I got to have a bash on a mates SV650 Protwin at round 4.
I also raced the RG but went totally shithouse on it.
I've kind of lost my Mojo a bit at the moment so it was all a bit scary.
Jumping off an RG150 and onto an SV with some Ohlins bits on it was quite a jump.
I was intimidated by all the new sensations: Power, Brakes, Grip, Feedback etc...
Shit it was fun, I didn't concentrate on results much, (They were shit anyway) it took all my brain just to think about learing the new bike.
It really threw me at first, feeling what the bike was doing though the bars rather than just sitting on it like the RG. It was much more phisical with more acceleration and braking forces making it much harder work than I'm used to.
I was surprised at how forgiving it was to ride and how much it felt like cheating against the 400's and 2 strokes that were near me (at the back).
It had the new Michelin power one or whatever it's called rubber on it and I was amazed at the grip available, there may be somthing too this newfangled radial technology. I was pushing incrementally harder (not my bike!) and still didn't even get close to running out of grip.
I finished the day with a 2.15.xx on the SV which I wasn't all that happy with until scracha told me how it compared to his first times on the long track, then I was stoked.
It was bloody good fun to ride, the F3 feild was alot more agressive and packed than a typical streetstock grid which was partly intimidating but mostly Very Very fun.
Cheers to Drew (the younger) for the bike loan, Hells, Deano and all the Marshalls VMCC etc who make it happen!
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