| Tim I have had very little dealings with KJP but ditto your comments.
As for quick steering, i'm not a fan of the steeper head angle route, only circuit I can see that may justify me using it is Mallory and I would have to be feeling rather suicidal to consider using it for somewhere like Castle Combe, Currently the new bike is sporting Mag yokes with different offset (I think these are also standard fitment on a RS) but thesee will end up on the second bike when I sort some Harris adjustable yokes to hold my Ohlins forks.
As usual I am just trying to build the best bike I can from the knowledge I've aquired either from my own or other more experienced people, based on Handling, with out right power and top speed being at the bottom of the list. And not because I will be able to exploit the bikes full potential but I do know a mate that can and as with most of my bikes he will get to ride it and tell me what he thinks, but unlike the R6 he will not be taking it to the TT. How do I know he could exploit it well, I think last 2 years TTs prove the point.
2003TT 3 races two Production R6s
21st in Junior TT
24th in Proody 600 dispite a 1st lap Pit stop and the race getting cut to 2 laps
25th in Production 1000cc but excluded for cheating (Not enough CCs)
2002 TT Proddy 1000 Race on Weeksys old 1998 Fireblade, started 89th on the road and finished 29th.
2002 Manx GP 115mph lap on Steel framed CBR600
Also his very first ride on my 1995 Ex V&M CBR600 he did a 1'05 around Pembrey taking it easy as I was going to be racing it myself later that day, then went out on his own CBR6 and did 1'04s
Some times you just know when a bike is right, but if someone else can prove to you just how good your bike is it doesn't half sort your head out.
Bit Like Felix buying a RS he just knows the bike is so capable and it will be he that has to raise his riding up to try and match those of the bike.
Bad workmen and tools spring to mind, but if its impossible to blame the tools you know where the improvements have to come from.
And with the best part of a Decade of racing in Superbikes with the 9** there is now a set formula of what makes the bike work on the race track.  |