customizedcreationz
Well-Known Member
This sucks and I am not beating this thing that hard.
11.29@121 mph.
Snapped the driveshaft on the next pass.
I can't believe with a pretty much stock bike that I can be snapping driveshafts like this.
Obviously this bike wasn't meant to be at the track and beat to death the way I am racing it.
Yes I know some guys have faster more powerful bikes. But if I can break this driveshaft twice in a week, probably about 20 passes on it, then obviously I need something that can handle a beating. I am not going to pussy foot a gear shift change, take out a good clutch, baby things out of the hole. I am going to beat the living hell out of the clutch, shock the living shit out of my drivetrain and hope that I possibly rotate the earth when I launch out of the hole.
I realize the Vmax is a fun bike and fast, but not designed to take the beating I will give it.
So I am curious, is the Gen 2 ?
Obviously my thoughts of a 1500 motor and possibly a bottle aren't for street cred. If I am going that route, I am building power to run at the track.
For the cost of a 1500 motor and the accessories to go with it, I could sell my bike and probably take that money and put it into a 2009 Gen 2 and already be where the Gen 1 would be with a built motor.
So with that scenario, Gen 2 , am I am going to blow the shit out of that thing too ?
I hate to stray from a Vmax and the Gen 2's can be fast from what I see, but for $7500 I can have a Busa , be in the 9's, hit 200 mph if I dare and have a bike that is reliable as can be and streetable.
The Busa is obviously the hands down dollar figure winner over the Gen 2 Vmax. But it doesn't have the same style or class. I love the Busa and was looking at those before I bought my Gen 1.
I should have never gone back to the track, because if I didn't I wouldn't be in this situation of thinking of another serious reliable bike.
By serious, I mean it has to ATLEAST run 9's to start for me. I should say the potential to run 9's has to be there. I don't expect the first pass to be a 9. But after a couple of track sessions that sucker has to be solid 9's or I am not happy.
I would rather have a cool Gen 2 mildly built and run 9's and then ride around with my wife on back. Because she wont ride a Busa thats for sure.
Decisions decisions.
But for now, I am not sure if I am going to continue my quest to get to the 10's on the bike. I just don't want to have to replace the trans, or crack a case from a mid gear exploding. I would be really pissed if that happened. I just see carnage following this bike.
So what do you guys think?
Todd
11.29@121 mph.
Snapped the driveshaft on the next pass.
I can't believe with a pretty much stock bike that I can be snapping driveshafts like this.
Obviously this bike wasn't meant to be at the track and beat to death the way I am racing it.
Yes I know some guys have faster more powerful bikes. But if I can break this driveshaft twice in a week, probably about 20 passes on it, then obviously I need something that can handle a beating. I am not going to pussy foot a gear shift change, take out a good clutch, baby things out of the hole. I am going to beat the living hell out of the clutch, shock the living shit out of my drivetrain and hope that I possibly rotate the earth when I launch out of the hole.
I realize the Vmax is a fun bike and fast, but not designed to take the beating I will give it.
So I am curious, is the Gen 2 ?
Obviously my thoughts of a 1500 motor and possibly a bottle aren't for street cred. If I am going that route, I am building power to run at the track.
For the cost of a 1500 motor and the accessories to go with it, I could sell my bike and probably take that money and put it into a 2009 Gen 2 and already be where the Gen 1 would be with a built motor.
So with that scenario, Gen 2 , am I am going to blow the shit out of that thing too ?
I hate to stray from a Vmax and the Gen 2's can be fast from what I see, but for $7500 I can have a Busa , be in the 9's, hit 200 mph if I dare and have a bike that is reliable as can be and streetable.
The Busa is obviously the hands down dollar figure winner over the Gen 2 Vmax. But it doesn't have the same style or class. I love the Busa and was looking at those before I bought my Gen 1.
I should have never gone back to the track, because if I didn't I wouldn't be in this situation of thinking of another serious reliable bike.
By serious, I mean it has to ATLEAST run 9's to start for me. I should say the potential to run 9's has to be there. I don't expect the first pass to be a 9. But after a couple of track sessions that sucker has to be solid 9's or I am not happy.
I would rather have a cool Gen 2 mildly built and run 9's and then ride around with my wife on back. Because she wont ride a Busa thats for sure.
Decisions decisions.
But for now, I am not sure if I am going to continue my quest to get to the 10's on the bike. I just don't want to have to replace the trans, or crack a case from a mid gear exploding. I would be really pissed if that happened. I just see carnage following this bike.
So what do you guys think?
Todd