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wheel, nearly 10bhp up on anything else they'd dyno'd, returned to the strip | wheel, nearly 10bhp up on anything else they'd dyno'd, returned to the strip | ||
with a professional drag racer. | with a professional drag racer. | ||
This superlight jockey fiddled with suspension and | This superlight jockey fiddled with suspension and tire pressures before | ||
climbing onto the saddle and blasting the GPz to an earth-shattering time of | climbing onto the saddle and blasting the GPz to an earth-shattering time of | ||
10.88 seconds. Cycle's own drag artist couldn't match that but recorded a | 10.88 seconds. Cycle's own drag artist couldn't match that but recorded a | ||
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bike, though none quite broke into the tens. | bike, though none quite broke into the tens. | ||
We couldn't get near that when it came to standing quarters. Running normal | We couldn't get near that when it came to standing quarters. Running normal | ||
shock and | shock and tire pressures and with my large-economy-sized bod to cart about | ||
nobody was expecting 10-second times. All the same we'd have liked a few low to | nobody was expecting 10-second times. All the same we'd have liked a few low to | ||
mid 11s but I found the Kawa extremely tricky to get off the line cleanly: too | mid 11s but I found the Kawa extremely tricky to get off the line cleanly: too | ||
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thinner wall than before and a couple of cross-braces have disappeared and | thinner wall than before and a couple of cross-braces have disappeared and | ||
interesting things dangle from its rear. The swing arm is a big wide | interesting things dangle from its rear. The swing arm is a big wide | ||
aluminum box section, four pounds lighter than the '82 | |||
version despite a ball race added on outboard of the standard right-hand needle | version despite a ball race added on outboard of the standard right-hand needle | ||
bearings to give extra rigidity. Drive chain tension is set by eccentric cams | bearings to give extra rigidity. Drive chain tension is set by eccentric cams | ||
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big bump mid-corner more shock damping might have helped but it | big bump mid-corner more shock damping might have helped but it | ||
never got out of line or threatened to develop into anything nasty, at least | never got out of line or threatened to develop into anything nasty, at least | ||
while there was meat on the rear | while there was meat on the rear tire. | ||
Front suspension is adjustable for preload via an air valve on the lower yoke | Front suspension is adjustable for preload via an air valve on the lower yoke | ||
and is aided for the first time by anti-dive; the hydraulic units on each fork | and is aided for the first time by anti-dive; the hydraulic units on each fork | ||
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on the pedal except when two-up. | on the pedal except when two-up. | ||
With a healthy excess of power available for acceleration and deceleration | With a healthy excess of power available for acceleration and deceleration | ||
it's not hard to get either | it's not hard to get either tire to the limits of traction. That doesn't mean | ||
the rubber's not good: the 18in front and 17in rear tubeless Bridgestones | the rubber's not good: the 18in front and 17in rear tubeless Bridgestones | ||
(wheels are both an inch smaller than last year's) are suitably fat and sticky. | (wheels are both an inch smaller than last year's) are suitably fat and sticky. | ||