Mr Hayabusa & that Sabine bird...

[podman]

met up and had a thrash..."Mr Hayabusa" is funny enough but said in German its even more amusing..

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cILugf4-6Jw

[RizzoTheRat]

Not only would I have not thought a 'busa would make a particulalry quick track bike, but WTF has she got under the bonnet of that merc, he didn't even pull away off the line!

[Urban_Ninja]

its a DTM CSL AMG i think, pretty beefy cars imo

think touring cars

800bph? or 800 kg of torque, on or the other, my german is a bit rusty

Edited by Urban_Ninja on Monday 19th January 18:03

[DaleJ]

what a beard.

[daver777]

she says 582PS i think...

[Dudd]

She'd get it.

Mr Hyabusa wouldn't

You can't quantify some things...

[Xenocide]

Hai-a-booosaaar

[podman]

RizzoTheRat said:

Not only would I have not thought a 'busa would make a particulalry quick track bike, but WTF has she got under the bonnet of that merc, he didn't even pull away off the line!

My take on that was he delibratly didnt give it everything off the line on purpose for the sake of the film...

Busa's handle very well for their size, the brakes are maginal but I passed many a sportsbike rider on mine at Rockingham..On an open A road there a match for anything.

[lawrence567]

Off Topic - But was'nt the current ring record broken recently by a biker?

[iguana]

lawrence567 said:

Off Topic - But was'nt the current ring record broken recently by a biker?

Nope not a chance.

[lawrence567]

Ah ok i read this on a forum the end of Oct last year...

Just been set by Andy Carlisle on the Fast Bikes GSXR600 K6 (or K7, it's nicely trick). Which has had a certain amount of black magic engine trickery done.

7:17. On shot tyres. As usual. Probably found em' in a skip.

Followed by a 110mph high-side.

He's ok apparently, scant details at the moment. I'm hoping his on-bike video setup was working, as he's got a good, discreet, HD cam set up with front and rear cameras.

Won't officially count unless it's filmed or data logged i'm led to believe. Fingers crossed

[iguana]

Yes I know Andy C & thats a BTG time so not a full lap, but indeed with that worked out should be swifter that Helmut Dähne the official full lap record holder at 7.49 (way back in 1993 on an RC30!)

However still somewhat off the fastest car lap at 6.11 eh.

[lawrence567]

Ah right i dont really know much about the ring, just saw it on another forum so posted it over here.

[fergus]

Urban_Ninja said:

its a DTM CSL AMG i think, pretty beefy cars imo

think touring cars

800bph? or 800 kg of torque, on or the other, my german is a bit rusty

Edited by Urban_Ninja on Monday 19th January 18:03

Not a toring car as such (about 400kg too heavy for a start), but a 'DTM' edition of one of the hardcore AMG mercs. Around 582 PS and about 800NM of torque. Plus, Sabine is a tad handy behind the wheel. The busa was partly slow off the line, plus had to wait for his turbo to spool up. Even given the bike's mass, he didn't look particularly fast. entertaining though, especially his 'tache/goatee combo.

bit worrying to see him pop it up, then lock the front end, come to a standstill, then remove his lid - i.e. helmet not strapped on....?