Okay was concerned for your will power going from no bike to two brand new 1 thousands.
lol, thanks man, but that abs...is total bs.
I know they have it, but it didnt register in my brain while I was riding.
I went straight to a great set of triple S curves where I always scrub in my tires.
I couldn't figure out why I was so out of form, even being rusty. And why I slowed so much with a touch of the front brake. The brakes aren't aggressive, rather lazy actually, zero dive, and the best way I can describe would be like opening and dragging a chute.
Like I was on a ride, not me riding the bike.
The lack of any feel is awful.
The bike stayed completely level, and other than leaning a little, felt like it rode itself, I just gave it gas.
Made me want to go into a safe space and b*tch slap a bunch of crybabies, because unless you're at TT or GP skill level, wfo the whole track, the "shouldn't be near a motorcycle" crowd are the only other ones benefitting from that garbage.
I don't Ever, Ever...f'n Ever, see myself buying another new bike, unless everything else is fabulous, and I can pull a fuse and defeat the abs.
The engine may be good, isn't broke in yet, and I only put a few miles on it, and even though everything new is choked up to some extent, the wow factor just isn't there.
I'll stick with my plan for a '12 model gsxr1k(favorite color between 09-14), and it's a mechanical bike with FI...no fancy farkles.