One of the lovely things about the Vmax's acceleration is that it does let you dive out into small gaps in traffic in a manner that can only be described as cheeky[1]. Usually entertaining because by the time the cager has found the lights and horn, you've already fucked off over the county line. Anyway, today I found that a swift glance at the trip meter before doing this is a wise precaution. If it's reading anywhere near 80, then <Harry Enfield Mode> 'You don't want to do that' </HEM>. Fortunately the reserve switch is nice and accessible. *Cough* Sorry, Mr Sierraman, I didn't do it deliberately, and I've learned my lesson... [1] Yes, yes, neither big nor clever, but 'the bike makes me do it'. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer As featured in Performance Bikes WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer
Heh, I do "cheeky" all the time. Sometimes accompanied by "fucker". Sometimes I get "fucker" all alone.
<snip> Singles have a tendency to loose all power with minimal warning when it's time to switch to reserve. So if I'm getting close to the critical mileage I sometimes turn on reserve as a precaution in situations that could become tricky.
I got that today on the bike, nipped round a car and pulled back in sharpish, as you do, and he gave it full on horns and flashing his lights at me. [1] Silly twat. He really didn't appreciate me flipping a languid bird at him either. P. [1] Wasn't even a marginal overtake or a cut up either, me being in safety t-shirt and trainers !
