I spent many years getting a restoration/rebuild on a T140 (1978) that just about tapped me out of patience and frustration, yet when I finally got it together in October of 2019 I was and still am very happy. I rode dirtbikes and other streetbikes in my younger days, put it all down for a while and then started this journey in 2013 with the bonneville project. Well now in October 2019 I got informed of this new R3 monster, so I watched all the content available, obsessed forever, got the financial plan together and threw down on the 2020 R3GT in February 2020 (just before the covid shutdowns).
I've put on some nice Dave Platte exhaust pipes, also a rear trunk and the saddle bag racks.
My wife was scared of it first off. Now, with the back rest and maybe some smoother riding by yours truly, she loves it. Which I enjoy as well. This thing is great on the boulevard, its great with your Harley buddies, it's great with sportier riders, it's great with muscle bikes, **** it can ride with any kind of bike.
The only part of it that I didn't completely love was the stock exhaust. I've been running the Platte exhaust now for at least a month and it's very satisfying and a beautiful add to the machine.
That's the story so far.... the bike delivers and satisfies, 100%