I've been telling people for years that a good rider can rip on anything.
You don't need the latest 10k crabbon fibber wonder gadget.
Just basic skills and a reckless disregard for human life.
I used to love racing the locals on my Q-ship 1972 CanAm 175 TNT back in the old days. It looked tame and unassuming, but that disc-ported case induction motor was a MONSTER! I'd bounce past guys on new water-cooled 250's with both ends bottoming out on every bump and huge roostertails raining down behind. Never failed to blow peoples minds on that bike.
That ugly POS damaged a lot of ego's of people who didn't realize what it was packing under the tank. I had a buddy with a pig slow Kawi 100 enduro who stuffed a fully race ported 175 bigbore jug on his bike just to slay wannabe fast guys out at the local track.
The right rider makes ANYTHING fast and awesome.
