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Old 16-Mar-2011, 11:03
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Originally Posted by Chaz
Wouldn't think there is a lot in it they are both quite big chaps & I know Matt had the suspension set up by Perry at HM racing so that should be ok.

True, HM Racing re-sprung the front and the back, maybe it's not back together the same as when mark rode it, also, Mark will have a 'different' style to me and may not lean the bike as far, Mark told me that he wore through knee sliders pretty quickly, whereas I still have the first set I ever owned .

perhaps I should 'hang off' abit more and lean a bit less, but my style seems to work for me, I'll just alter the fairing abit so I get the clearance, + a bit more ride height at the rear might make the difference anyway.

If you remember back to Donington in November, I said that I locked the front wheel a couple of times, which being a new bike, I put down to various other things, but in hind-sight it was probably just the rear ride hight.

It's only when you have the experience and when you push really hard that you know what to change and how to change it,

And I'm still learning.

Thanks Chaz - p.s. If I had cleaned and greased the bike a bit better.....?

if there was an award for least prepared person I would surely have won it,,,, Who else didn't even book the day off work

Matt
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