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Robby
Nitroz tests Mr 7/11's Suzuki GSXR 7/11
Ofcourse
I am a very experienced rider, therefore I only need to ride a bike
for 3 minutes to get a good impression (my butt was the most impressed
bodypart 8-). A couple of months ago mr7/11 and I already wanted
to put some wheelies on film to throw them on our page. Well lets
give you in short my view of the story. Ofcourse you already read
mr7/11's view but hey feeling things are better then seeing things
huh sometimes...;-)
If you click on the pictures they will show you the real PaiN 8-)
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When
we arrived I started his bike and said I was going to go up
and down the road a couple of times to get used to his bike.
When I sat down and held the bars I thought this is goin to
be a tough bike to wheely well. The Bike isn't very heavy but
it feels if all the weight is in the tank therefore it feels
heavier then it is. The bars are narough so a bit harder to
control a wheely then my wide crossbars. I rode a lot of bikes
from friends including a gsxr1100 with a turbo (256 horses on
the backwheel) and a Vmax turbo (with 160 horses on the back
wheel) and I knew I was goin to ride a 1100 engine in a 750
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slowly drove of and shortshifted to 3rd and gave it some trottle,
now thats a torqy engine I thought. On the end of the straight
I turned and drove of again with a bit more trottle, that little
more trottle was enough to pull a wheely in the first 3 gears,
It was not my intention to pull a wheely but when it did it
felt comfortable so I let it go. Then I turned again and went
past mr7/11, now I wanted to pull another power wheely so popped
it up in first gear but when shifting to second I didn't push
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I braked and popped it up again in first, then i shifted to
second and gave it some trottle and damn it rose really quick(it
felt like first gear but when I checked after the crash it
was in second gear!).And after 8 metres (we measured the scrapemarks)
of being vertical standing on the bikes butt I let go and
fell of backwards I
wheely bikes for 3 years non stop and I thought about flipping
a bike but never did (well ok I flipped my suzuki RV90 and
my montesa trial but on low speeds 8-). I went crazy....jeezzz
I could not believe i flipped it.... it went so quickly unbelievable!!.
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I really felt bad for flipping a friends bike :-(( Mr7/11 must have
felt a lot worse to see his proud laying on the floor like that :-(
Mr7/11's response is that of a true friend letting the bike where
it is and asking me if I am ok and telling me not to worry about the
bike!!"a bike is just a sum of its parts, just like a pc"
mr7/11 said...I felt he said that to prevent him from goin nuts himself)...It
took some time to heal mr7/11's mind but by now it is running at full
speed and he is full of ideas to make his bike better and more special
then ever! And yess.....we WILL continue.....so I will test mr7/11's
bike when it is ready again and we WILL present a wheely film on his
bike on our page 8-) Mr7/11's bike will be ready before the first
"10 degree day" after this winter. My butt is healing fast...my
elbows are still a bit painfull (why didn't I wear my leather suit
;-/
Re-establishing my reputation as a flawless wheelyking will take longer
to heal then my butt and even mr 7/11's bike....damn ;-) |