Motorcycle Explorer August 2014 Issue 1 | Page 62

In The Spot Light Tale of the Tape Top speed Max power Max torque Weight Seat height Fuel capacity Average fuel Tank range Insurance group Engine size Final Drive 120 mph 68 bhp 44 ft-lb 214 kg 835 mm 20 litres 58 mpg 200 miles 10 645cc Chain Performance Motorway Motorway riding the curse of any biker but a much needed evil at times to get to the interesting places that we love to play on. If you’re in the UK then you are almost forced to use them to get to Europe and the train or ferry. The bike will sit at 80mph all day long on the German autobahn (It will do it anywhere else too but that of course would be against UK law wouldn’t it!). I was two up with fully loaded panniers and the miles did not seem a chore with the 645cc v-twin purring away. You get a very nice return on the mpg also, covering speeds of 80mph + I was still getting 55 – 58mpg. This is shown for you on the digital dash with an analogue rev counter taking most of the space. The air temp indicator is a nice