Re: [ST] Unadulterated Power

[Matthew Heyer <matthewheyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

lol - you are right - the power on those machines is something else, and very addictive.  I just don't know that I would be able to keep my license with that kind of power on tap.  To row through the gears, you have to be going over a ton.  Sorry Mister Officer (already had to say that four times on the Dragon RAID trip with the ST.  Got a verbal warning in Virginia, a verbal warning in North Carolina, a written warning for speeding and double-yellow passing in Tennessee, and got an actual ticket from a Federal Ranger on the Blue Ridge Parkway for speeding - Mike Puig got the ranger to drop the double-yellow pass infraction there, "I thought the line was broken where we passed...??")....
 
More power on tap would probably land me jail very quickly.
 
 
Matt Heyer

----- Original Message ----
From: "Masiak, Richard" <Richard_Masiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Matthew Heyer <matthewheyer@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 9:01:46 AM
Subject: Unadulterated Power


You hit the nail on the head, at least for me.

For me I enjoy the track, but I also love that pure, raw, unadulterated acceleration and power.  Just to know that I have the ability to power wheelie in third gives me that sense of power. <grunt> <grunt> <grunt>

Granted, my RS has good acceleration which I've needed from time to time.  But after demo riding an R1 at bike week this year, I was shocked at the difference.  It made my RS feel like my kid's CRF50 ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Matthew Heyer
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:24 PM
To: st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ST] ST compared to other "faster" bikes (was ST
alternatives)

<SNIP>
...  Of course, if more fun is even harder acceleration, or feeling faster on a steed like that, then the R1 is the ticket.  

My $0.02

Matt Heyer
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