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[QUOTE="TexKDX, post: 49998, member: 16276"] Looks like no-one bothered responding to your question, FC22. Here are a few 4-to-2 tips you might want to consider: Clutch use and corners - there is a difference between "fanning" the clutch and using the clutch. You do not have to fan the clutch at every corner exit. It will help your speed and smoothness though if you don't shut the throttle entering corners. You want to keep the engine spinning at around the right RPM for your exit speed, clutch in, but don't close the throttle completely. Let the clutch out after you complete your braking and crank on some more power. No need to fan it on the exit, just match the needed RPM and gas it. This lets you roll the corner or brake slide it. This technique works for real tight and semi-tight corners. More sweeping or bermed corners - again, keep the throttle open and don't be afraid to brake against the engine. Scrub some speed with the binders, but keep the engine pulling. Climbing hills - this is the place the 200 will act most like a 125, when you need to be up on the pipe to get the HP you need for a climb. You will get to learn about slipping the clutch and keeping the throttle open, not manipulating both at the same time on/off. Keep the throttle pretty far open and in some cases WFO, then use the clutch to modulate the power based on available traction. The reason is if you drop the power off the pipe by closing the throttle, yes you can fan it and pin it but on a hill you are most likely to lose traction from excessive wheel spin by doing this. Better to keep it up on the power and use the clutch. If I could make one comment on the mental approach to riding the 200 - try to turn your ears off. The higher RPM wine of the 200 and a 125 instills a certain amount of urgency in me. The simple fact is they make plenty of power, just at higher RPMs than your ear is tuned to. The 200 makes bountiful mid-range power, it just occurs at a few thousand RPM higher than you are used to. Just tune it out and ride based on feel. When I get on the 200 from my 300 it is like "oh holy mother of God" when the thing gets up and screaming in the tight stuff 'cuz my ear is tuned to the 300 saying the trees are about to turn into a green blur. It is just the way a 200 works. Gotta spin some R's to get into that fat usable midrange. Can't wait to read your first ride report! ------------------ TexKDX [/QUOTE]
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