I'm enjoying the thread too, but a few less broken bones would be nice.
FWIW I recall a few years ago when Supermono road racing was more popular than it is now here in Oz, there were a variety of big singles, including Bergs, being transplanted into RGV Suzuki frames. A common theme was that the vibes were a major challenge. The ultra stiff frames didn't damp the vibes out, in fact seemed to amplify them.
As a further aside, when setting up a bike I often recall a story a good mate of mine told me a few years ago, Frank Pons is his name, and among other things, well known here in Oz for suspension setup for all disciplines. In early 2006 he was working for Yamaha Oz RR team setting up the then new R6s for the forthcoming race season.
He'd fitted an Ohlins fork kit, among other odds and ends, and had a concern with the bottom triple clamp torque. The kit spec said 10 nm, but stock its, IIRC, 18 nm. A big difference for a single 8 mm bolt, and imagine the loads when full on braking from 300 kph? A check with Ohlins confirmed it wasn't a typo.
So as a learning exercise, he set them at 16 nm and out the 3 riders went, which included the current Oz champion. First session they were about 1-1.5 secs off the pace, which wasn't too bad. Debrief, all 3 mentioned that the front wasn't communicating consistently, and they didn't have full confidence to really push the front.
A couple more sessions with much the same feedback. In between the bikes were wheeled into the garage and the riders weren't told what changes were made. The only change Frank did make each time was to reduce the bottom triple torque 2 nm each time.
When the torque went from 12 to 10 nm the riders came in smiling, they had good front end feel and were all on or below lap record pace.
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