Orange and black. 😃 The blue is gorgeous. Congrats!!!
Great bike and awesome motor - don't listen to all the so called expert naysayers. I've logged 100's of thousands miles (not bar hopping) - real riding over the years. The Motor Co has definitely made a significant positive step with the '17 lineup. Embrace it. Don't knock it down. Again my humble opinion.
Good luck all. I'm out. Rather enjoy riding than listen to all the zero based negative rhetoric. But if you doubt, go test ride a stock M8 before trashing it. Talk facts.
Take care and all please ride safe.
While I agree with your assessment of the 2017 M8 114" motor and the new improved suspension, I hope it will prove it's self in longevity.
That said, I log lots of miles, put Just over 45K on my 09 SERG, which at 45K had a failed lifter taking out the cams. My 12 SERG had 47K on it when traded, two compensators, one regulator. My 13 SERK has had no issues, but I built the motor at 2K miles with cam, pistons and lifters, then built it again with 15K on it to a 117 with improved parts. Have 4K on this build.
My 15 SERGU at 2 years and 12 days old and 43K miles on it had a lifter take out the engine, which had to be replaced.
So for the first 2340 miles the 17 SESG is great. I hope it still lis at 45K miles in two years or so. I am optimistic as it feels better, but on a many year old design I had failures, so a new design has me wondering.