But: 1) I don't do hole shots, per se, but can get the front end up easy enough !
This statement from an earlier post has given me concern to offer a better explanation. I could have said, "The front end comes up easily enough when I don't expect it."
My experience with this bike is obviously my own, as yours is to you. My perceptions are also my own, as yours are as well.
Please forgive me for not having someone on the side of the road taking pictures, but what the Hell, I got a new digital camera last year. And I have a few other pic's to share but cannot load, maybe my security is set to high ?
That being said: When I pull out from a dead stop, depending upon the amount of throttle and engagement of the clutch, I can feel the springer suspension up front do the opposite of bottoming out. "Topping out ?" A condition of this is how it comes on, the faster the heavier the bump. I usually assume that I am now riding on the center portion of the front tire or none at all.
One variable is how confident I feel about my balance for the direction I am heading followed by how much I want to get into it.
Road paths (where the water lays) horizontally to my direction are considered as the major factor that has allowed me to experience a few lifts that within an instant the decision not to increase torque was the right one. These experience's are electrifying as well as a severe case of pucker factor.
Another factor is this clutch has @ 4 stairsteps of clutch contact surfaces usually felt when starting out, or shifting when traveling at lower speeds. One look at the wet plate design explains that.
So, can I get it up on demand ? 3" is probably all I've got, and maybe 6" if I really worked on it.......
S/F Jack
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