Had my Runner for a few months now, and am VERY impressed. Use it as a winter hack/rainy day bike instead of my R1. It returns about 75mpg, the speedo reads between 85-92mph flat out, depending on conditions. Mine is used mainly on fast A roads, so spends most of the time 75mph+, so no doubt with town use it would be better. Acceleration is brisk, leaves most cars, and small capacity bikes from standstill, so very good for what it is. Mine seems really high, i'm a 5'10" bloke, and i cant get both feet flat on the floor at standstill. Has got heater vents in, lokk good but dont do anything. Mine never gets hot, the temp gauge always reads low, and the air coming the vents is best described as tepid. The handling feels a bit unstable, probably to do with the smaller wheels, BUT, i am used to sportsbikes, so most riders probably wont notice it. I did change the standard exhaust for a ThunderRoad race can, which was ridiciously loud, didnt increase top end at all, and if anything seemed to lose a bit of midrange. I spent a lot of time modifying can, adding washers and baffles, and did manage to make it quieter,but still doesnt run as well as standard can(looks a lot better though) So really, a very impressive bike, great for A roads and round town Steve
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