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Old 09-04-2015, 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by liamc_111
This is my zx6r at brno earlier this year.

How awesome is Brno circuit. Very hard on the bike though. Love the right hander at the end of the back straight.

Have you done Jerez yet?
Old 09-04-2015, 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted by JMRGV
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I can only imagine the acceleration of a litre bike melts what remains of the brain - nice bike Lee!
Over the 1/4 mile there isn't all that much in it as so much of the power is trying to keep the front wheel on the floor.

1000cc does it in 10.0 and 600cc does it in about 10.8. Yeah once you're past about 130-140 the litre bike will strut its stuff.

Just remember that several litre bikes have 1st gears that will go past 100mph...
The truth is though, once you're used to big cc's, it's difficult to go back. Up the (slightly uphill) back straight of Magny I was pulling 170 on my blade whilst my friend on his R6 was doing 140 - that's a massive difference. It might be a combination of things of course, but the ability in most gears to get a big handful of power to the rear hoop does give a significant real world advantage.

Of course I'm talking on track here, and there is no denying that on the road a 600 is already stupidly over-fast!
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Oh yeah, on the bigger tracks the litre bikes are gonna work and show their differences

I was referring to the road though
Old 09-05-2015, 11:57 AM
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After having a brown trousers moment last weekend in the wet coming out of Silverstone and a very uninspiring ride in the damp this morning I decided to change my OEM Bridgestone tyres after only 1,500 miles as they gave me no confidence in wet & damp conditions.





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Folk down here seem to rate M7RR - brown trousers on 2 wheels isn't good though .... mind Martin .... there'll have been a shedload of fuel spilled out on those roads.
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PS3s seem to get consistently good reviews.

They transformed my K1300S in the wet.
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https://youtu.be/Kl-EJVlRhS0

Not a good start to the morning .... too busy watching the 1st van pulling over on me and didn't notice the one in front, doing the same, turning into the garage.

Bike got off pretty lightly but broken left foot pedal meant that I had to limp into the office in 1st gear.

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Originally Posted by eSeM
https://youtu.be/Kl-EJVlRhS0

Not a good start to the morning .... too busy watching the 1st van pulling over on me and didn't notice the one in front, doing the same, turning into the garage.

Bike got off pretty lightly but broken left foot pedal meant that I had to limp into the office in 1st gear.

Lucky escape.
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^^ could have been a lot worse. I am assuming that you are okay?
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Ouch!
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Originally Posted by blue monster
I am assuming that you are okay?
A bit sore but nothing serious


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