data.3news-bydate.test.rec.motorcycles.104707 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Randy Davis)
Subject: Re: V-max handling request
Reply-To: [email protected]
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Brad Warkentin) writes:
|Zero to very fast very quickly... lastest rumor is 115 hp at the rear wheel,
|handles like a dream in a straight line to 80-100, and then gets a tad upset
|according to a review in Cycle World... cornering, er well, you can't have
|everything...
Sure you can have everything, if by "everything" you mean fast straight line
performance AND handling - present day liter sport bikes have more horsepower
and have faster 0-60 and 1/4 mile times than the V-max... Plus, they corner
just a bit better...
| Seriously, handling is probably as good as the big standards
|of the early 80's but not compareable to whats state of the art these days.
Very true.
Randy Davis Email: [email protected]
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