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Yes some of the early Jap "superbikes" were all engine and very little frame.
As I think I said the ZI I tried in 1977 hated corners.
I had an XS1100 which was truly awful unless the road was dead smooth. I remember going (not fast) down an unknown but bumpy B road and ending up on the wrong side of the road- a real brown trouser moment. Mind you I had a similar brown trouser moment on a perfectly well handling Thundercat on a test ride in 1997 when I totally misread a hump backed bridge over a canal near to the Aston Villa training ground. I ended up in flight and again landed on the wrong side of the road -but this was totally my fault.
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