Street Superbikes racing - Aprilia RS, Suzuki GSXR ,Suzuki Hayabusa, Ducati, H2R Kawasaki Ninja, Yamaha R1, BMW 1000RR, top speed, acceleration of sports bikes.
My 2017 Ducati Panigale 1299s 398 lbs, last of the big twin, ran a 9.80153 mph, A handful without launch control. 198 horse on the Dyno. My 2021Ducati Street Fighter 1103 V4s, 415 lbs 9.54 155 mph. 207 rear wheel horse. Both have Akrapovic Titanium race exhaust, MAP and low restriction air filter. Used and abused daily, my every day transportation all year. Several track days a year. I'm 175 lbs, 73 years old !!
A lot depends on the rider at green light, but when both have clean starts, Busa is awesome. I saw one at 9.85 and other out of focus, but it appeared to be 9.18. thats quick.
Well these are amateurs, only one way to learn but you would think they would watch a race or two in an effort to not look too ignorant. Makes you wonder why they are running pro lights though.
Bike riders don't really need to know much about drag racing to absolutely walk any car on the quarter mile. That's just how big the weight advantage of sports bikes are. With the grip spray they have on those tracks partially equalizing the grip advantage (due to weight) of cars, the bike riders don't even need to try. That's why they don't know that much. In their experience, they just rolled up on their squid missiles, lined up the way the ref told them to, then humiliated that Dodge Demon guy.
not exactly true these days when your four door Mercedes GT 63 has over 600 hp. Cars pulling 11's are a dime a dozen now so you have to be pulling 10's. @@sorashirogami1729
I had a panagale when they came out but got 1999 hayabusa turbo for drag events its still road legal too and being 1999 ppl think pilr of junk as I have all my old fairing on everything not to make it stand out still I'll freshen up over winter I got a 8 sec at 174 mph at santa pod uk so there's plenty to go I've had 185 on the Mexico motorway
The only thing I hate about drag race are the camera angles... :| they should have cameras on bikes, in the middle of the track, in front of the bikes, etc...
The Kawasakis ( H2, H2R) have brutal power and hence the inevitable wheelies! A rider who can buck that and correct for balance minutely will skin any rival in this field in short order. The Busas also offered decent performance ( or is it the riders?)
I see that it doesn't matter so much the bike, it's the rider... Watching my favorite bike lose the race is terrible maybe his CBR was RR(Race -Ready) Yet the rider wasn't /:
that stretched out Hayabusa got a horrible launch, dropped throttle and still had a better 1/8 time. Typically, you drop throttle completely and your race is over.
Most of them have it writen on the side. 😅 Some of the featers never change, such as R1 mantis looking front, chunky Hayabusa back + Japanese big letters on side.
