Hello everyone, new rider here from North Carolina, USA. Picked up a used 2017 RC390 from the dealer 2 weekends ago, and finally had to chance to go pick her up and ride. I have ~15 years of experience on 2 wheels on the dirt, but I'm new to the street. Put in a solid 140 miles this weekend, just around town and to get food. Loving the bike so far. I only have 2 pictures of the bike, mainly because I didn't want to get off! Plan on doing an oil change soon since I don't know when the last one was done and it's at 3600 miles. Excited to ride more before it gets too cold to do so!
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You'll find most of the RC owners are of a similar age and experience levels are all over the map, but most have a lot of time in the saddle. The 390 is considerably different from the other 300's in regard to the owners. Most 300 riders are kids or first time bike owners... where as the typical RC rider has a bit of grey in their beard. Depending on your weight you will likely want to look at upgrading the suspension. There are budget options (R6 or R1 shock swap but with the 17+ bikes the catalytic converter is in the way and needs the full exhaust changed out or that section of exhaust replaced) for the rear and springs for the front (very good option for street and/or occasional trackday), or you could go with something like a JRi shock on the rear and K-Tech or Andreani cartridges if you are looking for something more pointed toward lots of track duty. When you've got enough confidence in it, and start dragging footpegs, there are also options for rearsets, clipons, steering damper (rider weight largely predicts how useful this can be), etc. Looks like the previous owner already did you the favor of swapping out the horrendous stock rear fender and put an eliminator on it. There's other things like axle sliders, carbon fiber, levers, airbox mod & PCv, et cetera. 
