Ian,
As you said in a different post, a well setup bike, suspension, castor, trail etc can be a lot faster than a more power full ill handling bike. No good having a powerful bike if you can't put it down or you'll be losing times over drifting or wheel spinning coming out of corners.
Can just see some of the tubular long bike's in the 80/90's with 1100's (some even bigger) now sideway's in corners, John and I on the ADM were driving/drift through the corners whilst the others like John Elliott etc were sideway/crossed up in the corners. The year John and I won the South East Centre ACU title (run over 10 rounds at Lydden) out of 30 races we won 27 and was placed top 3 in the other.
L+W go standard
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Re: L+W go standard
I can quite easily relate to thatKarl wrote:Ian,
As you said in a different post, a well setup bike, suspension, castor, trail etc can be a lot faster than a more power full ill handling bike. No good having a powerful bike if you can't put it down or you'll be losing times over drifting or wheel spinning coming out of corners.
We are going some 3-4 seconds a lap faster with a better handling bike and with 55hp less than the old one
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Re: L+W go standard
[quote="Kickaha
I can quite easily relate to that
We are going some 3-4 seconds a lap faster with a better handling bike and with 55hp less than the old one[/quote]
How much did it cost to sort the handling out, a lot cheaper that a full blown engine build I bet !
I can quite easily relate to that
We are going some 3-4 seconds a lap faster with a better handling bike and with 55hp less than the old one[/quote]
How much did it cost to sort the handling out, a lot cheaper that a full blown engine build I bet !
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Re: L+W go standard
Standard is the way forward. Good for the L&W Racing team to be at the forefront. Even if i have to take the big bore kit off my R1 motor. 
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Well it involved the rider buying an LCR so it cost him quite a bitKarl wrote:How much did it cost to sort the handling out, a lot cheaper that a full blown engine build I bet !Kickaha wrote: I can quite easily relate to that
We are going some 3-4 seconds a lap faster with a better handling bike and with 55hp less than the old one
The new outfit has a stock K4 GSXR1000 vs the old outfits full house Hayabusa which had had a telephone number spent on it and was in a tubular chassis
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