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Crotch Rockets
I know it is probably stupid to ask, but there is a crew running around here that are cocky.....I know one guy running low 7's and another mid 6's in the 1/8th.....is there really anyway to beat these guys?
I just hate them.....
I just hate them.....
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There sure is. I've been watching videos of turbo Mustangs hanging with and beating crotch rockets all day thanks to my cousin discovering how to use the internet. lol
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My car runs low 7's in the 1/8.Leeperryracings car should handle mid 6's no problem ,same with 87_TA's car.IHI car could run hi 6's to low 7's SNKSKINNER(i think thats how he spells it)can also run low 7's to hi 6's and then he has a 200 shot to add if he wants.All of these cars are street cars and could hange with or beat the average crotch rocket.
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yah but, your talking highly modified sbc motors vs a stock
(or close to) crotch rocket with people who probably aren't the best riders.
Go try to compare a modified crotch rocket to your modded car (it won't be a pretty out come for the car).
Tellya the truth it's just not fair to compare...... Your talking a 400-500 lb bike with over 50ft lb of torque and 100hp+ depending on kind of crotch even closer to 200hp on something that has like 1/6 our weight . Gotta love crotch rockets after you drive 1.
Anyways i'll agree with the other guy, go buy a ducatti hehe.
(or close to) crotch rocket with people who probably aren't the best riders.
Go try to compare a modified crotch rocket to your modded car (it won't be a pretty out come for the car).
Tellya the truth it's just not fair to compare...... Your talking a 400-500 lb bike with over 50ft lb of torque and 100hp+ depending on kind of crotch even closer to 200hp on something that has like 1/6 our weight . Gotta love crotch rockets after you drive 1.
Anyways i'll agree with the other guy, go buy a ducatti hehe.
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Bikes are insane. A co-worker of mine took his stock huyabusa to the track and clicked off a 10.24 @ 138mph on his first run. You would have to properly build a drag car to beat an average crotch rocket.
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Re: Re: Crotch Rockets
Originally posted by 84firebird383
SNKSKINNER(i think thats how he spells it)can also run low 7's to hi 6's and then he has a 200 shot to add if he wants.
SNKSKINNER(i think thats how he spells it)can also run low 7's to hi 6's and then he has a 200 shot to add if he wants.
I believe he has taken out a few bikes in the area already.
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yeah, go buy a supra.
yeah, go buy a supra.
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A Huyabusa is probably the fastest straight line bike there is, but I'd take an R1 or an R6 over it in the twisties.
Bikes are incredibly fast, but not unbeatable. For their full potential to be taken advantage of, you need a good rider. Alot of guys just jump on a liter bike and expect to be fast, when in reality they should have started smaller and will end up being squids and killing themselves.
You can see this pretty plainly in shiftys response, (whether or not it was his friends first bike I dont know) that you need some practice to take your bike to it's full potential. A 138 mph trap speed is good for better than a 10.2.
Bikes are incredibly fast, but not unbeatable. For their full potential to be taken advantage of, you need a good rider. Alot of guys just jump on a liter bike and expect to be fast, when in reality they should have started smaller and will end up being squids and killing themselves.
You can see this pretty plainly in shiftys response, (whether or not it was his friends first bike I dont know) that you need some practice to take your bike to it's full potential. A 138 mph trap speed is good for better than a 10.2.
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Originally posted by TexasLT1
a Huyabusa isn't exactly your typical crotch rocket.
a Huyabusa isn't exactly your typical crotch rocket.
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Originally posted by urbanhunter44
For their full potential to be taken advantage of, you need a good rider. Alot of guys just jump on a liter bike and expect to be fast, when in reality they should have started smaller and will end up being squids and killing themselves.
For their full potential to be taken advantage of, you need a good rider. Alot of guys just jump on a liter bike and expect to be fast, when in reality they should have started smaller and will end up being squids and killing themselves.
Same thing goes for cars too imo.
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A bone stock cbr600rr will run a 10.50 around 125-128. I know cause ive ridden a few of them. Scariest bike i rode though was a 95 cbr900rr with a 929 motor swapped into it. I usually dont race a car though if im on bike, waste of my time. When i was living in florida I was taking a ride down to Key West, this 5.0 comes flying up the on ramp. In the lane next to him is a guy on a brand new (at the time) GSXR-750, mustang drops a gear and nails it, he shifted two more times while the guy on the bike just kept rolling on the throttle, stayed in his gear and just stared at him while he kept right along side. Then he pulled away by about 30 car lengths.
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What bikes are capable of and what they actually do at the track are not the same. Spend some time at the track and you will see.Rarely can some one buy a bike off the show room floor and take it to the track and run what the magazines run with them.Also not every crotch rocket you see is going to be a brand new top of the line 9 second machine.Yes all of them are fast, some insanely fast and in general have no problems with cars as they shouldn't.But to think that its impossible for any bike to ever run into a streetcar that is as fast or faster is crazy.There are several cars and even a truck I know of that drive regularly on the street and are never trailored to the track that can run with most if not any bike they run into.I was just talking to a guy at work today that has a cbr929.He was telling me about his friend with a yamaha r6 that runs an 11.4.He couldn't believe it when I showed him a few 11.2 and 11.3 timeslips from my stock looking firebird.
