I'll also be looking to hear what the stock windscreen is like and how it performs at 60-70mph (GPS) which is where my GTS300 normally sits on the way to work, only sometimes nudging 140kmh on the clocks, usually indicated 110-130, and also at the important 100kmh (indicated) speed which is a great speed to tour France and drive A roads at.
Only about 3 weeks til I get the X10, I'm dragging my feet a little as I have other things on but looking forward to that engine, clutch, technology and the huge amount of space!
Sounds like speculation and guessing to me DataData wrote:The GS range is not designed to use fully syn if that's what has happened. It totally kills conforming and ensures the bike uses lots of oil at higher mileages. Incidentally, type of transmission makes no difference.
. Perhaps the GS range is designed for the motoman style run-in then eh? Of course transmission also has an effect, you can't load an engine in the same way with an auto as it automatically stops you doing that. Have a look on youtube etc. about how the CVT works and you'll see it's quite different, or just try riding one. Additionally you have not addressed the main issue: your static tests are invalid because the bikes light weight prevents you from loading the engine for beyond about 10 seconds at a time, far less time in a 600.Incidentally the avoidance of synthetic oil for running in is specifically mentioned by motoman: it is essential. As you seem to keep agreeing with his method I wonder what you actually have against it - is your dislike of it purely based on an invalid test you made in different conditions some time ago? Or do you object to the early oil change or perhaps the overlap between the book method and motomans that you just described?
Have a read again - perhaps you have misread something, and let me know what detail you actually disagree with because you have not said:
http://www.biketuna.co.uk/wiki/index.ph ... Proceedure" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
shame you gonna be riding your scoot by then or i could have had it 
