... on Saturday. A black K7 pointy S.
Is it just me or did these not used to be faster?!
Admittedly the transition to riding a V-twin was difficult...felt like the engine was going to stall every time I went below ~5krpm...but even so, I was expecting (remembering with rose-tinted glasses?!) a wave of torque to shove me forward every time I opened the throttle. Instead it seemed to do...not very much
Also seemed to run out of RPM very easily (even given the 11k limit) - all too often found myself having to change up once or even twice during an overtake!
How does this compare to other people's experience of going back to an SV? I honestly remember it being way quicker than this!
There was a certain satisfaction to having to pin the throttle open all the time, though
For comparison I was on my 2002 CBR600F, as well as pinching a mate's 2005 CBR600RR for part of the ride. Oh and as a sidenote, quite impressed by the RR's midrange, I think it was better than my old GSX-R600 (K7) but hopefully will be pinching another mate's 600K7 at some point in the near future to compare.