On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:47:39 +0000, Pete Fisher
 wrote:

>Not quite an exact analogy, but a good effort. Because it might make the 
>prospective purchasers think they were buying an evil handling, 
>impossibly high centre of gravity and heavy bike?

You've ridden a Moto Guzzi Quota? (in truth they steer quite well if
treated gently, but sprots bikes they most definitely are not)

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-Pip