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Cmon man!...474 lbs 110hp but dosn't run 10s?????????????????????????????

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    #61
    Originally posted by Big T View Post
    They used to cheat on the 1/4 mile times in the 70s.
    Stickier rear tires, etc
    Plus, PWG was a pro drag racer, not a magazine staffer
    Maybe true, Todd, but a magazine rider got a GS1000ES into the tens in 1983, and are you saying that tires are worse now than performance rubber of 1983?

    Tony Nicosia was they guy who got Kawasaki triples to do what nobody else could get them to do:

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    Not to take anything away from Jay Gleason, but Mr. Nicosia was quite a guy.
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      #62
      Originally posted by 850 Combat View Post
      Maybe true, Todd, but a magazine rider got a GS1000ES into the tens in 1983...
      Typo? Did you mean 1100ES?

      Great article about Tony.
      Last edited by Rob S.; 11-14-2019, 05:04 AM.
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