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V11 LeMans vs BMW R1100S

Mike, the Café Sport, Rosso Corsa LM and Coppa Italia suspension is actually quite good as delivered, and for our friend ableguzzi’s weight, it’s spot on. I agree on the pricing of the Coppa (it’s my favorite of the bunch having spent a solid week on one for Sportbike mag, and was on the seat for the radar gun verified 139 mph top speed run). But, I’ll again say the refinement on these models is evident over all of the older years, and the short (red) frame absolutely has a nervous front end compared to the longer frame... there’s a reason they evolved to it on all models.
I’ve owned six (6) spine frames to date and have track ridden most of them, and put ~60k street miles on them collectively, aside from wrenching and riding dozens more, hence my reasoning and words above.

The older Spines like your Daytona are a different (and great) animal.
There are people who prefer the newer slower steering V11's, and people who prefer the quicker steering early red frame V11's. My wife and myself are in the latter category. As to the "nervous front end", hers is perfectly stable and that is without a steering damper. Admittedly, I have done a little work to the suspension. With geometry like the V11 has poor stability would be mainly from poor suspension set up.
 
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