I agree with RM. Sell the P2 while you can get as much money as possible for it. 1700 miles is sure giving the bike a chance.

Have you thought of posting over on slowtwitch? FIST is a system based on riding steep, but there are a number of folks over there that are riding slack. Here's a recent thread on the matter.
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/cgi-bin/...i?post=1842053

While FIST works for a lot of folks, it doesn't work for everybody.