He also noted that the Beta car-
ries its power well past our normal
shift points on the Glen Helen
circuit, a track that we are very fa-
miliar with. We could roll third and
fourth gear much further down the
straights than anticipated. What
the bike gives up on the bottom, it
makes up for on the top end. The
13-47 gearing combo plays to this
more prolonged top-end feeling,
and bumping up the teeth in the
rear might be the easy fix if you
want more low-end pop.
The Beta has two pre-pro
-
grammed engine maps. The
sunshine icon on the button is the
standard setting, and the rain icon
is for slippery conditions, which
softens things up even further. We
found traction control unneces
-
sary because rear-wheel spin-ups
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