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Old 02-17-2017, 03:59 PM
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I have had it since November, the bad weather kept me off of it until today. Got up to 70 Degrees here in IA. Took the afternoon off and got 107 miles in!

The stage II is incredible! A little noise in the top end of the motor, but runs very smooth and pulls like a workhorse. Will likely quiet down with some miles. Picking up quite a bit of heat on the right ankle, but vents were closed on the lowers. Couldn't really open it up yet, but damn, I love this bike. I can't imagine a stage IV, and now I'm seeing posts on V!

Also, I put a Long Ride medium tint 13" shield on this winter. Man, huge difference over the stock. Not sure about the passenger, but wind noise is drastically reduced for the rider.
 
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Old 02-17-2017, 05:53 PM
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Here in SW Florida it was like 42 degrees in the morning, almost froze my face with a smile on it. As long as aint snowing I'm riding.
 
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I have had it since November, the bad weather kept me off of it until today. Got up to 70 Degrees here in IA. Took the afternoon off and got 107 miles in!
107 miles..kinda' funny...glad you finally got to get out and enjoy your scoot!
 
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Good to hear Brad..suppose to be near 70 here tomorrow..Plan to do the same.
 
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I did thd same called harley lets get it out of storage and rotate the tires, man that was nice.
 
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Originally Posted by mjwebb
107 miles..kinda' funny...glad you finally got to get out and enjoy your scoot!
Well, at least I left the .4 off the 107.
 
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Brad, I think I beat ya today by about 30 miles...
 
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I just picked mine up on Saturday and thought about it, but the rads have so much salt on them here in nw Iowa
 
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I just picked mine up on Saturday and thought about it, but the rads have so much salt on them here in nw Iowa
Yea, I was worried about the same thing, but found that the country roads have no salt on them. I live right on the NE edge of Davenport, so slipped out of town and hit the clean back roads. Got over 150 miles in this weekend, and it was sweet!
 
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Originally Posted by bradn
I have had it since November, the bad weather kept me off of it until today. Got up to 70 Degrees here in IA. Took the afternoon off and got 107 miles in!

The stage II is incredible! A little noise in the top end of the motor, but runs very smooth and pulls like a workhorse. Will likely quiet down with some miles. Picking up quite a bit of heat on the right ankle, but vents were closed on the lowers. Couldn't really open it up yet, but damn, I love this bike. I can't imagine a stage IV, and now I'm seeing posts on V!

Also, I put a Long Ride medium tint 13" shield on this winter. Man, huge difference over the stock. Not sure about the passenger, but wind noise is drastically reduced for the rider.

I have a stage I and was contemplating stage II. With all of the positive comments about it, I might have to pull the trigger.

I noticed the heat near the right ankle also. If it's just the way the aerodynamics work with the heat coming off the engine/exhaust, then it is what it is. But if the heat source is coming from the cat, I'm removing it.
 


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