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From: tcora@pica.army.mil (Tom Coradeschi)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: V-max handling request
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Date: 21 Apr 93 13:42:25 GMT
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jearls@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Jeffrey David Earls) wrote:
> 
> ba7116326@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg writes:
> >hello there
> >can anyone who has handson experience on riding the Yamaha v-max, pls kindly
> >comment on its handling .
> 
> 
>    Some guy came to the OMRRA race school last weekend with number plates
>    on his V-Max.  He didn't get more than 2 practice laps in before he pushed
>    the frame too hard and it drove him into the guard rail on the back
>    straight.
> 
>    Portland International Raceway is now 2-for-2 on V-Max'es.
> 
>    V-Max - handling?  Ferget it.
> 
>    BTW:  The rider was conscious and semi-coherent when the ambulance
>    carted him off.  That's all I know.

I hate to pick on someone who may have been seriously injured (let's hope
not), but: semi-coherent sounds like a good description of someone who
shows up at the track w/ a VMax in the first place:-{

                  tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil
 
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