took a short spin around the block today actually went 354 miles the first ride on the 2010 rsv other then a few 1-2 miles here localy. i ma impressed with this bike there's no "whine" not that the 06 was bad but it has a slight one. the engne roar/rumble is really great on the 2010 one sounds more like a bike should,06 was very quite. but i did/do see what all of you have said about the bridgestones , there is a lot of tire noise. i averaged about 70mph and on 2 filol-ups i averaged 46mpg which is grea i now have a grand total of 804 miles on her i loved the 06 enough to buy another rsv and glad i did steve