No changes are listed for the liquid-cooled, four-valves-per cylinder, DOHC, 749cc, 90-degree Twin, yet it made a different impression on me this time out. And by different I mean it’s a barrel o’ monkeys to whack the throttle open, fan the clutch and try to contain the front-end. Also unchanged is the funky undertail exhaust, but here again I thought I should’ve remembered such a burly noisemaker providing a neat pop and burble on the overrun after you slam the throttle shut from higher rpm.
The one thing I’d like to see eliminated from the mode switching procedure is the need for a fully closed throttle before mode changes take place. While bombing down the interstate (or just about anywhere, really) I don’t care to decelerate to wait for the mode to switch, and then have to crank the throttle to catch up to where I once was. After all, it’s not like there’s such a great chasm of power between modes that the Shiver might suddenly rear up, whinny, and dump her unsuspecting rider.
