I will agree with the first poster. When I first rode the thing I though "what have i done? It´s dog slow, awkward rattly". When in fact it´s none of these. I´ll admit it took me two days before I started to like the thing; it´s just that after a diet of jap multis and a triumph it was wierd! Now i´ll admit i love the thing to death. It´s certainly not slow (while not being and R1 natch) I think it´s just that it gets there without a massive load of multi-cylinder noise, which is something I´ve come to appreciate. When I actually studied my speedo and watched cars disappear in the mirrors I realised it was by no means a slouch.