1/4 Mile w/5th gen

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    jkimbro New Member

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    I'm a member of a car club (100mphclub.com) and their 1/4 mile track rental was today. On a whim, I hopped on the bike to see what'd happen.

    'twas quite a rush taking off on the that tacky surface and trying to keep the front wheel down. :)

    Anyway, ended up running an 11.8 @ 114. Not too shabby...I said before I ran that I'd be happy if I could get it into the 11's...and I am. :)
     
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    wow, impressive. Just to be curious, what was your reaction time? And was the bike faster than the cars?
     
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    ran 3 times, and got progressively quicker & faster...

    1st pass
    0.2351 - RT
    2.1152 - 60'
    5.2383 - 330'
    7.8367 - 1/8th
    94.16 - 1/8th mph
    10.1448 - 1000 ft
    105.53 - 1000 ft mph
    12.1183 - 1/4 ET
    111.55 - 1/4 MPH

    2nd pass
    0.1375 - RT
    1.9889 - 60'
    5.1156 - 330'
    7.7194 - 1/8 ET
    94.16 - 1/8 MPH
    10.0338 - 1000ft
    104.92 - 1000ft mph
    12.0161 - 1/4 ET
    112.78 - 1/4 MPH

    3rd Pass
    0.3329 - RT
    1.9563 - 60'
    5.0487 - 330'
    7.6382 - 1/8 ET
    94.62 - 1/8 MPH
    9.9342 - 1000ft
    105.83 - 1000ft mph
    11.8984 - 1/4 ET
    114.04 - 1/4 MPH

    There were a couple of faster cars there, but they wouldn't let cars/bikes race each other.

    At the end a guy on a Kawasaki 636 wanted to race, so I raced him. After the 1/8th I was winning by 3 seconds, so I let off and ran a 13.22 at 72mph. lol Felt bad for the guy. He ended up running a 14.88 at 106...with a horrible start, and a mis shift.
     
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    If that's a good time, makes me feel better about my time I just ran tonight. First time ever at the track, best run was a 12.03 on my 92 vfr. I will be back.
     
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    I ran 12.2's - 12.4's on my old 4th gen. One of these days I'll get the 5th gen for a few passes.

    MD
     
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    check your chain to see how much it stretched doing all those launches.
     
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    It's a brand new RK chain...has about 1000 miles on it, and I didn't really do any "launching" as you can tell by my 60' times. lol
     
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    I've only run the VFR on the 1/4 once. My best was 11.23 @ 121.7MPH.

    VFR's were not made to drag race so I see no reason to do so again.

    KC-10 FE out...
    :plane: :usa2:
     
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    Same here...I won't go back, just curious of what she'd do....and I know she'd go faster, but I had no desire to launch her really hard.
     
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    That's pretty damn good KC - close to what the moto rags report.

    I'd like to run mine for 3 or 4 passes and then I'm done. I like to run every "new" bike I get just a couple times to see what it will do. Then I'm done till the next bike.

    MD

    Hmmmmm - I feel a sportrider search coming on......
     
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    It is super fun to jackrabbit, I have always been curious about the actual numbers.
    Thanks for showing us the Profeassional Driver on a Closed Course version.
     
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    Not to start a mines better than yours war but.....
    did anybody else notice the 5th gen wasa faster than two 6th gens in those tests?
     
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    Nope, didnt notice...........

    MD
     
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    Goes against what mother Honda would have us believe.....
     
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    Pot Stirrer!!
     
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    LOL, can't help myself. Love the RWB 6th gens if that helps :hug:
     
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    Look at the 60-80 and the 80-100 times if you really want to be sad...
     
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    Interesting that the 60-80 is slower than the 80-100 on the '98 vfr.
     
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    ...here we go...
    we should have a pot stirring smilie
     
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