Mojave Mile
I'm back from my first mile event and all I can say is how humbled I am, and further convinced how special it was to go 200 mph at Bonneville last year. My best run was 167 mph. Strong winds, tall gearing and inexperienced rider, at least at the asphalt mile thing. Fastest bike was 194 on a ZX-12. Next fastest was 190 on a Gen 2 Busa I think. Went through hell to get there. Long story short I broke the damn right handle bar when I dropped it off the ramp loading onto the truck! A local mechanic loaned me his off his personal ride. Then we had to rig a kill switch tether from a turn signal connector when we failed tech inspection in Mojave. Little scratched up, little ghetto repair but we still raced it. Working a simple two button camera also proved nearly as difficult as going 200 mph but I did manage to get some footage. It's on facebook, not sure if it will link correctly or not. http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/vid...0442063&ref=mf The fun starts at the 3:26 mark. You can really see the wind pushing me to the right as I push left just to stay in a straight line. Despite my "slow" speed, it's still a rush to run a Busa up to 10 grand through all 6 gears and not die. Things I learned: launch hard, use the whole 40 ft start gate and pound that throttle as close to redline as you can before shifting. And of course don't go too tall with the gearing. Had my Bonneville setup of 18 front and 39 rear. Only brought one other 40 tooth. It was not much help. Only managed 5 runs but still had a BLAST. I'll do better at the next one, and the Big Red Camaro was awesome. Only vehicle of the day to do 200. http://www.bigredcamaro.com/newsite/
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Sounds like lots of fun. How was the weather down there and what were the average times and speeds that you ran???
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its always nice to see ppl talk about the mile....
my gixxer has been just shy of 208mph in the mile..... |
your gixxer is a retard mule of a bike john, lol.
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yup thats why its fun, does what its told and doesnt fuck around to do it
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kind of like a good wife, haha.
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Originally Posted by crackerjackman
(Post 257023)
Sounds like lots of fun. How was the weather down there and what were the average times and speeds that you ran???
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so what caused the slower speeds? just the conditions or the ground or what? and whats done to your bike?
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Originally Posted by uchi
(Post 257583)
so what caused the slower speeds? just the conditions or the ground or what? and whats done to your bike?
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