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when practicing your high acceleration take offs, remember to check for idiots running the red, or let the car beside you lead into the lane and then take off.

on a bike it's really easy to get a good take off and leave everyone a quarter mile back. the problem comes when the meathead you smoked off the line catches up to you and cuts you off if you aren't expecting it.

Also, blasting off the line can be considered "stunting" (at least that's the term the cops here use) and can mean a fine and possibly some points on your license.

on the ex250, if i want a good blast off, i shift it around 7-9k. i could probably red line it, but it's a pretty quick shift anyway.

ofblong wrote:
I found it easier to do a u-turn in first than in second.

I bow to your better-than-mine U-turning skills. I can easily pull it off in 1st, but, I like the smoothness of second.

asiantay wrote:

ofblong wrote:
I found it easier to do a u-turn in first than in second.

I bow to your better-than-mine U-turning skills. I can easily pull it off in 1st, but, I like the smoothness of second.

haha never said I was better nor that my way is better just saying I find it easier in first.

I am not comfortable trying to pop the clutch as soon as the light turns green due to the heavy amount of idiots that forgot red means stop.

I lane split to the front as much as possible and I occassionally do get an idiot that tries to hop off the line....

Even with a 2 second pause at the light I can shift around 8k and leave the cagers behind me no problem.