Yep, that low end grunt really comes into its own when exiting low speed corners.

Like on a 'Tour de Tas' I went on, back in 2008. The recipe was 5 blokes, 5 bikes [my Guzzi and an 850T4, a Suzuki GSX1100, a Triumph 900 Sprint, and a BMW R1200S] and ferry bookings 10 days apart. No advance accommodation bookings, except for teeing up to camp the first night at Boat Harbour, at the house of a mate of one of us.

It was a pearler of a trip, and I noticed that in the really tight twisties, like the roads out of Strahan and Queenstown, I was enjoying the ride a lot more than the sports bike riders!

To the point where, when a local asked one of us about his bike, the R1200S, Harps just told him 'it's a 25 year old's bike, with a 50 year old rider'!

The TdT Guzzi contingent at Devonport; my Cali on left, Tommy's 850T4 on right, with Tommy wearing the Akubra.

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Cheers,
Gadge

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