[Shotimes] This is insane!!

[nd4spdsho@cox.net]

There's a guy in town with a built 'Busa putting 383hp to the wheel with a turbo.  He's done a GPS measured 240mph which was not top speed.  He's my hero!

Z
> 
> From: "John Phillis" <jphillis68@hotmail.com>
> Date: 2002/11/20 Wed PM 12:41:19 EST
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] This is insane!!
> 
> upon furthur scrutiny, and further examination into the bike, as I do ride 
> the rice in my scarce spare time, the hayabusa, in 1999 set a guinness book 
> of world records. also found a couple sights with hayabusa.org, in which 
> people complain that they only were able to get up to 200 mph after adding 
> the turbo mod and the gsp switches.
> if you ask me, 230-400 hp, on a turbo'd model with a vehicle dry weight of 
> 479lbs, almost insinuates that the purchaser/rider/design team either have
> 
> a)suicidal tendencies
> b) extremely large testicles
> c) need for adrenaline
> d) really really severe windburn
> e) all of the above
> 
> I used to fly a piper cherokee 140.  it had 140 hp, and a top speed of 
> 130mph, or approximately what speed this guy was still holding a wheelie at, 
> in the "top end" video. theoretically, if given a large enough straight 
> stretch of open highway, you could outrun a police helicopter, possibly 
> while pulling wheelies.  :-)
> 
> just really impressed over here.
> 
> 
> 
> From: BJamesjr@aol.com
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] This is insane!!
> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:48:22 -0500
> 
>  > Upon closer scrutiny, I went to this guys site: www.superkaos.com and got 
> a
>  > better look at his speedo:
>  > http://www.superkaos.com/sales/DSC01699.JPG or my
>  > site: http://www.alltel.net/~nottingham/sho/busa.jpg
>  >
>  > It IS in MPH, with KPH in the smaller circle.
> 
> At least they warn you with red numbers that going over 190mph is dangerous. 
>    :-)
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