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Pete: So how come Oz gets the V-II and North America waits until, what, 2016? ???
So it comes down to how the gearbox feels. I'm feeling confused by how "different" this is really going to be. On a first ride hard to test ABS, etc. Explain the euphoria because I think I'm missing something? Game-changer? Seems like partly sunny to mostly sunny at best to me. Is the engine config. going to change handling to a great extent? Enquiring minds want to know why there's so much excitement. Maybe it's working by making the US a last destination. We are an impatient lot.
as long as countrys won't say: ok it's approved in Europe, thats fine with us too, you will suffer.
You have an '03 V11 with six-speed. Go ride a Daytona 1000 or carb'd Sport 1100 with five-speed box and you'll understand the potential for improvement that there is in a new transmission.
I had a Centauro so understand gearboxes pretty well. I thought the 5 speed was perfect for that engine as it had good grunt. Longer gearing was nice. I like the 6 speed on the V 11 LM but think it could also have the 5 speed. When I shift or how much I shift isn't a biggie as long as it works well with the bike. The 5 speed works well with the small blocks, bottom line. If it sucked I wouldn't have owned three of them. I changed put my primary in my latest sb because it was geared way tall for the engine IMHO. It's now more similar to the sb of today. Those are not too tall. 6 seems overkill. Just my 2 cents. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I say let the rest of the world work out the bugs on the new models, and then send them to us.
I think the 6 speed along with a softer pull clutch alone will win over those on the fence about the bike.I'm having second thoughts about selling the 2013 for the new one.I'll go test drive one and see how I feel about it.I've never enjoy riding a bike as much as this V7. Can't put my finger on it but for some reason the sucker is just a total blast to ride. Almost need a second one for fear of the first one going away somehow.
My guess is the V7 II is getting its 6-speed box in anticipation of a bump in displacement and power. We'll see in a year or two...
...Takes awhile to get production up for a market as large as the United States....
I might be wrong. However, in my recollection, everything after, and possible including the Breva 11/Griso 1100 has come to the US within 6-9 months of showing up in other nations. The new v7II, will be in our dealers by mid summer based on the last ten years of operations. Old concepts do die hard, but am I wrong? Have we not got the Sport 1200 2v, Norge, Stelvio, Cal, v7s and Griso within 6 months of the rest of the world?