RE: [ST] 'Smart Money'

["STeve Duncan" <xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, STeve Duncan wrote:
>
>-And yeah, the suspension is not state of the art, so what?  Still up to 
>the
>-abilities of 90% of riders, whether they would admit it or not.
>
>I admit it, kinda why I haven't RaceTech'd, yet.
>
>--


I R/T'd the redhead last year, made a difference, mainly in reducing dive 
and smoothing out chatter on rough corners, but it didn't make it into a 
different motorcycle  :)   I think the psychological factor has as much to 
do with it as anything.

Don't get me wrong, folks, upgrades to the forks and shock are (can be) a 
good thing.  But it ain't gonna turn anyone into Rossi.  At this level of 
technology, rider improvement is way more important than mechanical 
upgrades, not that mechanical upgrades are not worth the effort.  I've seen 
way too many riders over the years, on ancient bikes, just whip the shit out 
of ricky racers on the latest trick whatchamacallit to think otherwise.  I 
know 260 pound old fart, on a 60's Triumph that will make most folks on ANY 
bike look pretty silly on a tight backroad, and another guy that's 6'6" and 
can flog an 80's GS1100 like a motoGP replica.  Most times, it's the rider 
not the machine.


dunc

STeveDuncan
Tejas
'00 Sprint-ST
"the redhead"



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