I own an about bone stock Combat so I still have a toe hold on Earth even if Peel lifts my skull cap to the clouds. I have no desire or capacity to go 200 mph in straights or banks but I do have a lot of desire, nay plans to spank anything when there are much leans involved. The only pilots I had a time to hang turns with were those taking two lanes into blinds to stay ahead of me while I am too experienced a chicken to risk life just on a joy ride. But even with those squids taking such risk I had no problemo to hang on their tail lens or zip past them in tights where I could see far enough ahead.
Peel only has 3 handling issues, *when 4 gallon gas mass slams front tire over about a lane when its air borne in phase 4, *areo ground effects lift/drop in phase 3 straight steering half slides/skips/drifts, non crossed up no foot down that sharpens radius dramatically while accelerating, not widen it, and *power enough to stay as loose as a goose as if on THE Gravel I think with enough power Peel can enter phase 3 to 5 over the ton. Phase 2 is how all the other cycles must do turns unless ice spiked traction or MX knobby rear locked deep in soft dirt rut on about vertical banks. Ms Peel did not have to leave phase 2 - two tire traction countersteering to leap ahead of any modern from entry to exits. So not even neck and neck in Peels mere cruise to work mode let alone 3 more funner faster ways around. LOL! I guarantee going straight into a bluff face at 55 mph in 10 mph marked hook back is rather more thrilling that 200 mph on long long nice runway. I had to snick 2nd leaned to keep accelerating for the next one entered at 65 and could run up to almost 90 before throwing her sideways to get two tire edges scrubbing off speed then hi side in time to hook the other way under hi power.
I had a bad experience once in my early chicane riding with Harley hot rod which is tough act to follow even with their lack of lean, I held back to give
me some space to take a RH hook at more fun rate but as I flew around the 10 mph blind the HD was stopped on bumper of broke down car about 40 feet away with on coming car just about there, I tried trail breaking but hit sand/grit from rain wash out, that tripped front out going ~40 but was able to stab rear brake in time to get a hi side jerk up, got tires in line while off brake - which aimed me out at tangent head on into on coming grill but straight up I could brake hard enough I got front steering back re aimed into my lane and pulled up just short of hitting the Harley. WHewwee. A rider behind me swore I'd stomped my foot down like S-motard/flat trackers do but no foot down as it would have been road grabbed under the peg or tire. This all happened in like 3-4 heart beats and I had to over ride my sane brain not try to veer away from on coming until speed bled to regain directional control. i had to force eyes to where I wanted to go not where I so feared. THE Gravel taught me this in Spades. On coming car missed by couple bike lengths.
I will never ever take such risk on joy rides again. I've no ego on life death antics if someone is plainly faster than me I'll give in out their way. Like wise Peel is so fast accelerating through turns I don't have to hug close to take quick advantage of a vision open to zip right past as if slow moving parking lot cones. I do not want to maim-kill anyone over riding their skill or pitiful sport bike capacity. One of my past wiped out in traffic dead in '09, out of state buddies pointed out where he lost his ridding buddy on F1 just having fun out here - hi sided over rails down a bluff Hwy 123. I've seen pilot in several large pieces hitting stuff over 150 mph. I'm not cavalier when talking motorcycling even just sightseeing touring, as fate and stupidly always lurking.
I know next Peel will top 150 but how much more WhoTF knows but plenty fast enough to prove only advantage others might have is bee line sprints and even then may take em a bit to catch up and pass. Peel will have about best torque to mass ratio going so if I can hold front down and control power to traction I hope to out sprint "most" moderns to over my tire ratings. Peel will have Hole Shot front tuck down 3-4 inches if case forgotabout that get go feature. Peel will have rising torque curve like the 2 smokes that knock ya socks off in the rush. I am having severe issues to get 130 tire seated centered on WM3 rim.
it has centered twice out of 6 times so far, ugh. Do ya know how much shaving a tire and going tubeless raises its speed rating?
Note the road angles, it climbs steeply going 'down' from the North.
Hwy 123 = Arkansas Dragon.
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Rather wide opens-sweepers here for idea of the straights between turns that Peel had to really work at keeping up or leaving behind sports bikes of any hp. Note the lack of throttle going into turns, wisely so on moderns, hehe. Hwy 341 where I had first gas tank slosh playing with a Triumph Triple holligan I'd just meet after stopping at a gathering and yelling out Hey Who's the Hot Shot here I need to compare pecking order, everyone pointed to this fella and we had a blast. He was one who got high at the matched aggressive fun - hi 5-ing at our stops to pick a new way before parting ways. He could out run Peel in opens darn it but not run away before the next sweepers slowed him up.
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