I don't know about the 12 but something is surely not right with their 00' Busa or testing procedure. I've gone faster than 184 here in Nowhere, Ok on my 00' - speedometer has been corrected with the Yellow Box mod. This with armored leathers and noticable additional drag on each shoulder from the armor versus a t-shirt, and with a ZG DB providing perhaps a bit of additional drag. About 1100-1200 miles on the clock and I'm just an "amateur" when it comes to speeds like this on a bike. And no - I didn't remove any aerodynamic components like Bike mag did.
Motorcyclist's 00' is 7 mph less than CW [191 -00'] and less than other publications as well. They also ran only 10.3 1/4 time on a 99' Busa last year [worst time I've seen published in any mag] and "only" 189 on the same 99'. What's up with those guys?!
If they have no solid proof (other than their own suspect results) of said restrictions on either bike then it is irresponsible for them to print the theories as accepted fact. I would think they would be embarressed at this point after seeing what the other mags have obtained while testing a 00' Busa. Of course that didn't seem to bother them when they "crawled" down the 1/4 last year at 10.3 seconds in LAST place did it? [Motorcyclist lists the XX as quicker than the Busa!]
And to be consistant - I would also have to question the 12's testing by these same clowns whose numbers have also been a little better when tested by others. Fortunately I don't care enough to worry about it and the 12 guys won't complain anyway while being so close to the Busa in results regardless of testing validity.
The flood of misinformation on the 00' Busa "restriction" was drowning the unsuspecting already. Now it will be even worse. We've got guys popping up here and on the mailing list convinced the 00' is resticted based on Motorcyclist's unproven theories alone and some even attribute the information to CYCLEWORLD! [who specifically stated the 00' was NOT restricted] Guess this should be the part where I proclaim my intention to cancel my subscription to Motorcyclist? Like they would even notice?! Makes you question everything they print when you know from personal experience they screwed up somewhere and apparently don't even realize it. (or won't acknowlege it)
I'm not totally giving up on the ignorant like JC but sometimes it seems that many people enjoy being fooled/scammed. Once the dam has broken how do you ever return all the water?!
I won't quote PT Barnum (or his competitor depending on your historical source) tonight.
[This message has been edited by Todd (edited 02 May 2000).]
