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Originally Posted by Aakarsh Gupta

You might wanna get it fixed in that case. Looks like a manufacturing defect to me. You must've noticed that the engine's revving too hard at those speeds and gears to consider it anywhere near as economical. I personally don't bother with the indicator at all and have permanently turned it off.

Well, that's the beauty of the machine, it doesn't feel stressed at all. In fact it sounds and feels like in the sweet spot zone. I don't think too much about ECO myself, it showed up and I noticed.

Anyway, so here I am with a short review at 999kms with 1st svc done. A km more and I would have been in traffic snarls for next 40kms so I thought to capture it then and there

Accessories added:
1. Horn 2. Yellow stitching seat cover 3. Front fender extender from Carbon racing

Accessories being considered:
1. Maddog scoutx aux lights - had this on my 390adv, ported to 250sx now, very happy with quality
2. Handle bar risers - simple ones or up and back kind from carbon racing

Observations:

Disliked- Horn & indicator placement - Been in few scary situations and all i was doing during those crucial seconds was canceling the indicator when actually I wanted to warn that dog & cyclist about me about to crash into them. Luckily there were some more moments and I was able to honk in time.

Disliked- Power Lag where it shouldn't be for a few seconds
Try accelerating in 3rd gear at 30kmph, 4th gear 40kmph and all I would get is zero response from engine. That's the time for deep breathing. In a few seconds (still in 3rd gear) I'll be at 40, and then the action restarts all the way till 75 kmph and this long power band is the good part.

Loved the Long power band - As I had mentioned in earlier post, I really like this part. 3rd gear from low 20s till about easy 75kmph and 4th from low 30s till 100kmph, covers all except highway scenarios and it does with finesse. The engine refinement is top notch. The acceleration once in power band is about right for city and 2 lane roads.

Love the 19" front, good GC, nimbleness, wider 150 section rear, block pattern tires all of which make it suitable for my riding style. I don't have to think if this is the horse for the course. I've taken RS where my 250sx and Tiger have gone, noticeably through village roads, bad patches, rumble strips, pointy speed breakers and its a star performance from RS.

The one improvement to do here is increase handle bar height to get better grip of handle as I ride standing up a lot. It's not a great highway steed due to wind blast I experience but that I knew when buying.
In a nutshell a go anywhere, very practical motorcycle, that I wanted.

Reliability is something I'm assuming is there; it won't leave me stranded. Let's see.

Lastly, is there a "connection"? Well, after all these years, if only the thoughts of that 'feeling while riding RS' make me go to work on RS when I have other rides and the option to WFH, that says something about the connection.
Perhaps attraction of early days, the hot new engine aroma but I'm hopeful it would last.

Few pictures:

[shivkrishh]

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