ZX 12 today @ Gainsville

[OB_jim p]

I rode up to the Prostar today, saw rickey go 9.48 @ 150.6 . The front end looked airborne when he hit second gear. They bolted a pipe on it before he made the run.

 

[OB_KawAbuser]

Muzzy pipe by any chance?

So it would be fair to say that you saw a handbuilt blueprinted and now modified Kawasaki rode by a professional rider who is currently on top of his game.

Suzuki never pulled any marketing BS like this, I think they are going out of their way to pump up the hype and the ZX12 will probably be a disapointment. Not much more than a ZX9 on steroids.

Turbo Rick seems to be kicking up some serious salt on the other hand

 

[OB_jim p]

I would say he might have gone in the 30's, but the second gear wheelie screwed it up.

[This message has been edited by jim p (edited 14 November 1999).]

 

[Guest]

That's about the same times we've seen posted that were made by mildly modified Busas.

[This message has been edited by Todd (edited 14 November 1999).]

 

[OB_Mr Bear]

If Rickey is running sub-9.5 at 150+ on that bike, that is an accomplishment in its own right. I wouldn't knock it. Nobody knows what it means for showroom bike vs. showroom bike, as in magazine tests. We'll have to wait a little longer for that. Let's hope the verdict is in before 2001.

 

[Guest]

Agreed - the time is good. So now we know what times that a pre production 1200 cc Kawasaki that has been lowered, stock exhaust removed and replaced with race exhaust, no stock cats(like the production model), remapping? and ridden by a professional drag racer is capable of.(unless there was more done to the bike that we don't know about) I would be more interested if there were a Busa running beside it with the same mods and a professional rider which is the only way I can see this 'stunt' being comparable. How much longer till we see what a real production STOCK model is capable of in the hands of the same multitude that tested a stock Busa?

 

[Guest]

Marty (dragbike.com) also said that a stock Hayabusa with a qualified rider ran 9.53 seconds on the Busa mailing list today.
I'm assuming this was really a STOCK bike.

[This message has been edited by Todd (edited 15 November 1999).]

 

[OB_mslater]

Shine has ran sub 9.5 on a Stock busa w/no exhaust, only modifications being lowered,clutch mod and shift pattern reversed.

The busa he ran on wasn't even his, it was this other dude's (whom i've smoked myself with my yosh-piped busa.) So the point is i'm sure if you give shine a busa, let him snort it around for a few months, throw a pipe on it and drop it, he'll be more than enough comp for Ricky's 9.48...IMHO