Drag racing

[Ashaman]

Gonna head up with some old racing buddies to Bandimere tomorrow night. We all used to race Mustangs, but I think there'll only be one Mustang there out of 5-6 of us. Anyway, this will be my first time dragging a bike so it'll be interesting. I'll post up with results. What do you all think I'll run? Track elevation is 5800', bike is more or less stock, and I weigh probably 200 with boots and gear.

 

[GreasyC]

Do we win a prize if we guess the closest? I'll put my chip on 14.5

 

[hotdog]

15 flat......

 

[racerdave]

14.89 with a 6

 

[jd750ace]

First timer? 15.2

 

[resto]

I guessing high 15's, especially if the bike has not been rejetted for that altitude and has the normal 17/34 sprocket setup. I think they only ran 14.8 brand new.

 

[jd750ace]

I'm giving it credit for the Martek ignition.

 

[I am Carbon]

I going to go with 15.5
my Triumph Daytona is 50lbs lighter that my XS650 and has almost 3 times the HP and it runs in the 12s 1/4 miles

 

[resto]

This thread is starting to sound like the TV show on the Speed channel called Pass Time.

All we need is a short video of the bike doing a burnout. To quote the host Brett Wagner : "the burnout tells no lies.........."

Now if we could only have the best guesser winning a $100.................

 

[Derek]

9 seconds.

~ Derek

 

[ReycleBill]

Closest without going over wins? 16 seconds!

 

[Reid]

Gonna head up with some old racing buddies to Bandimere tomorrow night. We all used to race Mustangs, but I think there'll only be one Mustang there out of 5-6 of us. Anyway, this will be my first time dragging a bike so it'll be interesting. I'll post up with results. What do you all think I'll run? Track elevation is 5800', bike is more or less stock, and I weigh probably 200 with boots and gear.

Tip of the day
Crank up to 1/2 throttle once staged, when you leave let the clutch out just fast enough to keep the tire down, and be a full by the time the clutch lever is at its end.

I spent years and thousands of dollars trying to learn that with my old drag bike, and learned it in one night playing around on a buell

15.80 btw 2.00 60ft

 

[burns]

Closest without going over wins? 16 seconds!

sixteen point 1

 

[jefft]

16.5
jefft

 

[cliff604]

First timer = Giant wheelstand wipeout another dented tank and a walk of shame off the track Have Fun

 

[jd750ace]

Black marks on the divider wall Cliff?

 

[Ashaman]

Well, get ready to laugh. It was Club Clash (bracket racing) so I didn't get to go round and round like a T&T night. Traffic was hellacious so I got to the track late and only got one time run. I bogged hard off the line and then, for pretty much the first time ever, could not get it into second gear! That run was an 18.401 @ 69.31mph. Fucking ridiculous. Based on that I had no idea what to dial, so I put 16.22 and hoped for the best. Second run bogged as well, but hit all the gears and lost with a 17.047 @ 76.61mph. My buddy and I rolled most of the way home together, and we went for it on the highway a couple times. He absolutely walked me, like I was standing still, and he's in an '85 Mustang SVO with a ported head, mild hybrid, and exhaust. His license had expired a couple weeks ago so he didn't get to race, but it's probably a mid-14 second car. I know this is vintage iron, and we don't ride these things for the speed, but jesus this thing is sloooooooooooow.

 

[jd750ace]

jefft wins!!!

 

[Tron]

Or the bikes alright, but your slow!


Its all about having fun though right? Haha

 

[GreasyC]

Hehe yeah they're no rocket ship. That said, they could beat a mid 14s car if you really set it up to do it.