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2021 FE501S
Very happy with it. It was going to be my all purpose adventure bike but the 500 motor just vibrates too much for that. But when the going gets tough, it's an incredible bike. Love it for exploring anywhere and it's great for multi day trips. I just don't want to do multi day trips for weeks at a time or if it's easy terrain on it. When the terrain is rough, the vibes are not noticeable because there is too much concentration on picking lines, not missing corners, etc.
I purchased new April of 21 and just rolled over the 15k mile mark on it this trip with 386 hours. Valves have never gone out of adjustment. The only mechanical issue so far has been the clutch. The stock clutch is the same in the 250-500 and has been known to slip on the 500. Too much torque and not helped by uncorking it (FMF Q4 and Dobeck EJK piggyback tuner on mine). Put a Hinson Racing clutch set up in it along with a Rekluse clutch slave cylinder and problems eliminated. I knew it was having concerns in Colorado on some of the longer hill climbs (clutch fade at the lever) but let it cool a few and it was back to normal. It wasn't a big issue until running the open flats across Oklahoma on that trip. Anything over 85mph was causing slip and I was running hotter than that for miles at a time. Boiled the clutch slave and it quit modulating completely so I limped into the closet town, bought new brake fluid then went across the street and bled the clutch system in the carwash. Fixed the immediate issue and good to go the rest of the trip just being mindful to stay under 85mph and take it easy of how hard I twisted the throttle. Other than that the only other problem has been keeping fresh tires on it as I tend to burn them pretty quick on this bike. I can't help myself and power slide too much so not the bikes fault. It's just the enabler.
