Maximum torque from a Commando.

Alan, funny how all modern race bikes have anti wheelie built into them, and their weight distribution is usually perfect.
I am happy with the weight balance, it will wheelie if I want it to, either from a standing start or rolling start. Its not uncontrollable.
How you getting on with taking yours to the dyno and getting it race ready?
Regards Mike

I am still very broke, but things are looking a bit better. The situation with my step-daughter's kids is starting to settle down and the finances are becoming more manageable. This weekend the Historic races are at Winton and I will be able to go there. It might give me some inspiration. A lot of my problem is purely psychological. I attend meetings of our local Japanese bike owners group and one of the guys used to race a Manx and a 7R. So I might have found a helper, to replace my friend who died last year.
I don't need the dyno, the bike is currently good enough to race and do well. None of us have any money. If someone wanted to pay the costs, I would give them the ride.

I think it is a mistake to compare a commando with a modern bike. If we are being honest we are playing with 60 horsepower and a heap of torque. Good handling is at a premium. With modern bikes the weight distribution and steering geometry are set up so that the bike does not oversteer in corners. If it did, the higher power would make the hi-side much more likely. With MotoGP, over steering in corners seems to have ended in 1993, when the 500cc Suzuki won the world championship with an under-powered bike which tightened it's line in corners. With a modern bike, it is probably more normal to take the wide line in corners, rather than turn early and go under other riders.