my 2 cents worth,
your bud knows he can beat you in a quarter mile run these are not drag bikes they do good but he is better. if he wants to play tell with yourun him on the quarter mile if he will run you on a good twisty some where. then after the quarter mile add the bike lengths that he beat you by . and when you run him on the good twisty add the bike lengths you beat him by and take his bike you no like pinkstheir is no way he can take you in the corners it is a good bike but not a corning bike just a thought