zx9r Sprint ST swap

[Thomas Emberson <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, William A. Flowers wrote:

> I used to think my Sprint was hot too (compared to the Nighthawk 450 I
> started on).  That was until I tried Thomas' (Dilbert Dawg's) ZX-9r this
> weekend.
> 
> We Sprint riders have nothing to compain about.
> 
> Oh, and Thomas' comment when we swapped bikes for a bit was that the
> Sprint was very nearly as fast as his 9r ... and it is NOT stock jetting
> or exhaust!  :-)

I don't know if I exactly said that. I did say that both bikes are
faster then they deserve to be. If you remember you where just
getting comfy with with the Killer Smurf Mobile (KSM), I had Jewel
cracked wide open to keep up.

> 
> So blue is the fast color!  ;-)

That is definitely the case with Kwakers!


As far as the sprint, this is the first time I've ridden a properly
broken in Sprint, very nice. Definitely a point and shoot weapon.
A bit less gear hunting than my bike, but then again I did not get
overly aggressive on it either. Definitely more comfortable than
the KSM. The interesting part, the ride reminded me of an other
friends Concourse, but was much easier to push steer.

minour aside, when my friend with the Connie and I switched bikes,
at the time I had a ZX6e, the first turn was a medium right hand
sweeper. He started out in the left tire track and almost went into
the ditch, I started in the right, and almost crossed the yellow
lines. No problems with the sprint there!

I fact the steering on the Sprint was much more similar to that of
the 9 than I had thought. Which explains why it took Bill a very
short time to get used to the steering on my 9.

Thomas, (as soon as I get my other toys paid for I am going to get
a Sprint ST, BRG)

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