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Going drag racing again

Tia

Tia

Did you say birds?
One of the reasons we moved to Boise, Idaho in 2002 was for me, the dragstrip. I had never drag raced but wanted to try it. Fast forward to 2010, I picked up a 1998 ZX9. Bought a leather jacket and headed to the strip. First thing I noticed is when I set my feet down on the starting line it is really sticky. Made some runs on that bike and a few weeks later sold it. Bought a 2006 Hayabusa. Installed a lowering link so my feet would touch the ground. Did 3 runs at a test and tune event. The next week, I did an eliminations race, on the final I beat the guy on a holeshot by .02. My dial in was 11.05 and I erased the 5 and ran a 11.02. For the non racers if you go faster than your dial in time you "breakout" and therefor lose. Stock bike with 5 year old original tire and a clueless rider is what won the 1st place trophy. In 2012 I picked up a 2010 ZX14. Bolted on a bunch of fun stuff and was able to pull a 9.44 in the 1/4 mile. End of season I put the bike back to stock and sold everything. Fast forward to today. Life has been good so I'm picking up another Hayabusa and hitting the track again. I'm going to be 58 this year. No kids at home this time and nothing in the 3rd bay of the garage so plenty of room for the bike. The red bike is the ZX14 from 2012 and the white bike is the "new" Busa.
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I thought it would be fun to outline what it will cost a poor man to run in the 9's. The rich guys drive the 4 wheel versions and rumor has it to hit the 9's you need about 80K. Keep in mind the busa will hit the 9's with a skilled rider stock, but those are few and far between and I'm not one of them.
Leathers/Helmet
$375.00
Sidewinder
$1300.00
Oil pan
$500.00
Air shifter
$400.00 wired to horn button-talk about fun!
Chain
$150.00
Shinko hook up
$175.00
SlammerZ
$300.00 internally lower front forks
kickstand
$50.00
Lowering link
$50.00
Sprockets
$120.00
Extensions
$150.00
Inner rear fender
$150.00
Oil cooler BO
$28.00
2013 Hayabusa
$7500.00

If all goes to plan the bike will be in my garage tomorrow night.
 
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What was the trap speed when you ran that 9.44 1/4? That's haulin' ass, bet it's a blast on 2 wheels.
 
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my K5 1000 furthest Right..
My favorite motorcycle of all that i have owned since 1986....above photo

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My second Hayabusa and most recent 2007 last of Gen 1
The Dragstrip is the best fun for sure I have made over 100 runs on my 07 Hayabusa alone.....
Sport bikes are the most fun, I sold off my father's Honda Goldwing before he passed away. .I logged Many thousands of miles on that bike... But I have logged the most miles on all of the different sport bikes I have had since 1986.

Best bang for the buck performance out there is the Sport bike.
 
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Harvestor said:
The Dragstrip is the best fun for sure
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You can go as fast as you want without worrying about a speeding ticket! What isn't fun about that!
My fastest runs were the smoothest and the most relaxing.

You have a very nice and organized garage.
 
Tia said:
You can go as fast as you want without worrying about a speeding ticket! What isn't fun about that!
My fastest runs were the smoothest and the most relaxing.
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Yep for sure...

I used to recruit Street racers over in Flint Michigan and from couple of the big clubs here in Detroit I would recruit riders to come up ubly Michigan to race at the ubly dragway.
I've witnessed the thousands of people that would come out all throughout Flint for the drag racing that would go on from around 11 p.m. until 5 in the morning...
I've seen some pretty crazy Harry dangerous stuff over two hundred miles per hour on
i-475 with serious drag race set-up automobiles with 3000 horsepower getting pulled out of trailers and run for $5,000 a run.

Better than the fast and furious depictions on film...
I've lived it and seen it mostly as a spectator and a rare participant...
Going to the track is best and safest and it is more fun to make adjustments each run with the computer program and making another run getting that time slip with the exact speed and time for reference.

Safe fun family atmosphere without the worry of lowlife element getting angry and doing something bad.
 
