It's different. It's the torque. Makes anything seem peaky.
Any time, any gear, any rpm yank it's chain and it's off.
It's not subtle like an in line 4 either. It's old school angry gsxr type shove. You got to respect it.
Coming from peaky 600's and 10 years of 2 stroke quite honestly it's hard to get your head round.
I feel like I'm 16years old again when I start it.
Yep pics coming when I remember how....
Mot'd her Saturday. Now christened Trigger as from what we can figure the only parts of the original bike are the loom and frame.
Oh. I have ridden some quick stuff in my time, a 1260 bandit, an 08 blade, couple of gsxr 750's. It's not the same. Sweets mercy this thing (considering it's from 1985, mines a 98). Just re writes the word fast. It really is ridiculous. The way it accelerates takes your breath away. I'm in love.
Yeh Drewps " i seen that engine too, met him in a Mcdonalds carpark, And i got a ticket wen i picked it up in Aberdeen .[ bus lane] fkers, 8 am on a saturday, the road was empty, so i ran on thei nside lane, fkn cooncil bastards,,