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18th February 1996
Honda VFR750FG
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
Bloody incredible! Just been out for a quick spin, despite the shite weather...
First comments: Power delivery, stability, comfort, everything else are just
unimaginably better than the XS probably ever aspired to. I haven't dared
see what happens above 7K RPM yet because what happens below is quite enough for
me at the moment, especially in this weather.
I did a circuit round my place that I've done on the XS before while shaking it
down. First comment - I'm damn glad that Geoff fixed the speedo. My estimates
were out by an order of magnitude - must be the lack of wind-blast with the
fairing, plus the fact that the bike seemed to be almost ticking over at 40 -
the pipes on the XS are (somewhat) louder.
Telling moment: National limit, car doing 50 with me following at a decent
distance, nothing behind, long long empty straight ahead and bike feeling like
it's straining at the leash. Quick shoulder check, twist of right wrist and it
was like a wave just picked me up and threw me past him in a second. It was only
as he receded rapidly in the mirrors and I was rolling off the throttle again
that I realised that I hadn't changed down from top for the overtake...
I'm a happy man... just got to make sure that I don't stuff it into anything
now!
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