Your statement of fact that times we’re as quick for a ST as they are for a V4 pani. Or did you not say that at all? #neverwronhwhenwrongthatexige
Gotta be 1198 no? Average rider won't be as good at staying in the 899s power band and will likely use the lower down grunt of the 1198? I've never ridden an 1198 though so my opinion is worth shite.
I’m pretty average. I like to think. And I found I could ride a borrowed 899 with high TC on (they wouldn’t allow changes) as quickly as the 1000 with lots of power I had been riding for two years. If you can trail brake, go power. Of you can’t, go smaller bike. Ime anyway
Here are the comparisons between the bikes I mentioned (as someone seems to have flipped his lid thinking the Street Triple is as fast as V4) 1st - Pani V4S 1.36.35 4th - Pani 1299S 1.36.71 14th - Pani 959 1.39.01 16th - Speed Triple RS 1.39.51 23rd - Monster 1200S 1.42.02 Let it sink in - comparison, no comparable Couldn't be arsed to type the full list... I thank you
What those times say to me is for 90% of the time a lap time will come down to the rider not the bike.
What those times say to me is for 90% of the time a lap time will come down to the rider not the bike.
Same rider, so only weather / temperature and how he feels on the day, but the closest comparison you will get around Donnington as you requested I guess (as a guide instead of speculation)
Average rider and it's weird as I've tended to ride the higher speed sports touring, zzr14, blackbird etc but genuinely away from a straight line, I felt I rode faster on a gixxa 750. I don't know whether it's perception, actual or confidence in something smaller and lighter that makes you feel you can rag the tits off of it in a very controllable way
Donington superstock 1000 1”31, superstock 600 1’36. Trioptions 1”35. 20 minutes, 15 laps, 600 nearly lapped by 1000.
