I agree, their workmanship is simply top notch.
I find that if I use the longer 5th gear on standard models with the standard final drive that the bike is very under powered in fifth gear.
Accelerating to overtake is very sluggish and on steep uphills I need to shift down more often.
My HPN is fitted with the longer 5th gear off coarse, but It has the Mahle 1043cc conversion and I am running a 32/10 final drive, the same ratio as on the R80GS.
With the shorter final drive ratio it is off coarse necessary to fit the longer 5th for highway cruising, although I like to avoid highway cruising as much as possible as you can see from the pictures.
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