Just got back from Can Am Demo Day at Motorcycle Mall in Belleville NJ..here are my thoughts...
Rode my 08 GS there..not so bad,almost all highway and light traffic there and back.
The check in was easy. Watch a few videos and got set up on the F3 with paddle shifter. I just wanted to see the difference between my manual and the semi auto.
My likes: I like the ryding position vs my GS.
I kinda even liked the paddle shifter.
The ryde was smoother and the auto downshifting upon braking was sorta strange at first, but I got use to it fairly quickly.
What I didn't like: The fact that I was warned not to return with a different ryde than I left with, lol! Having two sons,one in college and one in catholic high school, my wonderful wife had a point..
All in all I really liked the F3, but would like to test ryde the manual one. One of the others taking the ryde said the shifter position was odd for him, but I believe he rides a two wheeler.
Now I just have to hit the Powerball. .a guy can dream..