I just want to start off by saying this is a great site. I have been reading this forum for a while but I just registered today. There is alot of good info here with some sick cars. Anyway here goes my first post. I was cruisin up to the parts store with my brother and up comes three bikes. This is the first time I have encountered any bikes and wanted a go at it. So these guys just cruise past me while the road opens up and all just get on it at the same time. I drop it in third and am right behind them the whole time. We all let off after about 120 and they still didnt notice me there so I wait till the road opens again and swing past them in the fast lane giving them an earfull of my bypass valve. I dont know if they heard it with the wind and their helmets and all but they just looked over and did not attempt to get me. I then continued to cruise and they are falling behind me thinking to myself they dont want to run. So I exit onto rt 287s which is a great highway to run on and here they come all right behind me. SO the first guy gets right on my ass and i downshifted to let him know and just smoked this guy. I let off and I see in the rearview the guy shaking his head to the rider next to him and then switching to the slow lane waving his buddy on to race next. I guess he couldnt hang. not sure what bike it was though. So I get in the middle lane waiting for his buddy to come up. He does, i look at him he looks at me and we go from about 60-65mph. I had him by 1.5 -2 cars up to the top of 4th into fifth. I let off as soon as i shifted into fifth so we were going about 140 maybe. He then comes up next to me and gives the thumbs up and the nod and return it to him. I knew it was a kawasaki but not the model. I followed them off the next exit and talked to the guy. We asked him what bike it was but could not hear him but we heard 900 cc and saw ZX-9 on the side of the bike. THe guy said to us that thing is quick as shit, what is in it and i told him a single. We themn waved by and were off. I was pretty pumped but did not know how fast these bikes are. It looked pretty new maybe mid to late 90's? any ideas?
ZX-9 how fast? I just smoked one.
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Thats always pretty cool to either beat a bike no matter what year it is or hang with them at least for a bit. Sounds like you had tons of fun there and good guys to go against. Anyways welcome to the site and congrats!!! :beer:
Btw what kind of setup are you running including your suspension?
Btw what kind of setup are you running including your suspension?
Yeah it was fun for sure. First time against a bike. I have a t64 on a stock longblock running 18-20psi with alky injection. For suspension I have the bullitt lowering kit, lower control arms, subframes and nitto drags.
Damn, must haul ass for sure! How about gearing?
turbo94gt said:
You don't rev it past 5k? That is where your turbo is going to start to shine... something dosent add up.
I have stock 3.08s out back so the car has some good top end. I think my car should be at around 530-550 rwhp at 20psi. There are a few guys on turbomustangs that have the stock longblock at 16psi and make 500rwhp and 600rwt, so I am basing my numbers off of theirs.Tman said:
Could you outrun a 1000hp Viper?
2 things. Where are you in NJ, and I'll be happy to host your pics. Just send them to [email protected] .
A bike slower than that ZX9 ran a 1000hp viper all the way up to 150mph. It's in Road and Track this month.turbo94gt said:
You ran into a shit rider.
The MVAgusta doesn't put out that much. It's quoted vs. Real. It's maybe 160ish to the wheel and geared taller than the Ninja.turbo94gt said:
the ZX9s ran 10.20s in the quarter all day. Kawis are known for being fast.
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