Currently, old twins and triples, such as Triumph and HD are the
Kings of speed on the salt, I can talk smack, but that is all it is,
those
older tech powerplants can really put the power down in an effective way
and put punks like me to shame, Some of you guys have ridden more in a
year than I have in a lifetime, I assure you, I know my place toward
the bottom
of the totem pole
life is good
Joe :)
Clay, Dale wrote:
>Jon,
>
>You are exactly right, Jon. I've ridden a ZX10 and it was amazing.
>Incredible performance and a pussy cat too. With a four you're beginning at
>a very performance level and turbos & nitrous can be run on an otherwise
>pretty stock bike for truly amazing performance. You and Joe have "paid
>your dues" and know how to do it.
>
>A bike that can spin the wheel for a half mile and reach 234 MPH in one mile
>doesn't sound like my idea of a street bike. Cycle World has done several
>shoot outs for fastest bike and they were pretty much in that 230 MPH range
>and they all appeared pretty radical.
>
>All my bikes have been twin cylinder bikes, which start out at a pretty low
>performance level and have limited potential when compared to a four. In
>order to get a twin to approach the performance of a four you've got to get
>pretty radical. Too radical, sometimes, to still ride on the street. I
>read Joe's post about taking his daughter to school on his 200+ bike and
>complemented him on doing it!
>
>I've got no problem with any of this. I choose twins because that's what I
>like. Just like some guys want to run flatheads & Arduns when that's not
>the fastest or the easiest way. Vive la difference!
>
>Dale C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Amo [mailto:webmaster@landracing.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:25 PM
> To: ardunbill@webtv.net
> Cc: Joe Amo; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Maxton
>
> Cheerfull Bill,
>
> One of those bikes runs with stock cams, low compression,
>pump gas and
> runs 223+ on the salt. Set record on the salt then took home
>and took
> daughter to schoool on it. Hows that for a street/race
>bike????
>
> Jon
>
> ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:
>
> >Joe, what are these two 220+ unblown gas bikes like riding
>on the
> >street? Sky-high compression, race gas, all-out cams,
>racing exhaust
> >system, would usually mean something nobody could bear to
>ride on the
> >road. Cheers Bill
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