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Prudence is the only non pre-fire I've ridden. Sort-of. Maneuvering the bikes in the garage was the tell tale. wth won't Prudence cut a tight circle. Ohhhhh. The FI prep had started, for me, with the 2007 model year. However, much like the phase out of the Bonneville America side cover, it is possible that the lower TT was phased out/in in much the same manner. You'll get used to it, until you throw a leg over an earlier model...You can still cut tight circles, your gonads have to be a bit larger as you have to lean the bike in a manner similar to the way bigjack would load/unload his bike from a trailer. Aggressively!



This thing feels lighter, for some reason, and I can't figure out why. I put over 250 miles on it this weekend, and remember now why I put in the Progressive fork springs years ago. That will be a necessity.

This windshield is kicking my *ss, though. No buffeting, and just the right height, but I can NOT get any air! I feel air on my chest and arms through my mesh Raptor, but inside the full face, it's quite stifling, unless I crack the visor, and then it's noisy. I may appreciate it come cooler weather, but for this heat, I WANT MY FLYSCREEN BACK!

When I got home, doing the big u-turn at the top of my driveway, in front of my truck, (so I could back it into the garage) - that's when I noticed the shallower steering! It just wouldn't go where the '04 always would! I'll get used to it.

All of this low-end grunt and power is amazing! I'm doing things at 2K RPM that would have never felt right on the 790....


Keith
Houston
Ridin'Texas
'04 Speedmaster
AI removed, Pingle, UNI Filter, 1 shim, straight-through slash-cut TORs, Stage 1 DynaJet, 140 mains, 3 turns, 16/42 final drive, 115K
2020 T120 Black