This will get me to jump ship QUICK!!!!!

[Guest]

I said it before, and here's the first glimmer of hope. Dont fukk with big red...


http://www.motorcycledaily.com/21july00cbr1300xx.html

 

[Guest]

Because even at a measly 186 it still plays a huge roll.
They're calling the 929 the titanium hammer.
This will be the titanium wrecking ball.
Bank on it bro.

 

[OB_Thradar]

And monkeys might fly out of my butt.

 

[OB_Horse]

Its starting to smell like another cooked Bird?
Horse

"I love BlackBird Pie & Kwacksacki Whine..."

 

[Guest]

how do u spell "speed regulated at 186 m.p.h."?

 

[OB_THE MOTORHEAD]

knowing honda it won't exceed it at all!!!and it will just a bore out old blackbird motor.like the cb1300 in europe but off the birds platform instead of the cbr1000.

 

[OB_THE MOTORHEAD]

HONDA

 

[OB_Bill Koz]

Day late and a dollar short!

Koz

 

[Guest]

TIC-TOC-TIC-TOC You said it Omega! The clock is ticking and soon the BIG RED BEAST will awaken and wreck havoc on all comers. With speed limits coming, the negatives that come with building the "fastest" go by the wayside and all thats left is to build the BEST!!!

 

[OB_daddy long stroke]

yea come on guys, when was the last time you saw a xx, or for that matter ANY "honda" even run a 9?..probably never, there special "xx" barely went faster than the 1990 zx-11. my 97 900rr was a slug..did look good, though...

 

[Guest]

Hardcore gearheads never like honda but they all aknowledge the craftsmanship.
And as far as punching out the blackbird motor, NOPE.
Look for a clean sheet design borrowing all the tricks learned from the 929 and RC projects. Look for a chassis and suspension setup along the lines of the 929 heavily beefed of course. Expect handling to combine the quickness of the 12 with the stablility of the busa. Also expect the styling and bodywork to be super slippery and aesthetically unlike anything we've seen thus far.
Whats RPMpower think?

 

[OB_Wronglane]

Don't forget,just because speed limits will be in place,horsepower limits will not be,plus,the bikes can still be made to go quicker.I'd like to see Yamaha jump into this too.

 

[OB_grandvitesse]

That's the magic word.......Yamaha.

If Yammy gets into the act, it's all over.

 

[Guest]

who cares about HP.......lets do 210 all day long!!

 

[Guest]

They should just gear it at 17/43 and leave it at that. No need to have an electronic monitoring system or anything, then you know the routine adjust as needed.
180 at the crank,
462 dry,
heavy 929 design influence,
Wait, wake up. The gixxer 1000 is this winter, this baby's 2 winters away.
$hit.

 

[Guest]

Grandvitesse, could you imagine a 1200cc 5 valve genesis design wrapped in a R1 style chassis suitably beefed and lengthened.
It would be the most compact and lightest at around 450 dry.
The ultimate effort by the cat in the ultimate sport ranks.
Ergos reminiscent of the thunderace but with bodywork styled like the R1.
Could you imagine having ultimate sports from all the big 4 instead of just suzuki and kawi.
When I was a snot nosed kid puttin around on my little briggs and stratton powered rigid, even with a youthfully wild imagination could never have dreamed of bikes like these.

 

[OB_Mr Bear]

Everybody knows Yamaha and Honda have the R & D departments, and the cash, to build whatever they want. They make great bikes. But they always tend to the conservative side when it comes to all-out performance. Anyone buying one of those, who wants it to have mind-blowing performance, has to do a lot of massaging in the aftermarket.

Kawasaki and Suzuki have always been the testosterone bikes. Kawasaki clearly had the upper hand in the 70's, and it seems like Suzuki has taken the upper hand today. It is kind of like the AFC and the NFC in the NFL, which one is the better conference. The pendulum swings back and forth.

But the guiding philosophies of the corporations seem not to change. Honda and Yamaha always seem to hold back on all-out performance. Today, the truth is that Kawasaki has slipped into the number two spot, in sport motorcycle performance. In another ten years, that might change again. But I see Yamaha and Honda continuing to produce the same basic kind of sport bikes they always have.

 

[OB_MANO]

I hope honda proves me wrong,but have they ever really gone out there,design wise,like the busa,and the 12?I still can't believe these bikes,and that Suzuki and Kawasaki did it!
I don't think they will get it past marketing,and legal.

 

[OB_Mr Bear]

If Honda builds that bike, I think it will be to the Busa like the Blackbird was to the ZX-11. I.E. a very nice bike, a small step forward.

 

[OB_Mr Bear]

You have extensive experience with the Blackie, so you would know as well as anyone the ancestor of this projected bike. Still, I don't think it would exceed the Busa by more than the usual incremental gain you would expect, from a 3-year newer design.

At this point, I'm still most interested in the next literbike...we know which one that is.