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Gen I compared to Gen III
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<blockquote data-quote="grnarrowe" data-source="post: 1386745" data-attributes="member: 168"><p>Going from an 05 to a 16 the biggest improvement would be the addition of a 6th gear. I find I'm in 4th gear on the 16 where I would have been in 5th on the 05.</p><p></p><p>The cruise control and the heated grips are a big improvement.</p><p></p><p>The stock mirrors are great for looking at my elbows, I put the FZ1 mirrors on mine as well as the HeliBars, the Yoshimura cans and a Seth Lamm seat.</p><p></p><p>The lights are a step up from the 05, the brights are even better.</p><p></p><p>My 05 handled better but I did have the Wilbers rear shock and springs in the forks. Once the rear shock on the 16 is done I'll upgrade it but I'm not sure if I'll go Wilbers or something else.</p><p></p><p>The 16 gets a little better gas mileage. On our vacation run I got an average of 50.5 MPG. The lowest I got was 41.8 the highest was 61.9, but that was a short tank going to Durango from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.</p><p></p><p>See gas, get gas mentality.</p><p></p><p>And I think the 16 has a more aggressive look to it.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Vacation/2017/Petes-Pictures/i-FQ5dHP9/0/2c59022a/L/DSCF4508-L.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grnarrowe, post: 1386745, member: 168"] Going from an 05 to a 16 the biggest improvement would be the addition of a 6th gear. I find I'm in 4th gear on the 16 where I would have been in 5th on the 05. The cruise control and the heated grips are a big improvement. The stock mirrors are great for looking at my elbows, I put the FZ1 mirrors on mine as well as the HeliBars, the Yoshimura cans and a Seth Lamm seat. The lights are a step up from the 05, the brights are even better. My 05 handled better but I did have the Wilbers rear shock and springs in the forks. Once the rear shock on the 16 is done I'll upgrade it but I'm not sure if I'll go Wilbers or something else. The 16 gets a little better gas mileage. On our vacation run I got an average of 50.5 MPG. The lowest I got was 41.8 the highest was 61.9, but that was a short tank going to Durango from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. See gas, get gas mentality. And I think the 16 has a more aggressive look to it. [IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Vacation/2017/Petes-Pictures/i-FQ5dHP9/0/2c59022a/L/DSCF4508-L.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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