AACERTEST Tadayuki Okada's Honda NSR500V
That put the
NSRSOOV's middleweight build
into perspective - but compared with
any four-cylinder 500 it's really easy to
keep up comer speed, especially on the
narrower 170-section rear tire same as .
Okada had used the day before.
You can brake really hard and late
into a turn with those fantastic Mitsubishi carbon brakes, use the stability
of the relatively conservative steering
geometry to keep the bike rolling in the
turn, then try to convince yourself just
how hard and how early you can gas it
Just like the
real thin ?
H
70
up on tbe way out. And I wasn't the
only guest rider to enthuse about the
thrill of lifting the front wheel in third
gear coming onto the main straight.
I:Ionda heaven.
Okada has raced with conventional
cartridge forks fitted to the bike since
Catalunya, which he says are better over
the bumps than the 43mm Showa
upside-downers he used before
