:wow:wow:wow THIS IS BALLS, not pining it on a public highway in a straight line during rush hour.
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Who are you?
“My name is Andy Carlile, though I’m often referred to as AndyPath, him, or did you see that bike come flying past, jesus h. christ! I’m a 33-year-old ex-moped mayhem double champion of Cumbrian descent. That’s in England, by the way. I’ve lived at the Nürburgring since 2007 and probably completed a few thousand laps of the old 'ring.”
What’s your bike and why is it so fast?
“It’s only fast because I don’t slow down. It’s not a highly modified cheque-book special, it’s not an ex-factory race bike. It’s just a carefully developed 2005 Yamaha YZF-R1. Bought crash damaged for £4000 back in 2007, because the faithful, mercilessly thrashed ZX-6R was just too slow.”
What are the biggest modifications?
“Well, the engine is standard, right down to the air filter. All efforts have been put into chassis, comfort and weight loss. This started with the Nitron shock, which only showed-up the forks as too soft. So Nitron re-valved and re-sprung them. Ergonomically, the seat is now higher, the bars are straighter and the pegs have been adjusted to suit as well. It’s comfortable, not cramped, and set for ease-of-control over multiple laps. The next single biggest modification are the wheels. BST carbon wheels have helped everywhere. Acceleration is increased, stopping is quicker, turning requires less effort and suspension has an easier time. Even tyre life is marginally better. There are some downsides. The performance increased enough that gearing, setup, and track knowledge had to be re-thought as it was possible to accelerate that much quicker. Corners would arrive in different gears, and questions would be raised over just which sprocket should I really use? And then you question your knowledge of what is actually possible again. Those are not really downsides, but they were very time-consuming. I also needed to weaken the brakes to maintain controlabilty due to the low-weight of the wheels you’re now stopping. Dunlop also sent me some proper sticky rubber to have a bash with. There’s so much to tell you there, that I’ll write a whole review late. But 7m10s, and they’re road-legal.”
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