[Trail bandit]

YOU want to accelerate? So thinking that you get some wham bang special ‘umph’ in Sports mode is not true. If you wacked the throttle open in Touring…same!!

When I whack the throttle open it sort of dies then decides to take off. I just figured that's it's little computer brain taking a moment to think. If so and it's not just my bike I miss the old fashioned carbs. Not a big deal though, I've learned to roll the throttle on.

I partially brought the bike for ABS and the dial down horsepower.

ABS. Emergency stop on a road surface you've not been reading and ABS is the only way to go IMO. I'm not primed to hit the brakes exactly right after hours in the saddle. I find the ABS very reassuring. Back brake is a different story, you can hit that any old time and it doesn't seem to do very much. Back doesn't seem to need ABS.

4 modes.

I thought the 100hp mode would keep me more relaxed and sedate.... Turns out I just use sport and touring. Off road it will be nice to have the enduro mode and ABS definitely OFF.

Nice to read your post and to meet another bored over thinker

 

[Trail bandit]

Trail Bandit. You say

"When I whack the throttle open it sort of dies then decides to take off. I just figured that's it's little computer brain taking a moment to think. If so and it's not just my bike I miss the old fashioned carbs. Not a big deal though, I've learned to roll the throttle on."

It shouldn't do that. I have had heaps of issues with the fueling on this bike but now, open it, and it goes. If you have any sort fo really marked hesitation, get ti looked at. (The problem always is...who do you take it to to look at it??)

I've just read that label on the tank that says not to fill the tank completely or it screws it up resulting in hard starting and hesitation. Only read it because I wa going to peal it off.

I'll have to hunt around for threads on this. Don't think I've done it but I wasn't too fussed on trips and wanted it full to compare mpg on tour.