Was out on a demo bike today....My real world riding point of view.
The bike pulled away from low revs as though it was a twin with no jerking and jumping etc. It surprised
me the way it's power built through the gears up to the national speed limit with relative ease.
30mph could be achieved in top but felt better in fourth (it has five gears) which was 2,200rpm.
Quite responsive from this speed in fourth re overtakes in traffic.
I counted in my head 5 seconds from 0 to 60, counting 1000 and one....one th.....etc. So quite inaccurate
but you get the idea.
50mph overtakes where easily done with a 'roll on' in top gear but dropping down to forth for a swifter
response gave me more confidence. Perhaps changing down was unnesseary and was a Job's comforter
on an unfamiliar bike.
I reached 70mph with ease and I'm no doubt it would be fine on the motorway.
The bike felt light and easy to manoeuvre. Once going it felt very light and easy to ride at slow speeds.
It was a breeze to ride down A and B roads and was very planted when I picked the speed up. I'd like to
have tested it's lean angle a tad more but surfaces were a bit damp and greasy today.
I took it down a lane with a really bumpy surface with tarmac missing etc and it coped very well indeed.
I was expecting the rear shocks to bottom out but they didn't even though they were set on the second
lowest setting of five.
I'm 6'1" with a 31" inside leg. Rode the bike for an hour and didn't suffer any cramp, leg ache etc.
The seat was quite wide and firm causing no bum ache, and felt as though it would be all day comfy.
It's a great looking no nonsense machine and a thing of beauty IMHO, with service intervals of 6000 miles.
The bad bits....
The engine cases had BSA decal stickers on them.
No centre stand.
Mirror stalks not long enough (I could only see my arms).
Oh, and it has the radiator off a Hillman Imp.