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Re: 2014 690 Enduro R -- First Impressions
DIR By: Dane1960
Date: April 7, 2014, 9:16 pm
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I took the bike for I my first real ride this evening. Here are
my thoughts:
Plenty of power :),pretty darn fast..I did trade in a BMW
s1000rr for this thing.
I liked the instrument cluster very easy to view
Very social just cruising around
Vibration, not that terrible though, mostly felt like it was
coming from the knobbies ( I have not been on knobbies in a very
long time).
The hand guards have to go for some real protection
The seat was much more comfortable than I expected ( I do have
iron butt certificates so I might be somewhat more tolerable
than a lot of folks )
I did fine the false neutrals like some have mentioned. My
opinion on it: It was when I was lazy shifting, I don't think it
will be any concern...happens on my ducati sometimes too, you do
have to move the shifter a bit further then what I am used too I
noticed.
Real happy with the bike.
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Re: 2014 690 Enduro R -- First Impressions
DIR By: Colorado Rider
Date: April 7, 2014, 11:28 pm
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Dane1960,
What did you have in mind for the hand guards; Bark busters?
Mine really don't do much either...
Thanks,
Colorado
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Re: 2014 690 Enduro R -- First Impressions
DIR By: truck11
Date: April 8, 2014, 7:15 am
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I have been using the Cycra guards for 10+ years and love them.
HTML http://store.cycraracing.com/alprbarpan.html
(link just show
them - not sure where the best pricing is)
Yes I have bent a few, but they have been great and held up well
over all. I had the triple clamp mount set up on the last bike
and it really opened up real estate on the bars for the roll
chart and GPS etc.
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Re: 2014 690 Enduro R -- First Impressions
DIR By: Rusty Shovel
Date: April 8, 2014, 9:18 am
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--- Quote from: truck11 link ---
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> I have been using the Cycra guards for 10+ years and love
them.
>
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When you install them, be sure to take lots of pics of the
process. Create an entry under "Sweet Mods." Perhaps more than
a few of us will follow your lead. Congratulations again on
finding a bike.
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Re: 2014 690 Enduro R -- First Impressions
DIR By: Dane1960
Date: April 12, 2014, 8:37 pm
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Colorado Rider, not sure yet I'm going to shop around, not in a
big hurry.
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Re: 2014 690 Enduro R -- First Impressions
DIR By: Colorado Rider
Date: April 12, 2014, 10:34 pm
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The Zeta units with the integrated turn signals looked neat, but
I'm not sure what else is available.
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