You are lucky owning a mass production vehicle or motorcycle that does not give you ANY problem. Even my brand new BMW 320 e46 had a faulty lamda within 3 months of purchase and lamdas are something that hardly ever go wrong from whatever car make. The reality is you get what you paid for. My experience are as follows:
- Electrical wiring below par: Copper content of wires too basic so electrical related issues are frequent and the Number One problem.
- Ball bearing below par: I don't expect them to breakdown below 16,000km.
- Clutch cable below par: I don't expect it to breakdown below 16,000km.
- Chain is below par: It sags in less than a year even if you don't travel far..
- It was fitted with an obsolete starter relay and ended with a breakdown.
- The carburettors pops alot.
- It's a rough rider's motorbike. The Daytona/Spyder has comfort and carries a pillion rider.
- Original accessories are quite expensive.
- The original horns do not handle rain well A third-party air horn handles rain better.
- The Bobber's hardtail frame won a prestigous European award for BEST homologation.
- The handlebar grips are too soft for Malaysian weather and wear out fast.
- The Bobber cannot meander well because of the longer frame.
- I love and many people tell me that they like the deep note of the fishtail exhaust pipes.
- Many people that come up and snap a photo of my bobber.
- When parked, it is light enough to be pulled aside in case some idiot blocks the path yet heavy enough to give confidence when riding in the wet.
- The official fuel consumption of 90km/US gallon is not bad for RON95, probably slightly more than 100/US gallon when running on RON97.
- The general feedback is the Bobber looks better, more balanced and looks rugged without the rear component which were removed due to vandalism.
- The grounding exercise, cheap and simple turn the headlight beam from yellowish-white to whitish-white.
