SDRider - If I may ask... what was it that got you to thinking you bought the wrong bike? And what swung the needle completely back to the love zone again?
I've been trying to decide myself whether to bring the 1100 EVO home and let her make herself at home in my garage. More details please!
Well it makes more noises than my Suzuki ever did and I put 16,000+ trouble free miles on that bike. It never stalled on me, never failed to start, never did anything out of the ordinary. This bike pops on decel, isn't smooth at all when cold, has stalled on me a few times (not starting out stalling, I'm talking about I pull the clutch in at speed and it stalls), plus the clutch takes a bit of getting used to simply because the motor is so lumpy below 4,000rpms, as does the relatively narrow powerband and tall gearing compared to the bike I came from. It is smoothing out as I've put a bit over 1,000 miles on it already and should only get better as she continues to break in. Plus, I'm getting used to the bike and haven't had a stall in the last couple hundred miles, touch wood.
The small tank is probably my biggest complaint though. I ride to work once and I'm filling up again the next day on my way home. 100 miles and the fuel light comes on, 25 miles later and you're down to less than 1/2 a gallon if you're lucky. I do wish the gas tank was a little larger but that isn't going to change and will probably get a little smaller if I decide to do the Caswell sealer like my friend did on his GT1000 Sport Classic.
It is just a beautiful bike though and riding it in the canyons is pure joy.
