HighWay Race with a Bike!!!!!!

[Stang Runner]

me and my brother are crusing Slowly on the highway Taking it EZ and A Bike Pulls up and Drops it down gear. and takes off gets a few cars on me I go to 4th and start to gain on him it is a Older mid 80's bike 750 not that fast... well I did not press him much let off next his friend Pulls up in a New looking Bike 1000cc on ithe looks over I drop it in to 3nd and Let it rip. We where going about 60mph I took it threw 3nd and then to about 5400rpms in 4th thats about 120Mph well he did not pull on me he fell back to my rear tires he did not lose any ground more than that tho But I will Call it a KIll hehehe. He was giving it all he had too....... It might have been the Rider that saved me for there was 2 on the bike.. I am Sure he would have took me had he only been on the bike But Heack I will Take WHAT I CAN thats the frist Kill with the Motor well Heads.....

[Hyper92GT]

Nice, it is always fun to try a bike on the highway. But, if that was a 1000cc he would have killed you if he was trying, passenger or no.
From your mods he prob left it in 6th gear and rolled on. I have raced my friends R1 and GSXR750 from rolls in their 2nd-6th gears, the R1 stays with me in 6th, bearly, in 5th pulls slowly in 4th kills me, the other two make it look like I threw out the boat anchor.
Anyway, not doubting you fun, just remember a litre bike will kill most cars on the street - especially from a roll.
later
mike

[Stang Runner]

Both riders were well over 350-400Lbs my car is light as well 2900Lbs I will see about the Hp soon getting it to the dyno in a few weeks But It Flys on the Highway!!!

he would have won EZ had the rider not been there.

[Unit 5302]

Originally posted by Hyper92GT
Nice, it is always fun to try a bike on the highway. But, if that was a 1000cc he would have killed you if he was trying, passenger or no.
From your mods he prob left it in 6th gear and rolled on. I have raced my friends R1 and GSXR750 from rolls in their 2nd-6th gears, the R1 stays with me in 6th, bearly, in 5th pulls slowly in 4th kills me, the other two make it look like I threw out the boat anchor.
Anyway, not doubting you fun, just remember a litre bike will kill most cars on the street - especially from a roll.
later
mike

Bikes are a lot weaker from a highway roll than they are from a dead stop or street start. Take my FZR. It's no bad boy of the motorcycle world, but with a kick *** rider, it could see the 11's. My near stock 87GT can stay neck and neck with it from a highway roll. Bikes get most of their advantage from a dead stop. When you add a second rider, race weight can really jump. An old 750 might weigh 600lbs. Add two riders, now it weighs 900lbs. Probably about 75rwhp, 900lbs = 12:1 weight to hp. Take a mild modded 5.0. Say it's a coupe at 3150lbs with driver. 220rwhp. 14.3:1. A couple points can be pretty substantial, but bikes aren't exactly real aerodynamic in a lot of cases either. If you do the example above with say a early 90's 600 you get 800lbs with two riders, and 60rwhp stock. Now you're looking at a power to weight of 13.3:1. The 1000cc bikes are pretty much untouchable for most cars. Even the weaker ones now put out 100rwhp easy.

[Stang Runner]

it did not look Like a really new one But it was a 1000c one tho

[Hyper92GT]

All valid points, and I dont want to get into the car vs bike thing BUT.
1. Power to weight plays less of a factor at speed
2. My car has over 300 at the wheels and I get KILLED by both the GSXR750 and R1 if they decide to shift into 2nd or third on the highway - it is not even funny how hard they pull me. End of story.
Come on, I have seen, ridden and owned powerful bikes, if they do 11's or even 12 sec quarters the traps tell the story 115 for slow ones to 135+ for strong litre bikes they will be strong on the highway.
In any event I am sure you beat the guys, he its street racing, not your fault if he cant ride or the bike is in poor shape.
Good kills!
Mike

[gtsr515]

I ran out top end with a 600cc sport bike and was amazed that i did as well as i did, but a modern 1000cc sportbike will murder just about anything.