Agree with that summary, SeaSteve. It's certainly disconcerting if you're not used to it. In a couple of weeks, I have a buddy coming into town from the UK for a week-long ride and I've offered to provide him a bike for our ride while he is here. Since we'll likely each spend time on the Wing and my GSA, I feel like I need to give him a primer on the F6b's tendency to ghost, just so he's aware.

It feels a bit like when I was a young fellow, telling a buddy how to start my first car when it was cold. "No, no...it won't crank like that. You have to press the gas pedal to the floor TWICE before trying to start it, then don't touch the gas at all while cranking....THEN give it a pat of gas once she fires so it does not go dead...otherwise she will flood and you have to wait".

Despite that one tiny issue, I still love the Wing, and she's a great bike that I think he'll enjoy.