Engine sometimes felt/sounded rough: I read somewhere that one of the tradeoffs of KTM's aim for light weight is the reduction in thickness of cylinder walls which then makes the engine noisy. It's certainly the only bike I've thought of getting a sports silencer purely to overcome the unpleasant harsh clattering (and I wear ear plugs).
Screen too low for road: The S version has a higher screen but both models suffer from extreme buffeting. I use a clear low screen from the Rally version with a Darkojak deflector on top (pic below shows rally screen on high setting and deflector quite low).
Suspension harsh: totally agree, it's 'crashy'.
Cruise: first bike I've had with cruise control, it's great.
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