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316 kmh on a ZX9.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:02 am
by zzzak
"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.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:35 am
by Saki
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:25 pm
by ozx6r
not bad! cant believe its legal to run no zorst over there
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:06 pm
by Wattie
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.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:06 pm
by Cath
Not bad for a sports-tourer
Ya gotta luv the 9
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:41 pm
by robracer
Cath wrote:Not bad for a sports-tourer
Ya gotta luv the 9
mmm turbo'd 636
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:55 pm
by Cath
robracer wrote:
mmm turbo'd 636
Mmmmmm.
Hoffy'd never catch me then, even if he wore his hi-vis vest!
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:12 pm
by Neka79
hehehe love it...
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:44 pm
by Stretchy
Not that impressive considering the amount of work done.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:57 pm
by robracer
Stretchy wrote:Not that impressive considering the amount of work done.
279hp not impressive
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:11 pm
by Wattie
with standard wheelbase, i wouldn't want much more power than that
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:40 pm
by hoffy
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
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:59 pm
by ZX12RDrew
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 .
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:16 pm
by Burky
Nasho would be interesting,, to say the least!!!!
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:40 pm
by mrmina
nice.... i want one
