I've been off bikes for a while so when I bought my America, it almost felt like I was starting from scratch.
The good news is that the bike is very forgiving even to the point of being stupid and trying to get off the bike with no side stand down - that low centre of gravity means you've got a bit more chance of correcting before it becomes a tear jerker - as I found out myself....
I'm also finding that it's very easy NOT to use the power, I'm still running in, and was worried I'd get carried away and end up using it a bit hard. However becuase of the low down torque you can go out riding without ever going into the latter half of the rev range, which means for a newbie you don't suddenly find yourself going faster than you want.
Don't get me wrong they go incredibly well, it's just I've found it's a concoiuos descision to hammer up the rev range so you wont find yourself there without knowing it - if that makes sense?
Obviously we are probably going to be biased on here, but I went out for a ride with my brother in law who rides a Hyabusa, and even though I was taking it steady he remarked how well poised the bike was around corners and was suprised how easily I got around them - and as I say, I'm still finding my feet and running the bike in so was taking it steady.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
JC
