Guys,
Just stumbled on this thread and I might be able to give some feedback. Tomorrow (Wednesday 27th August 2008) I'm hitting the road for a pan european trip, 24 countries and approx 9000miles. It's going to be good and reasonable roads I believe, maybe Romania will have something to throw into the mix, but I'll be keeping an online blog going too.

Anyway, when I return at the end of sepember I should be well placed to report on how the bike behaves - if you want to keep up : www.smokingtailpipes.com