Lee Park’s SV in the article essentially had all the suspension almost max’d out aided with those $1600 set of wheels. If you think how essential suspension and unsprung weight is to a 3000lbs car’s handling, can you imagine how critical it is to a vehicle system the require the suspension to work while they are at an angle, and how critical the unsprung weight is to a vehicle that weights sub 400 lbs.
You got to remember that his SV, if it is in fact stock, is a 1 gen carb bike with zero power mods.
This is what I’ve been saying about running in the lightweight superbike class, a somewhat competitive bike will cost you around $8k easy.