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Moral of the story: fast doesn't have to mean brutal

Perhaps the biggest shock of my few laps aboard the 1125R race bike was its tractability and ease of operation. I expected a brutish experience, but because this machine is tailor made for the track, it’s also most comfortable there, exhibiting the utmost confidence as it whips itself around Road America’s 14 turns.
I only put in four laps on this race-ready bike, but each go-round lent me an increasingly secure feeling about what the bike was doing, where its limits were, and how far I could push it.


Production bikes produce outrageous amounts of horsepower, handling, and braking for the road, but a spin on a race bike reveals that there’s yet another layer of performance lurking in all that exotic hardware. There’s no way to fully extract a race-bred sportbike’s capabilities on public roads without becoming a menace to yourself and fellow motorists. But when exploiting a race bike in its native habitat, you get a glimpse of the impressive feats these highly tuned machines are capable of.
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