Drag Strip tomorrow night any tips?

[mattd428]

Goin to the 1/4 mile track tomorrow any good tips or quick power adders got some bragging rights on the line. The bike is a 2001 airbox mod shorty exhaust and a sprocket change -1 up front +2 out back. The bike i have to beat is a 2005 r1 all stock except exhaust im 230lb and my buddy on the r1 is 150 so there is a big weight difference.

 

[2006busa]

Re: Deag Strip tomorrow night any tips?

With that sprocket combo it may be hard to launch it and keep the front end down if you are stock length. Im no drag expert either.
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[mattd428]

Re: Deag Strip tomorrow night any tips?

ya probably will be a little difficult it is stock length but we will see what happens

 

[saygbye]

Re: Deag Strip tomorrow night any tips?

dont do a crazy burnout just roll the tire over a few times. roll up to the line and lean all the way over the bars as best you can(to try to keep the front end down). clutch it and take it up to about 5000 rpms slip the clutch and just stay even with him in 1st. when you get in second it'll be over. oh yeah, hang on.
my .02

 

[mattd428]

Re: Deag Strip tomorrow night any tips?

lol ya hanging on would be a good idea

 

[Zoinks!]

Leave on the last yellow light!!!! If you wait for green you'll be sittin at the line while the other guy is half way down the track. (Trust me. I know from experience )

 

[mattd428]

lol cool thanks for the tips ill post some videos saturday morning for the results

 

[RMS2005]

have fun and go fast but dont get your hopes up to high. them little light liter bikes aint no joke, and the new gsxr 1k's, holly molly, got on one a while back and it made the busa feel slow!!!

 

[mattd428]

when we race on the street the busa pulls 3 or 4 bike length right off the bat but the r1 catches up real fast i think it will come down to who get the best launch

 

[Pit Bull 13]

Good luck.. cant wait to hear how you did..

 

[RYC1966]

Good luck and have fun...a second gear burn out will keep it at a lower rpm.

Here is quite a bit of insight but practice is what it takes. Take it easy, make a plan and go from there... https://www.hayabusa.org/forum/1-4-mile/36091-launching.html

 

[Lucid]

You're gonna HAVE TO get outta the hole fast as hell, faster than him because he'll catch up after about the 1/8th. With his light weight, he'll start reeling you in so you'll have to. Even if he gets to the line faster or you look over and it looks like a tie, you'll have a faster time if you get off the line first. (better 60 and 330 time)

 

[mattd428]

the verdict is in best pass of the night for the busa 11.23 best pass of the night for the r1 10.69 just couldnt get enough balls to really launch the bike oh well there is always next time