News: Wish List: Ground Clearance

We wish for the return of ground clearance please…

Ground clearance has actually been decreasing lately. Guilty parties include the Honda CBR600RR, Yamaha FZ1 Fazer, and Suzuki B-King. All frustratingly scrape metal on Tarmac way before running out of ability.

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Worst offenders of all are Kawasaki. The ZX-6R and ZX-10R used to be mid-corner wonders, but now drag their pegs prematurely. The Ten will quickly ruin its bellypan in the absence of hero blobs, showing a more fundamental fatness problem, whereas the Six has nothing else to ground out and, therefore, no excuse. Why spout

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