Re: [ST] Suspension/Tire Mods

["Steve Duncan" <xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>original message<<<<<<
Gerrit sez............
>>>snip<<<
I am of the opinion that most riders upgrade their
>machines to try and compensate for less than perfect riding skills. My
>message is.. know the difference.
>

>A skilled rider is a safe rider, a rider who thinks he's skilled is a dead
>one.
>Gerrit
>'01 Yellow RS

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Gerrit, my friend, you have absolutely hit the nail squarely on the head.  
Not that doing performance mods is a bad thing, Hey it's fun to spend money 
on our babies.  But not all of us have unlimited resources to spend.  I for 
one have spent many hundreds on riding (safety) gear, lights, horns, 
shields, radar detector, comm. unit, tank bag, etc...  I want to buy a 
carbon fiber can & (I guess) do the race tech forks, but I still want a new 
seat and a few other goodies so the forks and can will have to wait.  I have 
pushed my ST pretty far and with 30+ years experience and 250K+ miles, 
consider myself to be fairly competent (I'm still alive).  But I KNOW I have 
not come close to the limits of this machine.  Case in point, the Dragon, 
last year, I rode it a few times, felt I was getting the hang of it , when 
from behind, what came blasting past me????  A dude on a 80's model V-65 
Sabre!!!  Smoked me.  Later I witnessed him do the same thing to a guy on a 
brand new, CBR 929.  That guy could ride!!!  By all means, use your cash to 
hone your skills.  And always ride within your limits.  You will enjoy life 
a little longer that way (hey, but never tip-toe).

STeve Duncan
Underdawg
'00 Sprint-ST (Black, yeah baby)
"I refuse to tip-toe through life, only to arrive safely at death."

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