G'day all. I have been away for a few weeks and just got back. I finally got to ride the bike for the first time yesterday because I had to get a Safety Certificate for registration. Even though I have had the bike for about 6 weeks now, I haven't been able to ride it. Anyhow, it is a stock (except it has a K&N under the seat) Classic 2006. I have cleaned the filter (it was filthy!) and added a new set of plugs and fresh fuel. It is now running a lot smoother (also did the 12 minute tune). Tomorrow I will be adding some TORS and the d-cat I picked up used.
I got the cable for TuneECU and downloaded the tune that was recommended for that setup in the "trading tunes" section. I will have the dealer upload their recommended TOR tune and see how it goes before comparing the other one.
I am like a few of the others here: not into loud bikes but I don't like the stock whistle, prefer a bit of a pure sound, which I think I will get. I will post my impressions after it is done (the weather here in Brisbane is looking a bit wild, wet and windy for the weekend so not sure how much riding I will get in).
I also have the dreaded 2000 rpm idle randomly, but persistently occurring. I have had to restart on the fly to get it to reset.. no fun in traffic. I have read a few of the posts regarding this problem and I will start with the new ecu tune the dealers will be installing with the pipes and go from there...
I have tried to apply the fix described here:
http://www.r3owners.net/threads/new-high-idle-fix-and-maybe-more.6993/
but I couldn't get it free, didn't want to force it so I might get the dealer to check it.
I will try to document my experience resolving the issue and will reply in the "common issues" section.
Looking forward to the new sound and maybe sorting out the idle issue
For the local Brissie boys I took her around Mt Cootha about 20 times in different directions to get a feel for the bike and it was awesome (a bit tricky with the idle thing at times), we are lucky to have such a nice local testing road (I am looking forward to exploring many more in the area)
later guys and thanks to all who have contributed to the best forum on the web!