Keep it going Rosco because there is a concerted effort building to simplify the Slider class otherwise it will become just a memmory.
A bike will only go as fast as you want it to, because of guy's like you who want to ride them we need to keep the class going, I was commenting as someone who lived through the golden years of the Slider and my personal view is that they should be ridden flat strap & sideways, having said that there were a few guy's who were successful on a Slider who rarely slid them, the size of their engines may have helped.
If you build it, they will come.