May 29th, 2016, 02:13 PM
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Name: Kerry
Location: Ventura, CA
Join Date: Jan 2016
Motorcycle(s): Ninja650
Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Apr '18, Apr '17, Apr '16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by toEleven
That was probably rhetorical, but...a significant number of people seem to be wired for acceleration and top speed. When I mention the track, the most common reaction is a question/story/comment about drag strips. Straight lines. From my perspective, we (Americans as I view us) have a cultural bias toward needlessly powerful straight line vehicles. How often do you picture classic American muscle cars and reflect on their cornering 'performance'?
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It's true. One of the cars we had was a 1974 Gran Torino, which was one of the muscle cars they used to race in the 70s (and was the car in Starsky & Hutch). Go fast, sure, but they had the reputation of bad cornering ability. We never had that problem, but we never raced him, either.
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