feel to help with arm pump , you will not get a better combo than this . The bike ’ s straight line stability is really confidence inspiring . The track rutted up nicely during the day and when hard on the power with the front wheel light , the bike still kept a straight trajectory and I never felt like I was needing to back off when the front got some weight on it and went through choppy sections . The front end is planted and stable in corners , with only a few instances of the pushing wide , which is probably more due to my entry speed and trying to turn in too early . And when the front end grips , it ’ s great at sticking and getting through the apex . And what I really like is it never knifed on me in any situation . It just never did anything abnormal and I can ’ t wait to get this thing on some loamy NZ dirt and see how that goes . To sum it up , it feels really compact and light for a 450 , which at 108.8kgs – it is . The KYB suspension looks identical to the Yamaha set up , but it ’ s probably different in some aspects . In my opinion , Yamaha have the best stock suspension you can get , and it ’ s
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