the Ferret
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Turned over 1000 miles on my 2021 on this morning's ride.
So far so good. Do have a couple of niggles I'm not happy with, in particular with re-setting Trip B. I use trip A for daily miles which I record, and trip B for miles on tank of gas. So every morning I reset Trip A, and every time I refill I reset Trip B. About 90% of the time when I reset Trip B it also resets Trip A which I don't think it should do (It doesn't on my other bikes). Does that happen to others as well? or is there a glitch in my instruments? Doesn't happen EVERY time, but it does MOST of the time. I'll have 43 miles on Trip A, and 203 on Trip B, stop for gas, fill up, reset B and then when I take off A and B both read zero. Then I have to try and remember how many were on A and add it to any additional miles accumulated on A to record for that night. Resetting A does not reset Trip B.
Other than that...I'm liking the bike more and more, finding I like riding in D mode and using the - button when I want to downshift for a turn or a hill. I'm averaging 74 mpg. I think maybe the suspension has settled some since I seem to be able to reach the ground better than when I first got it. Handles well, brakes well, getting used to the throb of the 270 twin. Wish it had more power lol, but it's doing everything I'm asking of it. The DCT is brilliant if you just let it do it's thing and don't worry about rpms .
First service was a bit of a pain (separate thread on that lol) but if I go by Honda's recommendation rather than my normal 4K for oil and filter changes at least I won't have to deal with it often, even if I do ride a lot of miles.
So far so good. Do have a couple of niggles I'm not happy with, in particular with re-setting Trip B. I use trip A for daily miles which I record, and trip B for miles on tank of gas. So every morning I reset Trip A, and every time I refill I reset Trip B. About 90% of the time when I reset Trip B it also resets Trip A which I don't think it should do (It doesn't on my other bikes). Does that happen to others as well? or is there a glitch in my instruments? Doesn't happen EVERY time, but it does MOST of the time. I'll have 43 miles on Trip A, and 203 on Trip B, stop for gas, fill up, reset B and then when I take off A and B both read zero. Then I have to try and remember how many were on A and add it to any additional miles accumulated on A to record for that night. Resetting A does not reset Trip B.
Other than that...I'm liking the bike more and more, finding I like riding in D mode and using the - button when I want to downshift for a turn or a hill. I'm averaging 74 mpg. I think maybe the suspension has settled some since I seem to be able to reach the ground better than when I first got it. Handles well, brakes well, getting used to the throb of the 270 twin. Wish it had more power lol, but it's doing everything I'm asking of it. The DCT is brilliant if you just let it do it's thing and don't worry about rpms .
First service was a bit of a pain (separate thread on that lol) but if I go by Honda's recommendation rather than my normal 4K for oil and filter changes at least I won't have to deal with it often, even if I do ride a lot of miles.
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