Flamin_squirrel, do not read extra into what I have said. In the situations I have mentioned there was ample room *if* the brakes had worked correctly as they do on other bikes. Last night another R1 decided to stop for no good reason (what is it with these R1 riders
), and it posed no problem at all as I could stop quicker than they could.
Kate, if I see a red light coming up, I don't fly up to it and do a stoppie at the last moment (ok, maybe I do that sometimes), but rather I just let the bike slow down with engine braking. If I am on a twisty country road I tend to roll-on and roll-off of the throttle to make good progress as it is smooth and fast. Why, what do you do?