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RE: ST a SuperBike?
- Subject: RE: ST a SuperBike?
- From: "Danilowicz, Paul S." <danilps@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:05:58 -0400
I'd love to see that Superbike shootout test !!
> Paul
>
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> From: Eric Sheley[SMTP:eric@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 10:37 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: ST a SuperBike?
>
> The September issue of SuperBike just arrived. It contains a 32 page
> SuperBike shootout.
>
> Contestants include the Yamaha R7, MV Augusta F4 Oro, Bimota SB8R, Suzuki
> Hayabusa, Yamaha R6, Aprilia Mille, Yamaha R1, Honda CBR600 and ........
> the Sprint ST!
>
> "Like the VFR800 last year the Triumph was included as the joker in the
> pack; if you like, a bike that was supposed to define the bottom end of the
> performance spectrum. We expected it to come last but the reality is that
> overall it did somewhat better. Where we really anticipated that the Sprint
> would flop was on the track, not least of all because it really is a
> behemoth of a bike, but everyone who rode the Triumph around Circuit Val de
> Vienne's tight and twisty topography was pleasantly surprised"
>
> Overall the ST ended up in 6th - not bad for a bike that was tossed in to
> define 8th place ......
>
>
> I have requested reprint permission - If I get it, I will be sure to post
> the article
>
> - Eric
>
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