I'm getting "maneuvered" by a Queenslander and a bloody Kiwi, if my friends hear about this there'll be trouble......
Jon I was looking at your plan view and wondered what Woody will come back with . I feel you may be able to afford more width at the front allowing you to start the taper sooner, avoiding the rapid transition to the tail.
I am not making any suggestions, or judgements on what you have and am conscious of a conversation I had with Greg Watters around tail design on fully faired bikes, it was based around the contention that there is a
lull ( in incremental advances in the APS)at the moment because a few guys have handling problems and suspect they are due to their tail design.*
Something else we all have to remember is that the best aero shapes aren't necessarily the most stable, in fact the best are very unstable. This is one of the great compromises and like a good marriage it's in the compromises that the smart decisions are made.......hey I should know I'm 3 and a half months in.
* that statement was pulled straight out of my arse and is not the opinion of any riders