RE: [ST] RS rider in Mass sighted today

["Ken Mitchell" <kp.mitchell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yo Bryce,

I see the problem. Don't take this as a slam, but it ain't the bike, it's
the rider(s). If you're both going the same speed though a corner, and your
preload is set correctly for two-up, you shouldn't have a touchdown issue if
your YZF600-mounted friend doesn't, unless he's getting off the seat a bit
to hold his bike up a bit more.

At the very least, you need to do more in-depth analyzing of the RS's
troubles for your kind of riding. How much does your friend weigh vs. you &
your girlfriend together? What spring rate does the YZF have for his weight
vs. your Penske for two-up? Are YOU getting off the seat at all? On my RS
yesterday, I can tell you I didn't touch down even once even though I
touched down at a track day last week and I KNOW *I* was getting more lean
angle on the street, not the bike. The new pavement was sticking like glue
and getting off the seat as much as I did, my head was closer to the
pavement in the turns, not the bike.

I know that's near impossible riding two-up, but if you're riding that hard
with a passenger, perhaps you *should* knock it down a bit. If you still
have problems scraping, get your butt of the seat.

I was really working my RS hard yesterday on very familiar roads with
friends in tow. I concentrated on weighting the outside peg, really no
weight on the seat through the corners at all. And the RS performed AWESOME!
Yes, it's a little heavy as compared to a Speed Four or SV650, but now that
I am getting better at riding it, it's clearly not the bike that's a
limitation, it's the rider. I keep on expanding the limitations of that
element. I hope you do too.

Good luck.

Ken M.
'00 RS
Spencer MA USA

- -----Original Message-----
From: Bryce
Subject: RE: [ST] RS rider in Mass sighted today

Well I kinda trusted technology here of the GPS.  The road is Huntington
Road between Blanford and Huntington, MA.  The road is shown as just a
regular backroad on the map, no dotted lines like it was dirt.
 It got really back as we were going down a hill so we were pretty much
committed as we could not turn around and even if we were able to, we
wouldn't be able to get any traction heading uphill.

I've down a 900 mile 3 day wknd with my GF on the back last yeah in the
Adirondacks and now this two day trip. The Penske is soooo freaking nice,
absorbing everything over corners even when leaned way over, I love it.  But
alas....it's no match for my buddy on his YZF.  Granted I'm riding two-up
and he's solo, but the RS just doesn't have the ground clearance.  I touch a
couple of times over the 630+ miles, he didn't touch a thing and was just
flying.  I was keeping up for the most part until the GF finally had enough
and I had to back it down a couple of notches.

I'll have a two bike setup as soon as finances allow.

Bryce


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