I went to the POPO dealer today to see if my grandsons helment came in and they had a Fire Blue or Blue Fire which ever they call it sitting out front. Had to go rub on it and smell of it a couple of times. Started it up and it is so much smoother than my 550. It had a very low idle compared to my 550 and it has the updated coupler between the motor and the tranny which really quiets it down. The coupler is one of the major noise makers on the 09's and a few of the early build 10's. It even had a winch with synthetic rope already installed. It sure was a good looking machine. Even though I havn't seen any models from the mid 10's to the 13's with valve problems I am still gun shy of the 550 motor because of all the problems I have had. Since my last valve job I have ridden about 1800 miles and I have a five day ride planned starting tomorrow. Maybe I can win the lottery Saturday and come back and get. That is one of the prettiest colors I have seen on a machine. Was hard to walk away from it but I did.
Ronnie
Ronnie