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Originally posted by Desmondo
Has to be said...save your money on modifications and spend it on track time and lessons. Don't just dive in to what you think is the easier option. And any skills you learn get taken to your new bike with you...mods don't.
I went to Snetterton for the first time a few months back when a guy on another Duke was pulling away from me down the back straight. And he was romping away big time, like he had two engines. By the afternoon I'd learnt the track a bit better and especially the right hander leading on to the back straight. Each time I can across him down there I was now pulling away from him, so much so that he came over for a chat in the afternoon to ask what engine work I'd had done to my bike. Nothing apart from a bit of re-gearing and the exhaust. He looked a bit miffed and I later found out that he had an ex Sean Emmett engine in his. Not trying to make myself sound like a track god becaus I'm not, but it just goes to show that you can have as much power as you want but it doesn't necesarily make you fast. |
Nothing biking-related makes you feel more impotent than a well-ridden courier GT550 going around the outside of you, knees dragging while smoking a cigarette and operating the radio - so rider training definitely gets my thumbs up!
In fact, crap bikes might be the way to go. If you win, you are a hero. If you lose, it's because you have a crap bike. Maybe I should tell Nelly to blank off the rear cylinder and put sand in the airbox? Nah......:P
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