Not saying you did anything wrong - he was finding the tiniest fraction of a better line allowing him to throttle out sooner... Probably a function of him riding a lighter bike than that GS1K - you had a helluva lot more mass to throw around... I'd be interested to see you follow that guy while riding another SV - my money is on you keeping up.

Great bikes, those SV's. There's a reason I've owned mine for 10 years :lol:

And they hold their value. I found a pretty blue 2001 on CL for $3K: http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/3775389463.html

It sucks tye guy got plowed but I dont feel sorry for him. That is a vehicle/bike haven. Tuey pick tye busiest roads to cycle on when there are hundreds of county roads they can be on.