wb wrote:
In a proper shootout I'd be pretty surprised if Martins 350 wasn't a bit quicker than your NSR though, Andy? The thing really is very quick indeed when you wind it up. I'm a bit of a 250 purist myself so it feels like cheating to me, but you can't argue with the performance of the damn thing.

On paper, maybe, but in the real world it's not the case. We did the Okehampton to Torrington road (favoured ride-out route part one) and while there's no denying it is quick, it's not really got anything over mine as long as I concentrated!

The real benefits were obvious though... Martin's bodyweight and 100cc's of extra bottom-end! There were a couple of slow corners where he would pull a gap, and I had to be in just the right gear at the right RPM or he would've got away. I had to really work the motor a few times, whereas I could see he could ride it almost 4-stroke-like at times and still be bloody fast. He needs to put on 20kg!

His 350 would probably flatten any relatively "normal" modern 250.
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