April 14, 2020 edition of Cycle World Rickey Gadson, after 17 runs, laid a 10.562 @ 126.41mph on a 2020 Rocket 3R. CW dyno numbers: 134.7hp @ 5600 rpms and 142.5lbft @ 3900. 677lbs (not sure if that was wet or dry.
Everyone knows about Jay Gleason running mid-10’s on a pre-production ‘85 but a...
47 degrees and sunny today in Cincinnati. Perfect day for a ride. First up me on the Vmax, son on his MV Augusta Rivale. Got home and I hopped on my other son’s R1 and first son on the Hayabusa. Glorious!!!
My first street bike was also an H2 750. I bought it in 1983 from a guy who had just rebuilt it. It did not like to turn!! lol. Incidentally, the guy I bought it from was on Night Line with Ted Kopple several years later. He was a fighter pilot in the first Gulf War and shot down 2 Iraqi planes...
You probably know this info already but when I raced my 86 completely stock I took off the mirrors, lowered rear pressure to 18 psi and launched @ 4,500rpm. No straps or lowering. When final staged get your rpm’s up and let the clutch out to just before it engages then let it out quickly but...
Your right Fire-medic the other one was a Gizxer 1000. The Vmax and the Gixxer ran identical 1/4 mile times and exact same top speed but they crowned the Gixxer King of Quick since it had a slightly higher trap speed. I’m still pissed about that…they did put a full exhaust, slick and wheelie...
I saw a story in Motorcyclist or cycle world years ago where someone made a Gen 1 into a flat tracker and someone famous tested it (Eddie Lawson maybe).