316 kmh on a ZX9.

zzzak · Post by **zzzak** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:02 am

"A few minutes later Guthrie returns to the line on another of his motorcycles, this one an insanely fast Kawasaki ZX-9R turbo. Street legal and with a stock wheelbase, turn signals and a license plate, this Ninja looks tame at first. But underneath the bodywork lurks a Mr. Turbo kit turned up to 24 pounds of boost, which helps kick out 279 rear-wheel horsepower on pump gasoline. Just before the run, Pollack mentions some problems he's been having with this machine--it seems the bike has been lifting the front wheel at around 190 mph lately, forcing him to shut down early, but the bike has run over 200 mph on occasion. The bike runs progressively faster throughout the day, but the handling gremlins keep the final best top speed to 197.684 mph. But never mind--the Ninja isn't really meant to be a land-speed racer--Guthrie is an ex-roadracer, and this is actually his Sunday-morning streetbike!"

Sauce.

Saki · Post by **Saki** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:35 am

LOL i looked at the pic thinking, wats so special about that bike.. its green i spose, then i read on adn see Turbo... then BAM!

there she is!!

ozx6r · Post by **ozx6r** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:25 pm

not bad! cant believe its legal to run no zorst over there

Post by **Wattie** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:06 pm

turbo counts as one muffler.

your streetbike only requires 1 muffler. (i could be wrong)

i remember this when Natli did a turbo buell, it was hell loud, then they whacked the turbo on and it was pretty quiet.

Cath · Post by **Cath** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:06 pm

Not bad for a sports-tourer

Ya gotta luv the 9

Post by **robracer** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:41 pm

Cath wrote:Not bad for a sports-tourer

Ya gotta luv the 9

mmm turbo'd 636

Cath · Post by **Cath** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:55 pm

robracer wrote: mmm turbo'd 636

Mmmmmm.

Hoffy'd never catch me then, even if he wore his hi-vis vest!

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:12 pm

hehehe love it...

Stretchy · Post by **Stretchy** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:44 pm

Not that impressive considering the amount of work done.

Post by **robracer** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:57 pm

Stretchy wrote:Not that impressive considering the amount of work done.

279hp not impressive

Post by **Wattie** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:11 pm

with standard wheelbase, i wouldn't want much more power than that

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:40 pm

Cath wrote:
robracer wrote: mmm turbo'd 636

Mmmmmm.

Hoffy'd never catch me then, even if he wore his hi-vis vest!

MMMM.....Maybe....

We could have a visibility contest...me with high vis vest and you in your new pink leathers when you get them

ZX12RDrew · Post by **ZX12RDrew** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:59 pm

With a stock wheelbase that is a big handfull it's hard work on the busa with it at 300hp and its alot bigger than a 9 . It's good to see some turbo Kawasaki's .

Burky · Post by **Burky** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:16 pm

Nasho would be interesting,, to say the least!!!!

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:40 pm

nice.... i want one