Place your bets….TOP SPEED!

It does. Noticeably. She's a wide girl and makes a big wide hole through the air. Even the wind roar seems quieter than expected given the usual low screen on these sorts of bikes.
Great aeros for what it is.
 
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turbobusa2000 said:
GEN I’s are king for slipperiness. How could any of you think that the sharp edges of the new GEN II OR III are more aerodynamic?
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Sharp edges?

When I think of a Hayabusa, the words "sharp edges" don't come to mind.

Suzuki uses a wind tunnel to test their bikes...if they say the gen 2 is more aerodynamic than a gen 1 and the gen 3 is more aerodynamic than a gen 1 or 2, I would guess they would know.
 
mark3evo said:
Could be just marketing to sell Gen3s
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Could be....a few things don't add up in my opinion..

Suzuki has launched the gen 3 Hayabusa as the best version yet (their words) however, we see discrepancies in weights and hp figures they have released...hp as being lower than what it is and weight higher...

II would have thought Suzuki would have been really careful how they presented this bike and not give out incorrect hp and weight figures-especially ones that made the bike (on paper) seem less capable.
 
Bumblebee said:
Could be....a few things don't add up in my opinion..

Suzuki has launched the gen 3 Hayabusa as the best version yet (their words) however, we see discrepancies in weights and hp figures they have released...hp as being lower than what it is and weight higher...

II would have thought Suzuki would have been really careful how they presented this bike and not give out incorrect hp and weight figures-especially ones that made the bike (on paper) seem less capable.
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Hi. As we saw the Gen 3 could not even break in the 180's. Wind does have a big factor in to top speed, so let's see what it can do on a good day. What was the official top speed of the Gen 1 was it 194 and under what conditions was it set. Did any pririve person come close to that, that they set on a track?
 
michael parris heuberger said:
Hi. As we saw the Gen 3 could not even break in the 180's. Wind does have a big factor in to top speed, so let's see what it can do on a good day. What was the official top speed of the Gen 1 was it 194 and under what conditions was it set. Did any pririve person come close to that, that they set on a track?
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Suzuki boasted when the gen 1 was launched...they didn't underrate the hp or overrate the weight....
 
michael parris heuberger said:
Hi. As we saw the Gen 3 could not even break in the 180's. Wind does have a big factor in to top speed, so let's see what it can do on a good day. What was the official top speed of the Gen 1 was it 194 and under what conditions was it set. Did any pririve person come close to that, that they set on a track?
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Don’t be confused by all out top speed and 1-mile acceleration which is what this testing was.

Remember guys, this is 0-1 Mile. When I get home I’ll also run it out for max speed as well with more room. The 194 runs everyone is referencing were on a large track that they could hold it wide open throttle until it ran out of fuel. I don’t have access to that sort of facility.

Also, it ran less than 2MPH slower than my Gen-2 that ran in little to no wind conditions. These runs were 13-15MPH HEADWIND which is the real data here. No doubt in my mind the Gen-3 has better aero. It’s a combination of front fender and the real game change is the tail section. The air transition over the rider IMO is where the gains are.
 
Got-Busa? said:
Also, it ran less than 2MPH slower than my Gen-2 that ran in little to no wind conditions. These runs were 13-15MPH HEADWIND which is the real data here. No doubt in my mind the Gen-3 has better aero. It’s a combination of front fender and the real game change is the tail section. The air transition over the rider IMO is where the gains are.
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I think the aero of the other generations are on par with the gen 3.

Remember the gen 3 is set up and tuned for mid range acceleration...that's where it is picking up the extra speed.

Put all three generations on a long enough track and the gen 2 will most likely walk away given enough distance.
 
Bumblebee said:
I think the aero of the other generations are on par with the gen 3.

Remember the gen 3 is set up and tuned for mid range acceleration...that's where it is picking up the extra speed.

Put all three generations on a long enough track and the gen 2 will most likely walk away given enough distance.
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I disagree on stock bikes. The Gen-3 will jump out and the Gen-2 will never catch up and once they hit the 186 cut that’s where they will stay.
 
Got-Busa? said:
Either way, happy or sad about the bad weather conditions….I was still able to put almost 10-mph on the Production Class record P/P-1350-4. The Hayabusa is still putting up the numbers at the end of the day and it will only get FASTER guys! :cool:

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Does the ECTA have correction factors for wind, or is it just averaged out in both directions?

Also we're there any other Gen3's at this meet?
 
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