look at it so it doesn't bother me that much.
I'll check out race mode after the service... and I did a fairly decent job of staying under 6K... the times I went over, the bike was plenty hot... its rady to be run like it was made to be!!
Planning to do a track day Aug 8th and planning to get as many miles on it between now and then.
Cheers
Andrew