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BillyC · 03-05-05, 09:20 AM

Bit of a loaded question...

I put 90%

... mainly because I use all the tyre right up to the edges, I use just about all the rev range, I accellerate hard when safe to do so, I brake hard when necessary and safe to do so.

I don't go silly on the bike, and I don't ride at 90% of my ability... that would be unsafe. I don't think using your bikes ability is about screaming around corners with your knee down etc - as in part that's down your own style and ability - not the bike's.

03-05-05, 09:20 AM	#23
BillyC Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The exiles of Kent Posts: 2,184	Bit of a loaded question... I put 90% ... mainly because I use all the tyre right up to the edges, I use just about all the rev range, I accellerate hard when safe to do so, I brake hard when necessary and safe to do so. I don't go silly on the bike, and I don't ride at 90% of my ability... that would be unsafe. I don't think using your bikes ability is about screaming around corners with your knee down etc - as in part that's down your own style and ability - not the bike's. __________________ SV650 K3 - Gone. Now a member of the SV650.org Kawasaki brigade!