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| Originally Posted by Shazaam! |
Thanks Shazzam.
I take on board the safety/potential tankslapper issues, but TBH, to me, subjectively at least, a bike that steers quickly inspires a lot more confidence and therefore feels a lot safer than one which feels reluctant to turn. I've run the steeper head angle on my previous 748BP and 996S without incident, but that is not to say I am complacent about the issue.
In short, as with so many aspects of life in general and motorcycling in particular, it's a matter of balancing the risks and I feel I am more likely to crash as a result of mis-judging a bend due to the standard set-up's sluggish intial turn-in (and thereby ending up target-fixated on the opposite kerb), than I am likely to bin it due to a tank-slapper. I hope I am correct in that judgement. Less analytically, I simply get far more enjoyment from riding a "flickable" bike.