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pleasant. T-2 is somewhat bearable
if you're hauling after it but forget to
change it back to R-1 and head over
a potholed-strewn road, and you'll
know about it very quickly.
Being a bit on the fat and lazy
side, I preferred R-1 for pretty much
all my riding time with the R1M on
the street. This setting doesn't offer
quite the same suspension poise
as either of the two Track modes
(manual mode means you can dial
in as much or as little of any charac-
teristic as you like), but the trade-off
is a far more compliant ride, one
that becomes almost sport touring-
ish when traveling at sane (read:
legal) speeds.
That's the other thing with the
R1M. The more you spend time with
it, the more you find yourself im-
mersed in the dash, which, I must
say, is a touch on the small side. It's
the same dash as the 2015 edition,
and the game has moved on since
then. Anyway, I digress.
