H all,

I bought an MC21 last summer and have just about finished a bit of a tidy up of it (bit of paint and a good clean really). The engine was recently rebuilt and sounds and runs fine, so i left it.

The airbox has a neatly drilled set of holes in top and I've done the wire splices (it looked like they'd been done previously and returned to normal for some reason)

Anyway, just been out for my first blast and it feels quite disappointingly slow. it barely wheelies even if you clutch it (not that that matters really, but it might be a good point of comparison?). I went down a dual carriage way near me and just about got 200kph on a donward incline in top gear. it also feels like it drops out of the powerband a bit on each upchange.

I've also got a 1998 RS250 (Honda) and a big four stroke and these are the 2 bikes and other 4 strokes i've ridden in the last few years. i know you can't compare even the RS to the NSR fairly, but I wonder if they have made the NSR feel slow and all is actually fine?

I had TZR's and RD's back in teh day and they used to feel like misiles, but again, is it just hazy memories?

I'd realy appreciate a few opinions please.

Thanks very much