Y'all are cracking me up
Noisy?! Try coming from a thumper with direct mounted air filter and aftermarket exaust. How about a Harley? Yes, if you're used to inline fours or purley touring machines, maybe this makes a few more noises, but I can think of a lot worse.
I really don't understand all the hand wringing. Did you know what you were buying before making the plunge? This isn't some wall flower of a machine made for only cruising on glassy smooth interstates or nice, gradually sweeping corners. 'It's a jack of all trades; master of none.'
The rougness with accel in the 3000rpm range?...yeah it's there, but far from a show stopper for me. That's about the farthest thing from my mind while tearing-up mountain roads, moving nimbly at slow speed, putting some 'stank' to the rear wheel to dispense with some cager thinking he's a pro gran prix driver, soaking-up bumps that would scare me sh@tless on most other bikes....I could go on, and I will with one more example. I was going through a farmiliar section of road last night and didn't realize a section of it had been torn-out in prep for new pavement...no signs...nothing! Anyway, they had the gravel dumped, but far from smoothed-out..pretty deep still with small mounds. I went though at about 80 clicks while the front-end dance a bit, but otherwise NO DRAMA. That's what this bike is all about..unflappable in the face of almost anything you throw at it. I'm sure most of you will acknowledge this about the S10, so why let a few extra noises or vibs from the big bang twin turn you off? If you wanted it for just touring on the interstate then maybe you have the wrong machine.
