European drag race finals at Santa Pod today.
Discussion
Thanks hodgy for the info, i pretty much knew the score, but it always seems strange when someone loses for going too fast!
I am very average at getting fast reaction times, although i also prefer a safe start to a red, so that might explain why the bike never went better than 10.7, yet i had several high 130s terminals and one of 142.
It was a 2000 Suzuki Hyabusa, stock engine, Yoshimura full exhaust system, stock air box with no filter and a Power Commander for the fuelling. It had 158 bhp at the rear wheel on the dyno. and weighed 205 kgs. Not a great ptw ratio, as my R1 had the same sort of power for 165 kgs, but the Hyabusa was easier to drag race for some reason, less prone to try and flip!
I suppose for a reliable, use every day street vehicle, 0-142 in 10.7 seconds is pretty good, it certainly takes something special on 4 wheels to do it!
How long does the Veyron take to reach 150 i wonder?
I am very average at getting fast reaction times, although i also prefer a safe start to a red, so that might explain why the bike never went better than 10.7, yet i had several high 130s terminals and one of 142.
It was a 2000 Suzuki Hyabusa, stock engine, Yoshimura full exhaust system, stock air box with no filter and a Power Commander for the fuelling. It had 158 bhp at the rear wheel on the dyno. and weighed 205 kgs. Not a great ptw ratio, as my R1 had the same sort of power for 165 kgs, but the Hyabusa was easier to drag race for some reason, less prone to try and flip!
I suppose for a reliable, use every day street vehicle, 0-142 in 10.7 seconds is pretty good, it certainly takes something special on 4 wheels to do it!
How long does the Veyron take to reach 150 i wonder?
I just found some Bugatti Veyron figures.
0-60 in 2.9. 0-100 in 5.9. 0-150 in 11.0.
Almost a mirror image of 0-142 in 10.7 i reckon!
The car's times were achieved with a very experienced racer, so my old £4000 hack would have seen it off with someone better than me off the start line.
0-60 in 2.9. 0-100 in 5.9. 0-150 in 11.0.
Almost a mirror image of 0-142 in 10.7 i reckon!
The car's times were achieved with a very experienced racer, so my old £4000 hack would have seen it off with someone better than me off the start line.
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