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Posted by: Lespaul20---------------------

I just read a mag that had the McLaren F1 in it, it's fast, and i downloaded a video of a guy going 391 Km/hr(241Mph), and it's quite fast, anyway i was wondering if any of you have or has done any timings on your bikes, just would be kinda cool to know the speed of our bikes.


Posted by: Okiewan---------------------

:whiner:


Posted by: toalco-kdx---------------------

whats the website for the video?


Posted by: wakeboarder---------------------

I think it'd be roadandtrack.com, cause thats what magazine it is in. And wow that is a nice car. They had the McLaren F1, Porsche 959, and Ferrari F40, all in one magazine. I almost cried.


Posted by: OnAnySunday---------------------

Not sure about top speed but Flash's ('82 XL500r) 1/4 mile times are:
14.734 sec. @ 86.12 mph.
("Motorcyclist" magazine sept. 1982)
Sorta lackluster eh?
But i'm sure that was measured -w- some skinny 150lb. editor on board.... :confused:


Posted by: BadgerMan---------------------

0-60? I don't think my YZ250F will even do 60 mph! I'll bet I could smoke that McLaren down a two-tracker though. Especially if it was whooped out! LOL!

I keep wondering when the sport bikes will break the 200 mph barrier. I'll bet one of those GXSR's would give that car a 1/4 mile run for its money.


Posted by: HomeMadeSin---------------------

I remember years ago....15 or so....that one of the bike mags...either Dirt Bike or Dirt Rider did a test on a CR500 in 1/4 mile.  I wish I could remember what the result were but I know they had problems with wheelies and burnout. 

I plan to dual purpose my CR500 and I have every intention of trying out a 1/4 mile.  I'm not sure if the insurance nazis would allow a strip to let me run it, but we'll see.


Posted by: Hucker---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by BadgerMan

I keep wondering when the sport bikes will break the 200 mph barrier. I'll bet one of those GXSR's would give that car a 1/4 mile run for it's money.


The 'Busa (before the computer limiting) was hitting 201mph. That was 3 years ago I think...


Posted by: Boozer---------------------

there is a GSXR1300 around here that is standard except for a longer swingarm, and it does 10.1 down the quarter. not sure what rear tyre he was using.


Posted by: BigBore---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by OnAnySunday
Not sure about top speed but Flash's ('82 XL500r) 1/4 mile times are:
14.734 sec. @ 86.12 mph.
("Motorcyclist" magazine sept. 1982)
Sorta lackluster eh?
But i'm sure that was measured -w- some skinny 150lb. editor on board.... :confused:


Interesting......not bad really, for a bike with about 35-36hp. I was always curious as to what my XR650R would have been able to do. Judging by what that 500 did, maybe 12's for the 650?


Posted by: MrLuckey---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by Okiewan
:whiner:


BWAAHAAHAA :thumb:


Posted by: Tony Eeds---------------------

These are not the fastest cars on the road but here are the results of the 2002 Big Bend Open Road Race.  The race was shortened to 20 miles from the normal 56 (if I remember correctly) because of fog on the course.  The fastest of the unlimited cars was timed with radar at 210 mph on one stretch of road.  They don't allow bikes and probably never will because of TXDot requirements/concerns.  The course is US385 between Fort Stockton and Sanderson Texas.

Now often do you see a NASCAR car running on the street.

Tony


Posted by: linusb---------------------

The latest big bore sport bikes are reported in the mags as doing 1/4 mile times in the high 9's. The 'Busa and the ZX-12 were the two I believe. The 'Busa for sure. Pretty darn fast and impressive considering the bang for the buck as compared to high performance automobiles.


Posted by: IrishEKU---------------------

After replacing the front tire and the factory recalled rear tire valve stem nut on an 02 ZX-12, I can confirm that the bike is scary fast.


Posted by: Camstyn---------------------

My neighbor says his CR80 will do 115mph! :thumb:


Posted by: Tony Eeds---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by Cam Mitchell
My neighbor says his CR80 will do 115mph! :thumb:


Yup ... when dropped from a plane!


Posted by: IrishEKU---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by Tony Eeds


Yup ... when dropped from a plane!


Perception and reality never seem to mesh do they? :thumb:


Posted by: MikeT---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by Cam Mitchell
My neighbor says his CR80 will do 115mph! :thumb:
I knew that was coming


Posted by: yzeater---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by Tony Eeds


Yup ... when dropped from a plane!


