mymax04
Well-Known Member
On my way home last night stopped at the gas station & on my way out here comes this zx 14. Now we all know the max is fast & this is my first bike but anytime one goes by my work place my head turns to see what it is. I guess im just a bike lover always have been & if I dont see them then you can bet my 3 year old will point it out. Anyhow Ive seen this bike go by on a daily basis for about a month & knew just by the sound that it was on the list of "faster than mine" so here he is next to me pulling his helmet off. Usually it is my bike that is the conversation starter but not this time. I dont know if I am saying this right but the first thing I noticed was that it took about 30 seconds after the bike was shut off for the turbo to spool down? (stop spinning) so we started talking first about exhaust. the sound of a bike has always got me. I cant remember what he said it was... started with mish or something, been around since the 70's he said. then it was horse power. Dont quote me (my memory sucks) 370! This thing is a freakin MONSTER. 17 pounds of boost... crazy...we talked for about 1/2 hour. I know im leaving alot out but he said hes taking it to texas (motorspeedway?) soon to try and do 220mph. to make a long story short Im sure some people have seen or at least heard about bikes like this but this is apparently state of the art stuff & it still has me kind of worked up so I thought I would share. Ill get more facts and some links in the future. & even having that bike he was still impressed with the soud of mine & said that it was no slouch.... B.S mine is a boat anchor compared to his. we'll see when we go riding. Exciting huh?