I love the look of that 1390; I didn’t at first but it’s grown on me. Can you get the good suspension where you are or are you stuck with EVO?

 

By "good suspension", do you mean the non-semi-active manual version? If so, yes, I did get the non-Evo model SDR that has the manual suspension, as indicated by the red fork rings (not blue).

I've owned a Gen 2.0 and a Gen 3.0 1290SDR, and both had electronics issues (among others), so really didn't want the expensive extra complexity for things to go wrong. Also, the configuration of the 1390 is almost overwhelming as it is, without adding even more. Especially when I don't feel I'd benefit from them.

What I mean is, I don't track my bikes and don't feel a need to be constantly adjusting things when riding. I set up my suspension for my kind of riding and then mostly leave it alone. I'd rather get used to the bike and it's handling, and concentrate on enjoying the riding, not on endless tweaking options.

So far, with the update from the 1290, I haven't had a chance to really notice much difference (as it's still in the run-in period), other than the need to adjust the levers, etc. Oh, and the way it revs so high when cold starting and then slows back to warm up. Unsettling, compared to the 1290. Also that it seems to hold revs higher when pulling up, then dropping back after stopping. Like it's trying to stay ready to power away before a complete stop if lights change or something.

 

By "good suspension", do you mean the non-semi-active manual version? If so, yes, I did get the non-Evo model SDR that has the manual suspension, as indicated by the red fork rings (not blue).

Yes. That is the good suspension. In Canada we no longer have that option, sadly.

 

Smart move going with manual suspension, keeps things simple.

 

Only option in the US is the Evo, so that's what we get.... Will start playing around with it, seems like it can be fine tuned for different situations. We'll see how it goes ??

 

Are you putting the 1290 SC Project on the 1390? SC Project themselves told me that’s not possible.

 

Nah, not the one off my 1290, but will wait for the 1390 version to arrive.

 

I've ridden the 1390 SDR about 300Kms, so far, and have one FAIRLY MAJOR concern... IT STALLS UNEXPECTANTLY when taking off after sitting at lights. It's done it FOUR times in two days. I'm positive it's not my riding, being used to the Gen 3.0 which never had the problem. Interestingly, my Gen 2.0 did have this issue. Basically, as soon as you apply ANY throttle, even before the clutch gets to the friction point, the bike stalls. If I am still holding the clutch in completely and "blip" the throttle it sometimes stalls. The other stressful part of this is that when you try to restart, there's still compression in a cylinder that prevents turnover. Usually a second attempt re-starts the bike.

This issue has made me feel quite stressed at lights now. I even started trying to keep the revs slightly higher than idle, as well as got the dealer to plug the computer into bike and check things, but it's still stalled once since.

Surely I can't be the only one who has experienced this. I mean, I have endured it, intermittently, on two of my three Super Dukes, so have plenty of experience riding these things!

 

Ouch!!!! That one kind of hurts.... Hopefully you get that straightened out quickly. I am right at 300 miles now and have had nothing but BIG *** SMILES under the helmet when riding this monster.
I would take it back to be repaired, no reason a brand new 20k bike should not run perfectly.

 

Interesting, it would seem the service tech should have known this when prepping the bike for delivery ? He knows now I guess... Good to hear it was something easy enough to get corrected and not something more serious.
Now it's time to out and put some mile on the Beast !!!!
Best of luck and let us know how you like the new ride ?

 

Well, I'm not sure I'm going to enjoy keeping the new lens headlights clean on the 1390...

Other than a pressure washer, not sure this can just be wiped off! Oh, and yeah, I need to get that radiator guard on soon!

Compare that to the 1290 headlight for cleaning...

 

I think you will get more smiles per mile than bug's !!!!!

 

First service out of the way... I have managed to unlock the "1000Km achievement", so can now play the game with no restrictions!

 

I bet you are happy to get that out of the way ??? Now to real fun begins....
Did you take to the dealer for service or did you do it yourself ?
I ask because I am there after this weekend.

 

On a 21 it goes like this (can’t speak to the new ones; they might be different)

1. Bike on but not running (TFT on);
2. Navigate in the menu to highlight “Settings”;
3. Press the center button and the back (not left) button simultaneously for 5 seconds;
4. You’re in the service menu. Do your changes, then hit back button until you’re out.
5. Turn bike off then on again.

Done.

 

I hope the rest of you who've bought any recent 1290/1390 Super Duke R (Evo) have removed all the ugly "information" stickers?

As soon as I got the 1390 home, I used a plastic scraper to (carefully) remove the sticker from the fuel tank, the three ugly and useless QR codes from the hydraulic reservoirs, the QR code off the rear Brembo caliper, and the white dots off each rim.

 

No scraper for me. A soft cloth and a little WD-40 and they peeled right off and cleaned up easily.

 

 

Looks good how do you like the sound ???

 

Which version of the SC1-R is this?