So there you go, kept the bike just over a year but now it’s gone
There are a lot of gripes on the forum but all in all I think it’s a great bike even if it is strangely overlooked, I’ve no regrets having owned one

I set the suspension to Veejay’s settings then added front preload 1 turn & backed off rebound damping 2 clicks more to get it just right – Handling sorted

I replaced the OEM deathwings with PR4 Trails – Tyres sorted

I made the deflector for the front of the tank – Buffeting sorted

The V4 engine is great, plenty of torque low down and a good surge up top with a banshee wail when you thrash it, not bad for surprising power rangers

The DCT box changes up too early in D and too late in S so I ride in S and change up manually, the down changes in S are just right and give good engine braking, I recommend DCT especially for the twisties
My only niggle really is the shaft when pottering in town, it’s bloody awful, clatters like a bag of spanners, luckily it’s fine once you’re moving and of course no maintenance. This was my first shaft driven bike
Apart from routine use I did 2 tours on the bike, first one to Tuscany last year to run it in then a 5 country loop this summer, both times with Wifey and baggage
The CT is a great tourer, comfy for rider and passenger and the extra weight doesn’t slow it down
It can hold its own in the twisties and it’s also stable at speed, I got up to just over 200kmh on the autobahn with passenger and full baggage and it was well within its comfort zone
But now it’s time to change, the French law limiting bikes to 100 hp at the rear wheel ends on 01 Jan 2016 so the local market is about to go pear shaped for recent used big bikes, so I thought I’d get in before it does
Off I went then to try a few alternatives, the usual suspects you could say, strangely everything felt small after the CT
Tried a KTM 1290 Super Adventure, BMW S1000XR and BMW R1200GS
And you guessed it, I’ve ordered the Water-cooled GS with all the bollo… bells and whistles, to be delivered January version full power
So I’m a happy bunny then
