Hi
Glad to hear that you are about to become another 800RE owner.
I am just back from a week in Scotland on mine and now have a total of 3k miles on it.
The bike got filthy on the first day in the rain going up, but the rest of the week was sunny and warm, which was a bit of a shocker!
The bike is bloody good and started to really loosen up on the way home, and would pull hard in any gear you asked of it.
Also, as a slight downside the vibration is a little more than my old 650, but nothing that detracted from the total enjoyment of the machine.
Also I would like to state that the tyres which came with the bike (Dunlop 614's) were quite a revelation as there was no slides/apprehension whatever the weather, and with that the handling was superb.
The only downer was the rear shock for me, as it was harsh and on its best setting for me the damping was non existant, but others will be OK, as I am too fat!
I have already put feelers out to Wilburs and Nitron for a replacement, but they have nothing as yet, and if anyone knows of other manufacturers who do one, I would be interested.
That's enough from me.
Cheers
Crazyhorse
