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    riding hard is best!

    i don't know about you guys but i find that if i ride my dommie sort of hard it runs like a dream, it seems smoother and generally so much better. Even managed to temperarly have anti-gravity on the front wheel again, but this time it didn't scare me! Want to get it up properly now.

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    Re: riding hard is best!

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    Want to get it up properly now.
    And the front wheel?

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    You need a dominator to help you get it up? I didn't know you were in to S&M?
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    should have know you guys would respond like this and lower the tone. Good on yous!

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    Re: riding hard is best!

    Quote Originally Posted by Simon
    i don't know about you guys but i find that if i ride my dommie sort of hard it runs like a dream, it seems smoother and generally so much better.
    'Tis.
    Half throttle does become a bit agricultural, pegged is the way to go.

    And that's what I like about that bike, it's light and underpowered enough that you can unashamedly run the thing WFO all the time.
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    Yeah, dommies seem to be good like that!! On a fast thrash in the lanes i get more miles to the gallon (about 50ish), than i do on motorway runs and stuff.
    This is probably because Dommies arent the most aerodynamic bikes in the world, and because it enjoys itself more when its being ridden hard. (thats what i like to think anyway!!)

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    Uh-huh, I used to get around 55mpg on the island, and averaged about 45mpg when I took it to the south of France on the autoroutes, sat at around 75mph.

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