[Zanderk]

Yep it's a good write up and pretty complimentary. Over £13K here now though and for me one of the reasons I brought my '15 R9T was that it didn't have a bunch of electrics associated with it, which this one now does. Happy to hang on to my original

 

[Zanderk]

It’s horses for courses but in the UK with the state of our roads and traffic volume, cruise control is largely redundant in a car or on a bike. I know it’s a different topic but I think rider aids (with the exception of front ABS) / electrics on a bike like this, totally detract from the spirit and character of a bike. I had a 1200R as a test bike while my bike was in for a service. Lovely bike but it felt vague and I felt less connected to it because of the plethora of ‘rider aids’. Let’s be honest the engine of this bike is about the most useable you could have in standard form for its capacity and if you can’t control it with your brain and right hand then maybe, well maybe there’s a lesson there. I respect everyone’s perspective on this but remember many of the people riding this bike have had 40+ years of riding bikes with absolutely no electrical assistance and are not only fine and happy with it, they / I prefer it.