Here is a former friend and acquaintance I used to ride with before she moved to Chicago area, she was from gagetown Michigan and raced at ubly dragway and rode with redline superbike sport bike club.

Eunice ( Dreamryder )... On her 500 + horsepower turbo Hayabusa with an RCC turbo set up..
This little five foot one 125 pound lady used to run 10.2 quarter miles on a stock 929 CBR Honda. ..
This is her crashing the Hayabusa, it was fixed really wasn't as badly damaged as it looks in the video, and she was back racing a few weeks later....


She actually one 1/4 Mile race against Rickey gadson !! .
That is how good she is...

 
Thanks for sharing @Harvestor
Going up against Rickey Gadson is no small feat.
We have a gal that runs consistently in the 9's on her liter bike. She has been racing for the last 10 years and she is 30 now. Great gal. Has no desire to step up to the "bike" bikes. Thanks goodness because she would spank just about everybody out there.
I think the best approach to a run is to relax and don't over think it. One of the reasons I got out of it was because I was getting too worked up and overthinking. Took the fun out of it. Now I'm going to be happy just being at the track when I can. If I mess up, I'm not going to worry about it.
 
Tia said:
Thanks for sharing @Harvestor
Going up against Rickey Gadson is no small feat.
We have a gal that runs consistently in the 9's on her liter bike. She has been racing for the last 10 years and she is 30 now. Great gal. Has no desire to step up to the "bike" bikes. Thanks goodness because she would spank just about everybody out there.
I think the best approach to a run is to relax and don't over think it. One of the reasons I got out of it was because I was getting too worked up and overthinking. Took the fun out of it. Now I'm going to be happy just being at the track when I can. If I mess up, I'm not going to worry about it.
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Try this just for s**** and giggles..
Make a couple of runs up to an indicated 100 miles per hour and keep it steady at a hundred when you roll through the traps,. .
Then get back to me and tell me what the time slip says your speed is LOL...
I played this game with several different MPH like an indicated 60 miles per hour an indicated 70 miles per hour...
An indicated 130 miles per hour..
Then you can get a speedo healer and make the correct adjustments so that your spot on when riding on the highway or on a two-lane road...
Even with completely stock gearing the Speedos are optimistically set from the factory
 
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That's cool about the little lady in your neck of the woods...

The ladies have the advantage being lightweight and small framed not having to deal with wind resistance like men do
 
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Harvestor said:
Then you can get a speedo healer and make the correct adjustments so that your spot on when riding on the highway or on a two-lane road...
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I remember reading a while back about the inaccuracies of stock speedometers and speedo healers. Basically, this bike will be a track only bike so a speedo healer won't be in the cards. Would be an interesting test tho. When this bike is ridden on the streets, it will only be ridden around my neighborhood block after I make an upgrade. No more street riding for me. Too many crazy azz people on cell phones and in general out there.

Heading out in about an hour to pick up the new toy. :jump:
 
Tia said:
I remember reading a while back about the inaccuracies of stock speedometers and speedo healers. Basically, this bike will be a track only bike so a speedo healer won't be in the cards. Would be an interesting test tho. When this bike is ridden on the streets, it will only be ridden around my neighborhood block after I make an upgrade. No more street riding for me. Too many crazy azz people on cell phones and in general out there.

Heading out in about an hour to pick up the new toy. :jump:
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Awesome please post pictures!

Yeah the streets are more dangerous today than they were 25 years ago each year gets worse with these young people that don't have good parenting to drill into their heads some common sense.
 
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Tia said:
I thought it would be fun to outline what it will cost a poor man to run in the 9's. The rich guys drive the 4 wheel versions and rumor has it to hit the 9's you need about 80K. Keep in mind the busa will hit the 9's with a skilled rider stock, but those are few and far between and I'm not one of them.
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Actually, you can go 9s on four wheels for less than $10K, if you're crazy enough:

Matt Happel- Turbo Fairmont 3.0:


This is the third one of these he's done. All of them- plus several other under-10K builds he's done- have been in the 9s...

Regards,
Gordon.
 
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