The first thing that struck me about the Burgman when it was delivered was that it looked beautiful. I had chosen black as the colour as I thought it would compliment the chrome parts and I think it was a wise decision.

The burgman has 3 storage areas, under the seat, a glovebox and another small compartment to the right of and above the glove box. The underseat storage is big enough for a full face helmet and maybe other small items. The glovebox is tiny as one side is occupied by the battery. The other small compartment is also tiny and DOES NOT LOCK which makes it less than useful.

Weather protection is probably average for this type of machine and in common with most other models the hands are fairly exposed.

The cockpit is nicely laid out all controls are accessible with gloved hands except for the high beam switch which I find a bit of a stretch.

There is a temperature gauge, fuel guage, digital clock and of course a speedometer which has 2 trip meters. There is however no tachometer, this does seem to be the trend with variomatic bikes.

There is a mechanism for locking the rear brake for parking. I would have liked this to have been lockable as an extra security measure.

I cannot comment on the perfomance yet as I must run-in the engine, but I believe there is going to be ample performance for fast out of town two-up riding.

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