28-11-2003, 08:30am
2Bob,
You're not that far off the money with your 250k's on the Phillip Island straight. A lot of guys that haven't riden the circuit think that you would be screaming down there on a busa at 300+, but the problem with the busa is that being so heavy you have to brake early to pull her up a bit going down that hill at the end of the straight.
I've found about 280 is the best I can do...that's coming out of turn 12 doing about 170 before I straighten her up and going through turn one at about 180, which is not that fast really. Turn one it seems has still got my measure.
You're not that far off the money with your 250k's on the Phillip Island straight. A lot of guys that haven't riden the circuit think that you would be screaming down there on a busa at 300+, but the problem with the busa is that being so heavy you have to brake early to pull her up a bit going down that hill at the end of the straight.
I've found about 280 is the best I can do...that's coming out of turn 12 doing about 170 before I straighten her up and going through turn one at about 180, which is not that fast really. Turn one it seems has still got my measure.