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you can beat them... its not hard.. u just need alot of hp
obviously
lol
a nearly 900rwhp viper can take on a stock busa... and loses a few cars over 160mph against a lightned/exhaust busa.
a full big bore kit, wieght reduction kit, tune/exhaust on a busa is about as fast a bike that u might see. 900rwhp viper gets blown away against those bikes.
now there are TURBO and nitrous'd bikes that make 200-500whp. those are nearly impossible to beat in a car. but has been done.
your looking at over 1000hp on motor, in a 3000lb car to have a chance with turbo or nitroused bikes
obviously
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a nearly 900rwhp viper can take on a stock busa... and loses a few cars over 160mph against a lightned/exhaust busa.
a full big bore kit, wieght reduction kit, tune/exhaust on a busa is about as fast a bike that u might see. 900rwhp viper gets blown away against those bikes.
now there are TURBO and nitrous'd bikes that make 200-500whp. those are nearly impossible to beat in a car. but has been done.
your looking at over 1000hp on motor, in a 3000lb car to have a chance with turbo or nitroused bikes
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Re: Re: Crotch Rockets
Originally posted by TexasLT1
yeah, go buy a supra.
yeah, go buy a supra.
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Also keep in mind it takes A LOT of money to build an 800 hp viper.....supra...or watever else to even come close to an $8,000 dollar street bike.
and yes expierence counts both ways.....in a cage or a bike
and yes expierence counts both ways.....in a cage or a bike
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http://www.gtphorsepower.com/TTA-vs-supra.avi
Build something like one of these and you will be good to go
Build something like one of these and you will be good to go
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Originally posted by hot92z
http://www.gtphorsepower.com/TTA-vs-supra.avi
Build something like one of these and you will be good to go
http://www.gtphorsepower.com/TTA-vs-supra.avi
Build something like one of these and you will be good to go
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Re: Re: Crotch Rockets
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yeah, go buy a supra.
yeah, go buy a supra.
supras are overrated...stock LS1 takes a stock TT supra anyday in the 1/4 mile...i have seen videos of a turbo vette SMOKING a hyubusa, and also a vid of a highly modded T/A smoking a hyubusa as well...
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Re: Re: Re: Crotch Rockets
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supras are overrated...
supras are overrated...
Okay, now how many of them are 6 cylinders?
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Originally posted by BlueZee28
supras are overrated...stock LS1 takes a stock TT supra anyday in the 1/4 mile...
supras are overrated...stock LS1 takes a stock TT supra anyday in the 1/4 mile...
Keyword being stock
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There was a guy that used to post on my board as WS6 Mecham that had a sweet TA. I think this might be him, but I don't remember if he was turbo or supercharged at the time.
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How many cars can you think of that can handle 800 wheel horsepower without even opening the head or any of the internals?
Okay, now how many of them are 6 cylinders?
How many cars can you think of that can handle 800 wheel horsepower without even opening the head or any of the internals?
Okay, now how many of them are 6 cylinders?
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the 03+ cobras can make 800 hp with stock bottom end and heads so can the new z06 the ford gt viper
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Exactly, and how many of those cars are "over rated"? None of them, they are all bad ***.
Which of those was the 6 cylinder again?
Also, I think you need to work the heads once you want to go higher than 800 whp on a totally stock Supra motor.
Which of those was the 6 cylinder again?
Also, I think you need to work the heads once you want to go higher than 800 whp on a totally stock Supra motor.
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Originally posted by stu
Exactly, and how many of those cars are "over rated"? None of them, they are all bad ***.
Which of those was the 6 cylinder again?
Also, I think you need to work the heads once you want to go higher than 800 whp on a totally stock Supra motor.
Exactly, and how many of those cars are "over rated"? None of them, they are all bad ***.
Which of those was the 6 cylinder again?
Also, I think you need to work the heads once you want to go higher than 800 whp on a totally stock Supra motor.
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Re: Re: Re: Crotch Rockets
Originally posted by BlueZee28.supras are overrated. stock LS1 takes a stock TT supra anyday in the 1/4 mile...
Originally posted by BlueZee28.i have seen videos of a turbo vette SMOKING a hyubusa, and also a vid of a highly modded T/A smoking a hyubusa as well...
You gotta love those blown LSX's!
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Originally posted by stu.How many cars can you think of that can handle 800 wheel horsepower without even opening the head or any of the internals?
the 2JZ up against any engine utilizing the ole pushrod method.
Originally posted by stu.Okay, now how many of them are 6 cylinders?
... now if the 3.8 Turbo was matched up against the 2JZ out on the highway, now that, would be a completely different story.
