modnrod
Well-Known Member
Gday all.
I ran my stock 1987 model last March, literally 60km after I bought it (as you do.....). That's when I found out the V-boost didn't work, the front brake didn't hold it still very well in the water, and my 2nd gear jumps very occasionally. Oh well. Still, she did 12.4 @ 105 with easy 1.8's in the 60, so went home for winter and plotted and schemed.....
Went to the track yesterday to see what she'd do. Excuses 1st (coz I'm a bit red-faced at the times........), the track prep was crap, 60fters for most of us were .25 slower than normal with lots of tyre hazing and spinning, my old bias-ply IRC 150/90's had 30psi, my left hand hurt from the 200mile ride to the track, uuuhhhmmmmmm, my pet dog has a cold, etc, etc.
Averages for about 10 runs as follows.......
60ft 1.93 (best 1.91)
660 7.7 @ 95 (best 7.64)
1/4 11.90 @ 116 (best 11.84 @ 117)
A few things to note. The 60ft is shite, really shite, but even rolling in the throttle after a smooth 2000 take-off resulted in spinning up, I couldn't use more than 2/3 in 1st gear, then short-shifted into 2nd at 7000. Friends who run lo-1.6's all day on Gen2 Vmax's and slammed 'Busa's couldn't get below 1.75. The MPS quickshift I've used on 4 bikes now seems to not work on the Vmax sometimes :confused2:. 117mph for a stocker with no jet kit, just little 3/8 holes drilled into the end-caps I think is pretty stout, at least I find it surprising.
I was hoping for mid-11's @ 115, so with track prep that's a snap. I've been racing streeters now for about 10 years, after a previous 15 running altered's and long-bikes, and I reckon this little hotrod is the most controllable streeter I've sat on, really easy to modulate throttle. My clutch hand is stuffed from an accident, so eventually I'm going lock-up or preferably EFM autoclutch, but was still easy to dial up 4000 and slip it for 10ft.
BLOODY GOOD FUN!!!:clapping:Won a few rounds too! (until a .004 redlight....)
Over the next fortnight until the next meet.........flat bars instead of the "Harley-style" buckhorns, hopefully rearsets (1" lower and 2" back), put a strap on the front, let the rear down to 20lbs, and then with track prep........well, lets see!
unk:
I ran my stock 1987 model last March, literally 60km after I bought it (as you do.....). That's when I found out the V-boost didn't work, the front brake didn't hold it still very well in the water, and my 2nd gear jumps very occasionally. Oh well. Still, she did 12.4 @ 105 with easy 1.8's in the 60, so went home for winter and plotted and schemed.....
Went to the track yesterday to see what she'd do. Excuses 1st (coz I'm a bit red-faced at the times........), the track prep was crap, 60fters for most of us were .25 slower than normal with lots of tyre hazing and spinning, my old bias-ply IRC 150/90's had 30psi, my left hand hurt from the 200mile ride to the track, uuuhhhmmmmmm, my pet dog has a cold, etc, etc.
Averages for about 10 runs as follows.......
60ft 1.93 (best 1.91)
660 7.7 @ 95 (best 7.64)
1/4 11.90 @ 116 (best 11.84 @ 117)
A few things to note. The 60ft is shite, really shite, but even rolling in the throttle after a smooth 2000 take-off resulted in spinning up, I couldn't use more than 2/3 in 1st gear, then short-shifted into 2nd at 7000. Friends who run lo-1.6's all day on Gen2 Vmax's and slammed 'Busa's couldn't get below 1.75. The MPS quickshift I've used on 4 bikes now seems to not work on the Vmax sometimes :confused2:. 117mph for a stocker with no jet kit, just little 3/8 holes drilled into the end-caps I think is pretty stout, at least I find it surprising.
I was hoping for mid-11's @ 115, so with track prep that's a snap. I've been racing streeters now for about 10 years, after a previous 15 running altered's and long-bikes, and I reckon this little hotrod is the most controllable streeter I've sat on, really easy to modulate throttle. My clutch hand is stuffed from an accident, so eventually I'm going lock-up or preferably EFM autoclutch, but was still easy to dial up 4000 and slip it for 10ft.
BLOODY GOOD FUN!!!:clapping:Won a few rounds too! (until a .004 redlight....)
Over the next fortnight until the next meet.........flat bars instead of the "Harley-style" buckhorns, hopefully rearsets (1" lower and 2" back), put a strap on the front, let the rear down to 20lbs, and then with track prep........well, lets see!
unk:
