Who Here Can Take On a Bike?
04-09-2015, 07:20 AM
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Re: Who Here Can Take On a Bike?
Assuming a race weight of around 3400 lbs (reasonable for a thirdgen) and typical thirdgen aero you will need around 800 hp at the flywheel to keep up with any modern litre bike in the 1/4. That assumes the car is set-up correctly and you can drive. Tall orde for a street car, all out race not so much (would be lighter too).
It assumes the guy on the bike can ride and most important--LAUNCH, the factory already set it up more or less...
Light to light the game changes, the difficulty in launching the bike evens things up a bit assuming a typical street rider.
It assumes the guy on the bike can ride and most important--LAUNCH, the factory already set it up more or less...
Light to light the game changes, the difficulty in launching the bike evens things up a bit assuming a typical street rider.
04-09-2015, 07:24 AM
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Re: Who Here Can Take On a Bike?
My friend at work drag races bikes. His old bike i believe was making 180-200 hp and ran high 8 at 155. Forget what it was but its atleast a liter but i think bigger. Bike is stretched with a 2 step and i think clutchless? Or some moddified shift system for rapid shifts. It launches hard. Thats about as good performance as you'll see in a bike you may encounter on the street, the trap speed is in line with modern liter + bikes.
04-11-2015, 08:17 PM
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Last time I ran a bike was 4 years ago, was with my 89 RS, 6 liter 6 speed, 4.30s. Was a CBR1000. Guy had just whooped another liter bike and I could not get anyone to race. So there I was thinking, screw waiting in this parking lot and just BSing. I asked the guy in the bike if he wanted to run, when I said my Camaro, he said sure. He had a programmer, I take and exhaust. First run he was front tire up and could not set it down so I won by maybe half my car in front of him. Next two runs he was a bike ahead of me.
Left the meet, went to turn off the nitrous and found the bottle was totally empty. I thought something wasn't right. So, I was pulling 5 degrees timing and throwing extra fuel.
Follow up the next week, full 10 pound bottle and 1000 psi, I got to run him again. This time the confused look on his face when we got back was priceless. He didn't understand why I put a few car lengths on him from a week ago. I pulled the normal BS about how it needed a tune up and was running rich. Not far from the truth I guess. But yea, beating a liter or bigger bike with mods and a experienced rider is a hell of a feeling.
Left the meet, went to turn off the nitrous and found the bottle was totally empty. I thought something wasn't right. So, I was pulling 5 degrees timing and throwing extra fuel.
Follow up the next week, full 10 pound bottle and 1000 psi, I got to run him again. This time the confused look on his face when we got back was priceless. He didn't understand why I put a few car lengths on him from a week ago. I pulled the normal BS about how it needed a tune up and was running rich. Not far from the truth I guess. But yea, beating a liter or bigger bike with mods and a experienced rider is a hell of a feeling.
04-13-2015, 07:55 AM
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Re: Who Here Can Take On a Bike?
That was with your trex 6.0? You trapped almost 100 in 1/8 all motor right? That cbr should have pulled more than a bike length.
On bottle i can see it hanging or beating as you'd be closer to mid high 130's traps in 1/4
On bottle i can see it hanging or beating as you'd be closer to mid high 130's traps in 1/4
04-13-2015, 08:09 PM
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Trapped 97 all motor. We were also going from a low speed 10 MPH start so the 60
Factor was not there for him to take advantage.
Factor was not there for him to take advantage.
04-14-2015, 09:41 AM
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I used to think that a bikes strength was from a roll. Lol
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Re: Who Here Can Take On a Bike?
Yup, done it and it isn't easy at all.
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