Thanks for the details of your story. I enjoy this type of feedback and most people
don't say what they run. ....a 1.83 0-60 is decent. You hit a 1.70 and you are
really doing what the vmax is capable of in terms of a holeshot. Launch around 7-8
grand and feather the clutch. You will get it....
Your trap speed indicates HP. And based on that I would say your bike is a little
low. I was running 121MPH and I'm 210#.....
Take care and Your in Australia right ?
Colorado Phil
"C.O.M.E. Racing" wrote:
> Stan, I thought you might be interested. This weekend I indulged myself. On
> saturday morning I went down to a local dyno shop (Dynojet-150). Asked him to
> do power runs. Peak power was 112hp. This is a bike with 13,500miles on it from
> new, a Mark's 4-2-2 exhaust and absolutely stock needles and jets. I did the
> first dyno run with .025" shims under needles but the power was identical with
> or without and if anything was definitely rich with the shims, which I already
> knew.
> The guy told me that the other V-Maxes he has tested all made a little more
> power than mine even with stock pipes.(about 115-118). He did however comment
> on the power curve being smoother and "dip-less" compared to the others. I saw
> this myself when he screened the runs and overlayed them. I know I should have
> dynoed first with the OEM pipes but Mark's pipe sounds so nice I don't give a
> damn.
> Sunday morning I went out to our local strip, they had a street car meeting
> where bikes are also allowed.
> The conditions were about 83 degrees F. with 35% humidity, and a reasonably
> high barometer (29.90") The density altitude was about 1500ft.
> I left everything on the bike the way I ride it on the street, including
> mirrors, factory backrest and luggage rack, my T-Bag roll bag full of sun
> cream, cell phone, water bottle and a few tools. It weighs about 15lbs. I'm too
> lazy to remove stuff.
> First run: 11.549, 1.839-60ft., 4.839-330ft, 7.434-660ft, 97.30mph-660ft
> 9.650-1000ft, ET-11.549@ 118.56mph.
> Second run: Launched too high rpm (was only about 4000), the bike went skyward
> and I had to get off it, shift up and run 11.954 @119.18mph.
> Third run: probably the best, but the idiots timing equipment malfunctioned and
> there were no times or speeds recorded. I believe it would have been only
> marginally quicker than run #1, maybe an 11.50 or high 11.4.
> The time was getting on so I had to head for home as it's an hour and 15 minute
> ride to home. It was my wifes birthday and I told her I'd be home lunch time, I
> made it and Max still has his clutch and the engine is still alive and well. I
> shifted right on the 9500 mark most times.
> By the way I didn't alter tyre pressures from the street settings I use 36psi
> on the OEM front Dunlop Qualifier and 38psi on a 3/4 worn Avon AM-18 Super
> Venom 150/90V-15 rear. I also did NO burnouts as the track surface was killer
> for hook. Turning the tyres was not even an issue. I did as I always do on race
> days with our cars, walk the track and push the start line rubber with my
> thumb. There's no substitute for experience, I knew all was o.k. Now if I had
> some wheelie bars I would have had a ball.
> Basically I wanted to see what time I could do at will anytime in full street
> trim, frankly it is what I expected. Yes with some more runs I believe an
> average of about 11.2-11.3 is totally feasible with good launches. But the
> first run was done exactly the way I ride at a set of lights on the street,
> leave at idle with only mild clutch slip and hard on the throttle a split
> second later.
> As an interesting sidenote I raced a stock HayaBussss on the first pass his
> numbers are as follows: 2.011-60ft, 4.913-330ft, 7.163-660ft, 110.28mph-660ft,
> 9.091-1000ft, 10.724 ET@ 138.10mph. If you look closely he really only hauled
> me in by just before 1/2 track. True a better rider would have maybe done me in
> sooner, but they are not that easy for the average rider to get off the line
> smoothly without climbing skywards. He was not all that bad but didn't improve
> on several successive runs I saw. He's the more typical street rider I believe.
> In fact he's probably better than most.
> Well I finally raced Max, that was the first time in 22 years I raced a bike at
> the strip, it was fun! But I need my Cutlass, its 7 sec. passes are medicinal
> nessesities for my well being.
>
> Sam Blumenstein #795
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Ross,
> >
> > My best is a 11.282 @ 121.39 with a 1.84 60'. Very shitty 60' time due to a
>
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