Why no road tests or direct comparisons for zx 14?

[_ZeF]

Damn! How come nobody told me Kawasaki made a new bike?

 

[hydrabusa]

Sure alot of ppl don't like us...cuz, we've got the best...

 

[eynlai]

Agreed, the 14 is all hype, but is does make better hp than a busa. recent dyno run with an arrow pipe it was good for 188hp ( at 6000 ft above sea level) My busa is good for 175 with a full yoshi and filter. The 14 must first get to 6000rpm before it begins to go, by then the busa is down the road.......
A 1400 busa here makes 205 /210 hp, better than any 14 kwaka.

HP, HP, HP!!!! Not everything about HP. It's not true that "if it don't fit, push harder or get a bigger hammer".

Don't you guys remember that episode on Discovery about 7 top bikes of all time? Yeah, they named the Busa #1, but I'm not referring to that. Remember one of the engineers said that they found that above a certain speed, HP is not that important anymore, and that aerodymanics steps up to take that important place?

If I remember correctly, before the 14... there's been a lot of bikes since the busa that makes more HP than the busa, but yet still yet to beat it in top speed.