Thinking of whacking a turbo on your bike?

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Thinking of whacking a turbo on your bike?

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This crazy company has gone an turboed all sorts of bikes...

http://www.metalspeed.co.jp/sub3.eng.html

I reckon the zzr1100 looks pretty phat :!:
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That's just crazy!! They have bastardised those bikes a LOT, I mean, I used to have an EL250 that resembled http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/123586/ (got the photos online just cant remember the url) and it barely looks like the one in the photo aside from the headlamp.
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Try these guys.

http://www.sandrpro.com/turbo%20kits.htm

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Turbos so rock. If the 7 was injected I would consider it.
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HemiDuty wrote:Turbos so rock. If the 7 was injected I would consider it.
If you go to the right place with the right cash they'll add injection when they fit the turbo or nitros, but the lag makes the bike quite unpredictable on the road - delayed engine braking and too harsh on the powerband can lead to all sorts of problems. A good grin on the drag strip though.
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Yeah Mike I have looked at N2O, possibility down the track, but turbos just have IT. I think it is possible to set up a system without too much lag, but the $$$ is the main worry. Seems so much easier on cars....
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I must say I saw a turbo bike on a dyno at a bike show in England, and the farker was doing burnouts on the rolling road :shock:

It didn't win most powerful bike of the day compotition though. That went to a tricked up Yamahardly V=Max with 1400cc bigbore, oversized cam, big bucket valves, gas flowed, polished and ported, injection and nitros. It managed some 400bhp at the rear and blew a standard Busa on the drag strip.
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