Annoying Orange
Had an hour's spin on a loaded up 790 last week.
11,000 miles iirc – only issue owner has had was an incorrectly fitted oval? coolant hose. A common fault he said, though you do wonder how you can fit that wrong.
Well, until we rode up over the High Atlas off-road. Then his near-full tank started oozing fumes and when he opened the backward-facing filler to relieve the pressure he got well and truly hosed. We thought it might be elevation gain (>1200m in an hour), or very slow speeds cooking and shaking up the fuel, but 790s must be designed for that so presumably a filler venting problem?
Not my CoT but loved the quickshifter once I realised it had one. Quite a revelation. Another amazing tech advancement while enables smoother and less distracted riding.
I wonder if the clutch mech is spec'd down as it's expected to get less use?
Other observations of mine: 'Comfort' seat is a plank but very low (a factor for many shorter buyers, I bet) and economy over 1100kms was disappointing: as low as 19kpl, never more than 22 (54-62mpg). And this was all below 100kph (apart from my short stint) alongside 310GSs getting up to 100mpg.
Engine was very smooth but lacked torque, I thought.
Owner thought so too, on the piste. Anyway, he was very happy with it.
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