Yeah, that Katana was definitely a heavy bike. Much more than I should have hopped on as a noob. I'll have to remember to keep the revs up next time I'm on it. I managed to kill it a couple times and had to kick start it in the middle of the street. Fortunately I was just tooling around his neighborhood so there was pretty much no traffic. I was getting a bit better at counter balancing my weight before I stopped last evening and was able to do a U turn in the width of the street. Definitely going to have to get a better feel for the clutch though. I tend to either let it out all the way when I'm going slow and lurch the bike or tense up and pull it to far in and loose power.
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