Need help from the experts! True speed question

[PADEROLIS]

Okay I was reading some of the comments on the Hayabusa youtube video

- Hayabusa #1 Wonder of Motorcycles[/url] I came across a comment that I responded to... who is right in this situation?

HIM:depends on the model an unrestricted 99 model with a 4 into 1 yoshi set up & power commander it will do a true 215 220 Mph, the 2003-9 standard restricted versions will hit the limiter at 187 mph

ME:It would take more than a full system and pwr. commander to get the Busa to even do a true 200mph let alone a true 215mph! Not bashing it at all (ride a 2007 myself and love it)!

HIM:I don't accept that, since the second generation busas or 2000 onwards they have all been speed limited to 187 mph as have all sports bikes, the origional 99 busa changed all the legal rules, I have seen mine on the sat nav at 212 and speedo at 220 at the same time, staight mororway driving late one calm summer night, I swear there was more to go... but i backed off due to pure fear! my commander is set to full performance and top speed and i have had both my sprockets changed.

ME:First; the 2001 and later Busa is restricted, the 2000 was unrestricted just like the 1999. Second; what gearing were you using? If it was'nt stock gearing than it isn't in production form! Notice I stated it would take more than a full system and pwr.commander (not much more) adding a sprocket change to the setup would constitute as more. Also the 2nd Gen. Busa is 2008+, the first Gen Busa is 1999-2007...

 

[gsxr907]

well check my youtube video
buy a turbo and 200+ is easy on any year

 

[dadofthree]

Don't like disputes, but you would be more in the right IMHO. I heard that some of the 2000 models were restricted and somewhere that 200 was hard to obtain with the stock '99's and '00 models with 165 pound pro at the helm. Possibilities and actuallities aren't always the same.

 

[Spudley]

Didn't we cover this in the kitchen the other day ????....or did we ????......

 

[Cookie]

I have never heard that a year 2000 was ever restricted. The European Agreement or gentleman's handshake, if you will, wasn't fully in place until mid 2000 sometime around July, so most of the 2000's were done and already in production. There was already word that things were heavy in Europe over these two-wheeled missiles breaking past the double ton marque so most of the changes that occurred to the ECM and speedometers were ready for early placement.

It takes a long bit of pavement to achieve speeds like the 194mph that gave the Suzuki Hayabusa its entree point early 1999 into 'Guinness' World Book Of Records' as "The World's Fastest Production Motorcycle".

I have seen 1999's and have felt the swiftness of the 2000 against others, however I have never gone the extra mile myself to say that it will. I have had my Busa up to 186.9 GPS,, but that was on a brave and much younger day,, and I was running out of roadway to make the tunnel-visioned ride go much further.

Go to

200mph.net The Ultimate Hypersports Bike Club and pose the same questions and I feel you will have a totally different set of answers. Those guys are running

Elvington Airfield.co.uk all of the time.

 

[dadofthree]

This is what wiki says:

[edit] 1999–2000
The name Hayabusa translates directly from the Japanese as Peregrine Falcon, The bird is said to be capable of speeds of over 200 mph (320 km/h) — and predator of (perhaps not coincidentally) the common blackbird.[citation needed] When introduced in 1999, it overtook the Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird as the fastest production motorcycle. The first generation of the Hayabusa was called the GSX1300R and was powered by a 1,299 cc (79.3 cu in) inline-4 liquid-cooled engine. It remained substantially unchanged up through the 2007 model year.[citation needed]

The motorcycle in stock form was capable of the following performance:

1/4 mile (402 m): 9.77 seconds @ 147.7 mph (237.7 km/h)[2]
0–60 mph: 2.47 seconds[2]
0–100 mph: 4.91 seconds[2]
0–125 mph: 6.91 seconds[2]
0–150 mph: 9.88 seconds[2]
0–180 mph: 15.62 seconds[2]
Top speed: 190.6 mph (306.7 km/h)[2]
Power: 156.1 hp (116.4 kW) @ 9,500 rpm (rear wheel)[2]
The Speedometer of the 1999-2000 Hayabusa showed 220 MPH on the gauge in stock form.(2001+ Versions were changed to 185 MPH due to self imposed restrictions.)
1 gear: 90 mph 2 gear: 112 mph 3 gear: 145 mph 4 gear: 160 mph 5 gear: 175 mph 6 gear: 190 mph

 

[DREW]

WOW ! I guess most of us got Jipped. Mine wont go 200 and has more than a full exhaust.

