Hi all,
Henry from SF Bay Area. I came back to motorcycling after 20 years when I stopped after my first child was born. I picked up the bike I'd seen and wanted for a number years, a Ducati Streetfighter 848. It's fast and a thrill to ride but I wanted something a little lighter and with less power to practice curve carving without the throttle snatch and possibly to take to the track.
I picked up my used 2015 R3 about a month ago. It had a number of items already installed which saved me having to do them; tank grips, frame sliders, knock-off EssSee Project full exhaust, flush turn signals, tail tidy, and swing-arm spools. Before I took my first ride on it, I had Traxxion Dynamics springs, a Ninja 650R shock using the Norton adapter, Vortex clip-ons, R6 throttle tube, and SS front brake line installed. Whatever it rode like before, I don't know, but it currently rides really nice, carving the mountainous curves near me really well.