Does anyone on here watch Pinks on Speed Channel? Last night was the second time I have seen them run bikes. The first was a glorioous event where a
construction worker with no drag experience shows up with a 1100
Suzuki GS like a 1984 right the guy he is pitted against is a guy
with professional drag bike experience ridding the most researched
bike ever a 2004 Harley V-rod which I think has a couple hundred CCs
on the GS too not too mention the V-rod was brand new and the GS had
some ungodly amount of miles on it. The GS not only won but in true
Harley-crap-quality-control fashion the V-rod also burned its clutch
up. On the last run of 3 the GS guy even gave the Hog a lead at the
start.....A brand new $18,000 V-rod the flagship of Harley (with you
would expect 20 years of technology on the GS) gets smoked by a $3500
dollar 1984 Suzuki GS with a bazillion miles on it and a rider who
swings a hammer for a living. Last night they had a kid on like a 87 FZR 1000 raceing a pro drag rider on a newer GSXR1100 with a quoted 150rwhp whereas the kid said his FZR only had 67rwhp? That can't be correct can it? My SV has more than that? Also how much effect on straight line preformance do you think a rider with say 50lbs above another rider would have? Are we talking full seconds here or fractions of seconds assumeing both riders are equal in all respects minus weight?
construction worker with no drag experience shows up with a 1100
Suzuki GS like a 1984 right the guy he is pitted against is a guy
with professional drag bike experience ridding the most researched
bike ever a 2004 Harley V-rod which I think has a couple hundred CCs
on the GS too not too mention the V-rod was brand new and the GS had
some ungodly amount of miles on it. The GS not only won but in true
Harley-crap-quality-control fashion the V-rod also burned its clutch
up. On the last run of 3 the GS guy even gave the Hog a lead at the
start.....A brand new $18,000 V-rod the flagship of Harley (with you
would expect 20 years of technology on the GS) gets smoked by a $3500
dollar 1984 Suzuki GS with a bazillion miles on it and a rider who
swings a hammer for a living. Last night they had a kid on like a 87 FZR 1000 raceing a pro drag rider on a newer GSXR1100 with a quoted 150rwhp whereas the kid said his FZR only had 67rwhp? That can't be correct can it? My SV has more than that? Also how much effect on straight line preformance do you think a rider with say 50lbs above another rider would have? Are we talking full seconds here or fractions of seconds assumeing both riders are equal in all respects minus weight?