Thanks to my neighbor who played taxi and drove me the hour to the dealer early today...the bike was signed, sealed, and delivered before 10am. The dealer made sure to show me that the sidebag cover pieces, spare lock, and bag liners were present and accounted for. Brought my Laam seats with me; neighbor took the OEMs back home with him...I'll throw them on the '07.
The first order of business was to leave the lot without dumping it, lol...the "Sport" mode is twitchy...lesson learned...moved it to "Touring" mode until I got familiar with the ways of the new throttle system. I proceeded to stop by my friend's house a few miles from the dealer to do a show and tell (he's also selling an '07) and then continued on for around 145 miles of "testing" until the temperature/humidity got to be too much and I headed for the barn.
Impressions: I did a mixture of curvy roads and freeways today...I LOVE THIS BIKE. The airflow is better and I love having a cruise control, which was no more difficult than a car's CC to operate, and the ability to have a plush ride at the toggle of a menu item. The dash seems a bit too reflective of my visage in bright sun, making it somewhat hard to see the speedo, but I'll get over it...quickly. I like the effects with the LEDs around the headlights...pretty cool look. Overall, I think this bike and I will see many miles together...
Got it home and immediately started moving my Givi and Admore stuff over from the '07.
The Tech Monokey trunk looks good on the bike..
So they removed the center material from this part? It's a solid cover on Gen II's.
Admore kit wired up, everything done for now. Next task will be getting my GPS power and Warm 'n Safe power cables setup...for another day...I'm worn out, lol.