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Old 11-20-2008, 06:36 PM
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Yes, as documented in the less stiff frame designs of late.
The problem with the Honda's 900 113HP effort and much of the other
Japanese manufactures in 94 was that their designs were based too much on
a streebike... street goal aluminum frames could only cope with road engines
so slap in a WSB spec mill and it just threw in the towel... But on the road
they developed a massive following which continues today... you can pick
one up for next to nothing... if you ride the old 900RR and you'll know they are
not on the same planet as true exotic homologated specials like RC30 RC45 R7 ZX7R...
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