When you start fiddling though, i.e. when racing (which is what the NSR is really all about) the whole point is to set the bike up for max power and to set the gearing up so that max power & RPM is achieved just at or towards the end of the longest straight, therefore there is never the nead to hold your 70hp+ F3 wide open on max load any longer than necessary.
Trouble with tuning a road bike is that it is almost certainly going to be a compromise at some point. At the end of the day, no NSR (or any other 250 2-stoke) is meant to be blasting up and down a motorway - where are the twisties on a motorway?!
Even a moderately quick A road should be enough to be up and down the 'box and NOT sustain max RPM in top for a prolonged period. If it is, then go find an even twistier B road, it's much more fun.
Remember, any tw@t can go fast in a straight line!
Fontyyy's question about gearing down to a 41 rear... well yeah, of course you will then be pulling the same speed in 5th instead of 6th - then you change up and drop the rev's back down 1000rpm!
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