This is little help I'm sure, I own a '04 model. I hate it. Although I'm grateful for that Parkers address link (in this thread), I was wondering what it's value is so I can get rid of it ASAP!!
I've had it for 6 months, and just got back from a 2,500 mile crawl round Scandinavia. The trip as totally impeded by the useless bike I was riding. I would have done more mileage but didn't have the confidence in the tool. Plus it drinks fuel ala tonto.
Snags in the bike are that it's very tall, and very heavy, put the two together and you're already having problems. I'm 5'10 and can only have 1 foot flat on the ground (leg locked) and the other with the tip-toes scrapping. When you have quarter of a tonne between your legs, you'd expect to be in a position which you could manage the weight. The fuel economy is atrocious (IMHO anything below 60mpg is unacceptable)... I was getting about 35-40mpg on motorways. In Norway where you'd struggle to do more than 40mp/h I was getting a substantially better performance (in 6th gear), but still not great.
I only have myself to blame for buying it.
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