Well I took the plunge and pick up an 09 tomorrow. Very pleased to have one of these newage ones. I had a great test ride first and fell in love instantly. Its a much more willing engine. I just couldnt carry on with my old one, everytime I wanted to do any maintenance the fairing had to come off, so to do that the engine bars had to come off which was a PITA... putting it back together was an even bigger headache and the brittle plastic wanted to snap at the slightest sight of heavy hands. If you wanted any spare plastics they are nigh on impossible to source and the sidepanels were just as cack. Pity as the bike was a fabulous old bike. My mate rides the first 3YF with single headlight and it is far better in build design, but equally hard to get bodystuff for, unless you get into kind Germans on their EBay
Cant wait to get into the new one. But Im sure Im going to have to ask some Q's as searching on here is leaving me with a headache as whats best to do first

It takes a while with the amount of stuff on here to sort out what order to do things but every one is helpful and all your answers are here, somewhere!

But as to what to do first.......... Ride it and have fun.

Exactly! Get some miles in, get to know it and soon enough, as if by magic, you'll realise for yourself what you need to do and what you don't.

Yup ,this bike will have blown the budget for a while anyway. After the test ride Im over the moon with what power it has although I have already enquired about DNA 1and 2
The main stuff I will be needing will be bashplate and engine/body crash bars as it will be going off the beaten track