| I found that i hardly ever used fith and sixth gears except on motorways, the bike is very over geared as standard. The new sprocket makes those gears useable for more than just high speed cruising, makes it easier to pull away especially two up and makes it a whole lot smoother around town.
Pipe and chip, well like Monty said really!
Clutches dont last an awfully long time but are generally very noisy from day one. When it time to change it go for the ST4S alloy plates as they are almost the same price as the steel ones but a heck of a lot quieter and they last just as long. I'm up to 12,000 miles now (and 3 track days) on mine.
Generally the ST series are vastly underrated bikes on and for your info, the ST4 and the ST4S make slightly more power than the bikes their engines came from (the 916 and the 996) becasue of the way the exhaust is routed.
I think we supprised quite a few riders of faster bikes at Cadwell in the summer. |