The tester, Alan Cathcart, said one of the problems adjusting to the bike was 1) the high idle speed and 2) the 'surging' of the rotary engine, both of which tended to keep pushing the bike forward when the rider wanted to get it stopped and turning in.
Cathcart said he consulted Ron Haslam, the legendary racer about what he did. Ron's advice was: "I used to brake really hard to get the back wheel off the ground, then apply a bit of rear brake with the wheel in the air to get the revs right down so it wasn't pushing me into the corner any more ...."
How do they even THINK about doing this sort of thing, let alone have the skills to actually DO it?
Mind you, Ron was once asked by another GP rider how he managed to go so fast in the wet. Ron's answer was: "I wind it on until the back end starts sliding, then I back it off a bit ..." Easy when you know how, isn't it?
