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I'm with you, Karl - but I have noticed that it's absurdly if not invariably common to get a riser with the throttle in first gear above 5-6thousand R's. I was talking with a ZX-14 rider yesterday, and he and I seemed to have developed a similar technique for asserting precise control at WOT in first - lean forward, grip with legs, keep arms and wrists somewhat relaxed. At WOT somewhere above 5k the front wheel will invariably lift off, but first you feel it lighten, then skip. I usually relax the throttle a bit when it skips, and that keeps enough weight to steer, but balance for steering becomes more important in a kind of dynamic way as the front end gets lighter.
If a person is leaning too far back with arms too straight, it will be much harder to control throttle input as precisely to keep the front end where you want it because of the need to hold on and the tension on your arms caused by acceleration, while at the same time, weight is further back. In my opinion that is pretty dangerous. Be careful of WOT, especially in first, as it might make for a very choppy, jerky, or even dangerous ride if not keeping arms and wrists loose enough to make adjustments on the throttle smoothly and freely.
Personally at any R's over about 7k, I've got better things to do than fixate on the clocks and I find it's better to keep my eyes outside the cockpit, my thoughts well ahead of the bike, and pay close attention to steering and balance.
Maybe someone out there with more experience could elaborate on this better than me, but that's how I do it right now. Why anyone would want to remove the flies on this beastie is totally beyond me, but maybe as I get more used to the power I'll feel differently...
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