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IronCladMax

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Hello, I'm a 27-year-old guy from Colorado and this is the family. My Black 2006 with Kerker 4-1 and stage 7 kit
My dad's Yellow 1994 and Purple 1985 both with superchargers built by his friend Greg Peck who sadly passed away a few years ago
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Since the supercharged VMax'es are still operational they must be well cared-for. That's a great stable of bikes. I bet the local big-bore Suzukis and Kawasaki sportbikes are aware that on a straight line test of acceleration, the VMax with a power-adder is a good run for them.

I bet that on a test of acceleration, the '85 with its '85-'86 OEM 15" rear wheel will have better top-end than the '94 does with its larger-diameter rear wheel & low-profile tire. Anyone want to hazard a guess as to why?
 
I bet that on a test of acceleration, the '85 with its '85-'86 OEM 15" rear wheel will have better top-end than the '94 does with its larger-diameter rear wheel & low-profile tire. Anyone want to hazard a guess as to why?
You should get worse acceleration but higher top speed with a stock rear wheel with either a 150/90 or 170/80 tire mounted, until your running at least a 190/55 tire on a 18" wheel. At that point the diameter will surpass the stock wheel/tire setup. At least according to some spreadsheet I made years ago trying to figure out what size rim and tire to buy
 

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That sounds pretty-accurate.

I've written before about a local guy here in So. FL whose low-profile rear tire & larger-dia. rear wheeled bike which was built by my friend's shop, was passed on top end by a stock VMax even though the bike was supercharged. Yes the supercharged bike was quicker to top-end, but that was below the top end of a stock VMax, due to the shorter-height large dia. wheel/low-profile tire. The guy had bought a lot of high-performance stuff from Jon Cornell, which had been installed by the shop but the top-end result was a shock to him. He called Jon Cornell to comment, "how is this possible?" and then Jon Cornell called the shop owner to tell him about the customer's complaints, and they both had a good laugh over it. Evidently the bike owner hadn't paid much attention to what the mechanic/shop owner had told him, that this would happen. Swapping on an OEM size rear wheel & tire and running that would have showed the bike owner that if aero issues allowed, the stock rear wheel/tire would allow a higher top-end.
 
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