The plane would only have to be 437.3 feet off the ground...


Posted by: Lespaul20---------------------

I downloaded the video of the mclaren f1 from Kazaa, that thing was screaming, not to stear off my own topic but wouldn't a street bike going over 200mph have problems with areodynamics, just a thought.

No one has ever timed there bike? It's gives you something to brag about, maybe.


Posted by: OnAnySunday---------------------

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BigBore :
"Interesting......not bad really, for a bike with about 35-36hp."

Actually i think it was 32 bhp. (according to my friendly neighborhood Honda dealer).
In that issue of "Motorcyclist" (9/82) they rated it at only 25.7bhp.
(i think someone was sniffing preimium fumes that day.)
The sad part is that the bike it was up against (a 1982 Yamaha XT550) was rated at 34.2bhp and turned a 13.995 quarter mile -w- a 90.72 mph trap speed!!
Still not too bad for a couple of 20 year old 320+pound "dual sports", eh? :thumb:


Posted by: CanadianRidr---------------------

Quote:
Canadianridr pat's
Okie on the back


It's okay bud, you can't win em all. Don't cry for him, he's allready lost.


Posted by: Boozer---------------------

i think wind resistance would be a big factor when running a dirtbike down the 1/4.


Posted by: nephron---------------------

V65--3.2?

VMAX--2.8?? (70 in a 20 about a block from the stopsign--not pretty

Boss Hoss 502/502--probably 1.5 if you can throw a slick on AND hang on.


Posted by: Hucker---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by Boozer
i think wind resistance would be a big factor when running a dirtbike down the 1/4.


I don't think a dirtbike has to worry about wind resistance when doing the 1/4 mile. It will top out way before it anyhow, gearing I think is the biggest prob.


Posted by: Boozer---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by Hucker


I don't think a dirtbike has to worry about wind resistance when doing the 1/4 mile. It will top out way before it anyhow, gearing I think is the biggest prob.


yeah maby a CR250, but not bikes like the TE610 or the 520EXC. they have good gearbox ratios to pull high MPH.


Posted by: KWJams---------------------

"The top speed wars are over, and the 1999-2000 Suzuki Hayabusa will likely
retire as the fastest production motorcycle ever sold. Under pressure from
government officials in France and Holland, Japanese motorcycle
manufacturers have agreed to electronically limit the top speed of
streetbikes to 300 kph (186 mph) and to not mention horsepower, speed,
acceleration or power-to-weight ratios in advertising and promotional
materials. Speedometers will not read past 300 kph, either. Officials in
France and Holland freely admit that they have no evidence that
ultra-high-speed has contributed to rising motorcycle accident rates in
Europe, and that in fact the rising number of crashes may actually be linked
to a boom in the sales of 125cc machines to inexperienced riders. But
despite the lack of evidence that fast bikes cause crashes, officials acting
upon personal outrage threatened to ban the Suzuki Hayabusa and Kawasaki
ZX-12R and to impose draconian horsepower limits on motorcycles if the
manufacturers did not tone it down; ironically, France already has a
100-horsepower limit on new streetbikes. The impact of the new agreement is
already being felt in Europe, where magazine testers have found that the
2000 Kawasaki ZX-12R went-surprise, surprise-186 mph."


Posted by: bluerider125---------------------

i dunno about 0-60, mostly cuz i cant even GET to 60mph... i clocked my bike at 55 mph, and i can honestly believe a 250 can top out around 80, 125's around 65-70, and i have never ridden an 80 so i can't report there. i expect a 60 to be on par with my bike, etc.

in the march 2002 issue of DIRT BIKE, they did top speed runs for a KX500, XR650, KTM540exc, and a Husaberg 650.[list][*]the XR650:average of 113 mph
the wind was a HUGE factor, but those are impressive numbers anyways.


Posted by: Camstyn---------------------

That's got to be with taller gearing. I had a KX500 and there was no way it would run 100mph with stock gearing.


Posted by: Hucker---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by Cam Mitchell
That's got to be with taller gearing. I had a KX500 and there was no way it would run 100mph with stock gearing.


Dude, 100mph on a dirtbike = nutty. Mine starts to shake and vibrate like no one's business when I whine it up in 5th...


Posted by: yzeater---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by Hucker


Dude, 100mph on a dirtbike = nutty. Mine starts to shake and vibrate like no one's business when I whine it up in 5th...



