----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: New motorcycle thread! (was: The psychology of fanbois)
> WERA had, and still has, a vintage racing class (Vintage 5) for those > late-70's/early-80's Japanese superbikes: Skinny tires, flexible frames > and waay too much horsepower. The guys who do it refer to the sport as > "dinosaur wrestling" :) Actually, they can be made to handle pretty well > with some frame bracing and suspension upgrades. I had the "pleasure" one time of riding a Cow 500 2 stroke for a little jaunt. I could actually feel the frame twisting under hard acceleration, and the only reason the thing kept going relatively straight was because the front wheel was off the ground, so it didn't matter how far out of line the front was. Very scary ride, especially for someone who was used to the more sedate pace of the Harley big twin. I gave up on the rice rockets with a Cow 650 that continually tried to kill me by speed wobbling. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