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Originally posted by Orr89RocZ.anyone know of another car that is full interior and goes 8.4's at over 160mph? fully streetable 1100rwhp??
Anyone know of any other street legal, completely streetable car, period.... that can run low 10's.... with a trap speed of under 110-mph?
The driver of this LS1 does...
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Sportbikes are beatable.
2 Things to consider.
1. Your stock 3rd gen isn't gonna cut it you need to be running low 12s to even stand a change against any modern 600cc+ sportbike with a decent rider
And just as important
2. You've gotta take him HARD off the line. That is a sportbikes biggest disadvantage. 1st & 2nd gear. Too much throttle, and the front wheel is coming off the ground. Esspecially middleweights and liter bikes, because they have shorter wheelbases for the twisties.
Assuming your car is fast (11's or 12's) If you get a great launch, and the guy on the bike doesn't, you'll probably win.
Race a 600+ cc bike from a roll, and assuming he downshifts into the powerband, it's over. (unless your cranking off 9's)
Now Busas are another story, but then again, anyone who wans to own a bike that is uglier than sin, and more bike that 95% of riders that buy them can handle. Who cares if they win... People buy Busas simply because they are the "Fastest bike there is" not because they will ever use the power. Most of them are compensating for something
FYI my daily driver is a 2003 Kawasaki ZX6R
2 Things to consider.
1. Your stock 3rd gen isn't gonna cut it you need to be running low 12s to even stand a change against any modern 600cc+ sportbike with a decent rider
And just as important
2. You've gotta take him HARD off the line. That is a sportbikes biggest disadvantage. 1st & 2nd gear. Too much throttle, and the front wheel is coming off the ground. Esspecially middleweights and liter bikes, because they have shorter wheelbases for the twisties.
Assuming your car is fast (11's or 12's) If you get a great launch, and the guy on the bike doesn't, you'll probably win.
Race a 600+ cc bike from a roll, and assuming he downshifts into the powerband, it's over. (unless your cranking off 9's)
Now Busas are another story, but then again, anyone who wans to own a bike that is uglier than sin, and more bike that 95% of riders that buy them can handle. Who cares if they win... People buy Busas simply because they are the "Fastest bike there is" not because they will ever use the power. Most of them are compensating for something
FYI my daily driver is a 2003 Kawasaki ZX6R
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this whole thread is kinda funny. This past weekend there were about 8 bikes making runs at HRP, everything from stock 950's to juiced 'Busas. I didn't see a single bike run slower than about 10.2 with the fastest running something like 9.2 @ 166. Obviously these are well ridden and some of them modded, but tell me again you don't need much to take out a bike?
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Originally posted by scottland.People buy Busas simply because they are the "Fastest bike there is" not because they will ever use the power.
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Originally posted by 84firebird383
Have you ever taken it to the track? If so ,what were your ET's and MPH?
Have you ever taken it to the track? If so ,what were your ET's and MPH?
So i'm not going to try an talk myself up as an experienced racer. also with a middleweight, twisties are WAYY more fun.
Which leads to my next point, answering this question
but tell me again you don't need much to take out a bike?
Point being, if you are racing a bike from a stop, and have a stout 3rd gen, if the kid can't launch it, or keep the wheel down in first gear. If you get a great launch, you very well might win the race.
I'm not trying to say bikes aren't fast, my 636 makes my 13sec flat 3rd gen feel like a slug, but don't think they are the holy grail of speed.
They flat out OWN from about 20mph-120mph. Before 20mph and you have to be able to launch it well, and after 120mph they don't have the torque to push through the wind as well as a car.
I'm just trying to answer the guys question that started the thread, he wanted to know what it takes to beat bikes.
On the track it's tough, because most people that race at the track are good, or working towards getting better.
But on the street, you never know what kind of a$$clown is behind the handlebars.
So moral of the story, get them off the line, or from a 90mph roll on the highway and you've got a fighting chance.
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Scott, I am very interested in getting a bike next spring. I read a lot about this "squid" term. Does it just mean new riders? Or new riders that arent responsible and shouldn't even be on a bike?
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My dad's a Motorcycle safety foundation safety instructor, ive taken the course and passed with the second highest score in my class and i ride every day, plus im 19. So im a young rider, id like this squid thing explained too.
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Originally posted by 90Formula305
My dad's a Motorcycle safety foundation safety instructor, ive taken the course and passed with the second highest score in my class and i ride every day, plus im 19. So im a young rider, id like this squid thing explained too.
My dad's a Motorcycle safety foundation safety instructor, ive taken the course and passed with the second highest score in my class and i ride every day, plus im 19. So im a young rider, id like this squid thing explained too.
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Originally posted by 90Formula305
I dont see why, you dont me personally so i dont see the point in this.
I dont see why, you dont me personally so i dont see the point in this.
Originally posted by 90Formula305
plus im 19.
plus im 19.
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Did you get stuffed in a locker alot when you were in high school? What about wedgies?