{Photograph}: Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
Granted, that is in all probability solely the case for giant folks like me (6’ 4”, 255 kilos, and with very broad shoulders) and it won’t even register for average-sized folks. In reality, at 6’ 4”, I’m an inch too huge for the XP4, at the very least in response to the model, which says the bike matches riders 4’ 10” to six’ 3”. However that further inch feels negligible, as, over my first 150 miles on the bike, my legs have but to really feel hemmed in by my saddle peak.
Talking of that saddle, the bike’s seat put up options an built-in suspension coil, providing 40 mm of journey. Whereas, in idea, some rear suspension is welcome, I felt as if, each time the coil compressed, it was truly my seat tube slipping down into the body. It was a wierd sensation and one I need to admit that, some 200 miles into using the bike, I haven’t fairly gotten used to.
One thing else I don’t love concerning the XP4 is its old-school, one-sided kickstand. A motorbike of this heft ought to function a motor-scooter-style stand that retracts from beneath the bottom-bracket, giving even assist to each side of the machine. The one-sided kickstand, nonetheless, usually finds itself (and me!) preventing gravity after I’m attempting to lock the bike up on something resembling an incline.
All informed, these only a few shortcomings are hardly sufficient to make me not love the XP4 750, because it’s clean trip, extra-long vary, good-looking design, and litany of aftermarket add-ons make this a motorcycle I might commute with for an extended, very long time.
