RE: Duc vs. Sprint / racing history / etc. & Taller Wind Screen

["Harries, Mort" <mort.harries@xxxxxx>]

Bob,

Different strokes for different folks I guess!  Me, I like to keep the
engine spinning at 4500 and up. So sixth gear doesn't get much use with me,
'cause then you're at speeds that are just too much for the crowded roads
round here (not to mention the LEO's!). But like you, I love being able to
just roll on the gas and without rowing through the gearbox, pass just about
anything on the road.  One thing I know we agree on - the ST is one helluva
bike.  The more I ride it, the more I like it.

Mort Harries
'00 ST

- -----Original Message-----
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 11:30:36 -0600
From: "Robert L. Fastner" <bobfastner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Duc vs. Sprint / racing history / etc. & Taller Wind Screen

>Roll ons from 60 in _top_ gear?  Doesn't seem like the real world to me.
Can't imagine being in anything higher than 4th gear for that.

>Mort Harries
'00 ST

Mort,
    I usually pass in top gear from 60 MPH in the real world. Why do you
need 4th? I notice a lot of guys here seem to top 200lbs. I am a relative
featherweight (?) at 180lbs. The ST snaps by cars so fast that I seldom need
to downshift unless I am going up a hill, the driver decides to stomp on it
(resistance is futile, so I don't know why they bother) or there is only a
small gap in oncoming traffic. I just tried mid-grade gas for the first time
too. I haven't noticed any pinging with regular. The beauty of this bike
that you don't have to row the gearbox all the time.
    I think it humbles car drivers to think that I can pass them with such
ease and not have to rev the engine and make lots of noise. If they see and
hear me working to get past them, they might get the idea that they have the
chance of a snowball in hell to pass me back.



Ciao,
Bob Fastner
'99 red ST




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