Independent Rider8 min read
What holds up, what wears and what we would change after a full year in the saddle.
Twelve thousand kilometres in, the 368G's headline strength is still the engine: flexible, unstressed and genuinely economical at 3.4 L/100 km in mixed use.
The suspension deserves the praise it gets on gravel. On broken tarmac at speed the rear benefits from two extra clicks of preload once luggage goes on.
Wear items behaved predictably: one chain adjustment every 2 000 km, front pads at 9 000 km, no electrical faults.
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