Im by no means impressed with the new zx14r. But Im looking at things unbiased or standing back and looking at reality.
Will my gen1 making 170whp take one out? Hell no!! But will my bob carpentered 1441cc thats 40lbs lighter take one out? You do the math!!!
What I see is a 1430-1441cc with a hand ported head in stock form {verified by the rickey gadson racing school},cams that makes 191whp? add a tune,pipe and mr12 to barely clear 200whp?
Not trying to be a stick in the mud here but, If someone on here or another bike board built a 1441cc with a ported head and cams that didnt clear 200whp that would be pretty sad. No matter who the builder is.... Even a mild 1441c should make mid 220's. We have a stock headed 1441cc that made 217whp/127wtq at the shop. Wonder what a ported head would do!!!! Hell we have a 1397 with a stock unported head that was build 2 years ago that just made 219whp/123wtq. I have seen two gen 1 busas with cam-only setups make 193-195whp.
I have said this in other threads. Brandon Mitchnan the local pro rider in SA,texas runs 8.8@157 on his swb gen2 with the same mods gadison ran 8.99 on the zx14r. When rickey ran 9.3@149 lowered and strapped on the new zx14r brandon ran a 9.4@147 stock ride height on his gen 2
Now reality!!! All these guys are getting all gitty over what pro riders can do on the new bikes. Keep dreaming if you think you will be knocking off rickey gadisons times. Aint happening!!! I have watched our local pro rider jump on a stock 05 le and in 15-20 mph crosswind go 9.96@141. Same night I dropped from consistent 9.50-9.52@142 down to 9.7@138 because it was so windy. It also only took him 3 passes!!! first was a 9.99,9.97 then 9.96!!! They closed the track because the wind got to bad. Im sure with no wind he would have gone 9.60-9.70@144-145 on a bone stock 05 busa!!!
Is the zx14r a badass bike for a new bike? yes!!! there is no question about that!! It makes 20whp over a 4 year old busa!! Well thats what the zx14 owers have been saying.
Does that mean it will take the crown? Guess we will have to see!!! There are alot of zx14 gen1 outs there that put a hurting on busas for some time now and visa vera. But go to dragbike.com and look at the last manufactors cup results for all the classes. You dont see no zx14's in the winners circles. The fastest busa goes 6.90@203 vs the fastest zx14 goes 7.19@194
Right now all the magazine riders are making passes on them in vegas. According to rickey gadison racing school the journalist are posting up times of 9.77-10.20's. Which means? they are posting up gen 2 stock busa times