…with the set-up of the Graves R1s. Evans Brasfield, a former staffer at Sport Rider, has actually run quicker around Willow on his well-worn Kawasaki EX500 racebike (1:33.8) than he did on Hacking's bike (mid-1:34s) on this day. He said its bar angle and seat position made him feel like he was more over…

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…more to offer the expert rider.Since my first bike was an EX500 that I rode for 70,000 miles before a stoplight-running SUV separated me from it, since I raced a variety of EX500s for five years and since I still own four (or is it five?) EX500 engines, three frames, and too many other parts to list,…

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…And you know what the sad part is? They'd probably have more fun riding the smaller bikes that they disdain so. (An aside: When I started racing my EX500, the novice racer pitting next to me was riding a ZX-9. After he'd high-sided himself a couple of times, I suggested that maybe he'd want to try a smaller…

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