I think the proper wheels, suspension set up and damper would make it a great deal easier


Posted by: nephron---------------------

Cam, Destry hits 100 all the time in Lucerne, but I can't remember what his gearing is there.


Posted by: BigBore---------------------

That particular article, if I remember right, was a top speed shootout. They were doing everything they could to gain speed. Extremely high gearing, removing the front fender & shrouds, etc. The Honda guys even took the front brake off.

Fastest I ever had my XR650R was up to was 90mph. It was vibrating pretty bad, but I guess thats to be expected with unbalanced knobby tires, with rim locks.


Posted by: Green Horn---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by BigBore
That particular article, if I remember right, was a top speed shootout. They were doing everything they could to gain speed. Extremely high gearing, removing the front fender & shrouds, etc. The Honda guys even took the front brake off.


Yep, I read that one. The pics looked like something out of Junkyard Wars. I know for a fact that my KTM will do 0-60 mph in .0000000035 seconds. It's super fast, and I can grab some sick air on it.


Posted by: Camstyn---------------------

My KX5 had a couple of flat spots on the front rim, so whenever I had it wound out in 5th it would feel like all hell was about to break loose. :flame:


Posted by: swingarm---------------------

If anyone lives near NJ go out to Isalnd Dragway. They let quads run the track on test and tune days so I don't see why they would not let dirtbikes run.


Posted by: cr25096er---------------------

where is Island dragway? im in camden county.


Posted by: Bill Hibbs---------------------

I've got a GSXR-750. I'm not really sure about 0-60 times because they don't really track that at the drag strip. I can say that my 1/8 mile time was 7.4 seconds at 100.45 miles an hour and my 1/4 mile time was 11.1 at 125mph. Thats with a pretty much stock bike. The hardest thing is keeping the front wheel down in 1st and 2nd. 200mph would be no sweat aerodynamically on a bike as long as you don't poke your head above the windscreen. I'm not going to tell you how I know that. They did a pretty cool comparison of a C-6 Corvette and a GSXR. One of the tests was 0-100-0 in the shortest time. Basically the bike Got up to 100 and stopped before the corvette even got to 100. If you want the ultimate road vehicle a bike is definitely the way to go!!


Posted by: Jon K.---------------------

I ran a dragstrip for quads (in a previous life). The bored, stroked, alcohol plus nitrous burning Banshees were turning 4.2 in 300 feet. On dirt. On a good night. I think the world record is 4.11. The bikes that we had (mostly normal dirtbikes) were not nearly as fast. In the five and six second range.
Funny; the custom quads with the nitro burning four-cylinder engines were not as fast. They would shake the ground, throw dirt 100 feet or so, and make a whole boatload of noise, but generaly speaking, those darn Banshees would get to the finish first. Every once in a while, though, someone would manage to get a four-cylinder quad hooked up and going straight, and they were also in the low 4's.
And I have a Kawasaki 175 F-7 that will go a hunert' and twenty easy!!


Posted by: dave186---------------------

I have a G-Tech performance meter, and Im going to try it on my bike. I just need to figure out a 12v power source and a place to mount it! Im not certain it will work though, the vibration might mess it up. My truck does the 1/4 in 18.36 @ 76mph! impressive isnt it


Posted by: mxvet101---------------------

It was 85 when dirt rider ran the CR500 1/4 mile bike...geared with the tallest gearing availible ran 12.5 in the 1/4...dont remember the speed..but they also took off the front fender and radiator shrouds


Posted by: whitesands26---------------------

Another poster commented about the new busa's being restricted and they indeed are limited to a top speed of 186.....But there are devices that allow you to set the bike to the same settings as the 99' model.....
Some of the 250 and 500 2stroke road racing bikes are capable of 160 and 180 mph respectively..Pretty impressive for their size


Posted by: JPIVEY---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by nephron
Cam, Destry hits 100 all the time in Lucerne, but I can't remember what his gearing is there.



Most of the guys are runnig 15/45-47 , 100mph on a 500 is everyday stuff for these guys


Posted by: mx547---------------------

Quote:
Originally posted by HomeMadeSin

I plan to dual purpose my CR500 and I have every intention of trying out a 1/4 mile.  I'm not sure if the insurance nazis would allow a strip to let me run it, but we'll see.


i was told the strip here (tulsa, ok) would allow you to race any bike just as long as you had a helmet and leathers.



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