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Old 12-14-2008, 09:17 AM   #55 (permalink)
Clint
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Originally Posted by leonidas View Post
Any modern sportbike's "limitations" are so far out of
reach by nearly (yeah, I said nearly ) all riders you'll see on the streets.
That's true, but only if you don't make mistakes. It's easy to exceed a bike's limits if you're doing it wrong. I've crashed twice not because of the bike, but because I expected the wrong things from it.
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