I liked it, but they only do 3-4 UK days a year now
What bike have you ridden to the limit of it's performance?
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Re: What bike have you ridden to the limit of it's performance?
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Re: What bike have you ridden to the limit of it's performance?
We were marshalls as well as instructors. Riders got moved on our day so.
Many times per day.
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Re: What bike have you ridden to the limit of it's performance?
Sounds like a good idea, somebody other than Les Battersby must have thought of it.
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Re: What bike have you ridden to the limit of it's performance?
F.E. were doing it at Euro events 15 years ago. A few years later in UKLe_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:54 pmSounds like a good idea, somebody other than Les Battersby must have thought of it.
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Re: What bike have you ridden to the limit of it's performance?
I regularly got the collector box and centre stand on the 400-F down on corners - most often round the old roundabout in front of Buck House - and sometimes pushed it hard enough it did a tank slapper... so I'd say I probably took that to its limits. 30-odd hp.
The XBR got close from time to time, notably when I overheated the single front disc on a series of downhill bends, leaving me no front brake into the final corner. Somehow I found some extra lean and got round it. Claimed 44 hp.
The GS500E was probably the most powerful bike I've been able to ride about as hard as I could manage - full throttle, rear wheel lifting under braking. Claimed 54 hp.
The Hornet ran out of rider before it ran out of competence! 80-90 hp depending on who you believe.
The XBR got close from time to time, notably when I overheated the single front disc on a series of downhill bends, leaving me no front brake into the final corner. Somehow I found some extra lean and got round it. Claimed 44 hp.
The GS500E was probably the most powerful bike I've been able to ride about as hard as I could manage - full throttle, rear wheel lifting under braking. Claimed 54 hp.
The Hornet ran out of rider before it ran out of competence! 80-90 hp depending on who you believe.
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