Totally agree with you about the fuelling.
When I had my Adv 950 S in 04,the fuelling was spot on.
The fuelling on both the SD and RC8 was not,but you do get used to it and accept it for what it is-BUT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO.
I've just come back from France having done 600 miles on the SE in 2 days to run it in and it was a revelation.
I'd forgotten just what a stunning engine the carbed 950 was.
Ok,my SE has Akras and the needles up one to compensate,which makes it even better than standard,but it was just brilliant,and so tractable,totally unlike the SD and to a slightly lesses extent,the RC8 too.
With ref to you guessing the revs,the SE handbook gives a guide to speeds in gears for running in first 600 miles :
1st-30 mph
2nd-40
3rd-60
4th-60
5th-85
6th-100.
I pretty much stuck to this but gassed it this morning as it was over 600 miles on the odo anyway by then .
Saw 120 on clock with plenty more,but only on back roads in Brittany.
A few pics :
