Hi mate, nice to hear from you π I'm amazed at the Met office stat - seems like it's always raining here!! But hey, I'm sure they know what they're talking about..... π
At the moment, I'm happy with the brakes and even the fueling! It's 'different' for sure, but I've been able to ride around any glitchiness so far. I may end up getting a Hilltop or something eventually, will see how it goes.
The suspension is better than I expected. Coming from a 17 plate 1200GS Rallye with semi active thingumydoodars and hydro-dynamic, nuclear fission flux capacitors, I was expecting a massive drop in quality and yes, it's massively uncontrolled by comparison. However, I was bored with the umber-competence of the GS and actually, being bounced, shimmied and generally scared sh1tless is exciting and exhilarating by comparison. But yes, there may come a time when the Ohlins have to be introduced and fortunately I've got a fab suspension specialist http://www.stevejordanmotorcycles.co.uk/ a few miles away so I may pay them a visit. Actually, they could flash the ECU at the same time.
I can see the pound signs adding up already π€£π€£π€£