 

[dadofthree]

WOW ! I guess most of us got Jipped. Mine wont go 200 and has more than a full exhaust.

Don't feel bad, my '08 with a full exhaust doesn't either, but then again I'm a chuncky guy

 

[dadofthree]

Just a side note. A friend of mine MacFast has a 2000 with a good bit of motor work. I believe his Maxton time slip is just south of 194.

 

[djsin]

i heard a few busa do well over 500 mph, as cargo in a jet liner....

 

[gsxr907]

i heard a few busa do well over 500 mph, as cargo in a jet liner....

I heard if you build it they will come!

 

[Commuta_Busa]

you're correct. I would also be suspicious of his comment I highlighted in bold. I have never seen a "full performance" and/or "top speed" setting in any unit. ???

Okay I was reading some of the comments on the Hayabusa youtube video

- Hayabusa #1 Wonder of Motorcycles[/url] I came across a comment that I responded to... who is right in this situation?

HIM:depends on the model an unrestricted 99 model with a 4 into 1 yoshi set up & power commander it will do a true 215 220 Mph, the 2003-9 standard restricted versions will hit the limiter at 187 mph

ME:It would take more than a full system and pwr. commander to get the Busa to even do a true 200mph let alone a true 215mph! Not bashing it at all (ride a 2007 myself and love it)!

HIM:I don't accept that, since the second generation busas or 2000 onwards they have all been speed limited to 187 mph as have all sports bikes, the origional 99 busa changed all the legal rules, I have seen mine on the sat nav at 212 and speedo at 220 at the same time, staight mororway driving late one calm summer night, I swear there was more to go... but i backed off due to pure fear! my commander is set to full performance and top speed and i have had both my sprockets changed.

ME:First; the 2001 and later Busa is restricted, the 2000 was unrestricted just like the 1999. Second; what gearing were you using? If it was'nt stock gearing than it isn't in production form! Notice I stated it would take more than a full system and pwr.commander (not much more) adding a sprocket change to the setup would constitute as more. Also the 2nd Gen. Busa is 2008+, the first Gen Busa is 1999-2007...

 

[bpjones]

Well, on my 99 with a 43 sprocket and D&D slipons, my speedo healer corrected top speed was 180mph...that's all she had on a long rising straight....but I'm sure my 6'2" and 230llbs. didn't help.

 

[Cookie]

It's interesting what is entered into 'Wikipedia' as truth. The fact that the first thing that is stated is that; "The name "Hayabusa" ""translates"" directly from the Japanese as Peregrine Falcon" is a joke for anyone that knows how to speak Japanese or knows someone that can that will translate for them. The symbol itself or Kanji is called 'Hayato'!

Nothing translates "directly" to English from Japanese and the name "Hayabusa" may be "associated" with the Peregrine Falcon representing speed.

However, the naming of the motorcycle more appropriately should be read that the bird itself was viewed in a park 'swooping' from high altitudes at its prey and favourite meal the 'Pigeon' that its so inspired designers to pen the features of the bike to look characteristically like the bird and used the name "Hayabusa".

The name, also has been used for a fairly formidable airplane of destruction;

The Nakajima_Ki-43 ;

A sleeper train -'FUJI HAYABUSA',

a massive asteroid

"Hayabusa 2 - its probe

Language in blogs thereof

'Eiji Ezaki' Hayabusa [url=http://wapedia.mobi/en/Frontier_Martial_Arts_Wrestling]FMW wrestler[/url]
to signify its prowess, thus exposing the name "Hayabusa" to American's amongst others.

In fact; true notable Peregrine falconers would most likely be entertained with the inference of the speedy little bird being referred to as "Hayabusa".

The Kenji (Kanji) means; according to my own and another member's day out at the University of Washington's Japanese Social Club back in summer of the year 2001, as something that is extremely "fast", "to strike", "high impact", "direct", "very immediate" or "without warning". There is no true, direct cross-over words to imply what the Kenji means into the English language,,, and it does not mean Hayabusa! When inverted, changed or turned around, it means absolutely nothing.

Wikipedia is only as good as the person making the entry, how much or in this case, how little they examine and re-examine and to those that challenge it. Additionally; the entry, as noted, is in need of a citation to verify.