[Shotimes] FW: 100 to 180 MPH in ~3 secs

[Joseph Facer]

>After seeing a basically stock-appearing (with a stock exhaust) Busa hitting
>156-159 trap speeds in the 1/4 (and this is with walking it out of the hole
>on street tires), a turbo Busa cracking off runs like that seems easily
>believable.
>When an old 95 HP or so bike like mine has pretty fierce acceleration, I
>can't even imagine how strong some of the newer bikes run!!


         I do an AFM (American Federation of Motorcyclists) New Racer 
seminar at Thunderhill where the SF Bay Area SHO Convention track event 
will take place next year.  I take my stock CBR 929 street bike on three 
year old street tires out onto the track and pretty much tip toe around the 
course and come out of the last turn onto the front straight down 10 MPH 
from racing pace.  I still hit an indicated 145 MPH and the bike is still 
accelerating hard when I shut down way early for Turn One. It will give you 
a new perspective on fast when you do the event next year.  It's a whole 
other world on two wheels.




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                            Joe  Facer   AFM  #237