Motorcycle Explorer August 2014 Issue 1 | Page 63

Twisty With the bike having a rather low centre of gravity being 835mm at the seat you can take advantage of the smooth power delivery to pull you around and out of the apex – a real grin factor for a middleweight touring bike. You’re not going to be flying past an R1 anytime soon but then you really don’t want to be ... or if you do then you’re reading the wrong magazine. What the bike will do is take you in comfort and with a bit of stick from the throttle take you there with that buzz of gliding around even the most switch backed of roads.