Overhyped?

**Lou Girardin** · 14th August 2006, 08:23

Originally Posted by slowpoke

As for the roll on figures if you geared a 10 for the same top speed as a 14 then the thing wouldn't feel so perky. Conversely, imagine the 14 geared the same as the 10....now we're talkin!

Well the 14 has 25 - 30% more torque to pull different gearing. If you geared it down, you'd be filling the thing every 100 k's. The fact is that, as bikes off the showroom floor, the 14 is not much quicker, if at all. Once you start changing spec, it's a whole different ball game.

**DEATH_INC.** · 14th August 2006, 08:33

Try the same roll on from 150 mph.....

**Madmax** · 14th August 2006, 08:36

ZX10rs just feel better (in a sort of unfrendly way)
dont like the 06 model though i think the 04 sans
dampner is f**kin fun

**dawnrazor** · 14th August 2006, 08:54

Aren't all these bikes restricted by the big 4 to 300K top speed despite the engines potential, and the real characteristics of these engines are libereated by the art of the fettle.

**The_Dover** · 14th August 2006, 09:06

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

As I'm a complete noob, I've perused a couple of bike mags - which titles have riders here found that were the most useful/informative?

Superbike.

Bike is ok too.

**pritch** · 14th August 2006, 10:35

I read BIKE or TWO. Both are English and thus heavily favour sports bikes.

If you allow for the bias they can be very informative. I think both have former top roadracers on their testing teams (Niall McKenzie and Jamie Whitam).

If you buy one BIKE keep it for the comments re every model sold in Britain toward the back of the mag.

Point against: neither mag is cheap...

**sAsLEX** · 14th August 2006, 10:39

Originally Posted by Madmax

i think the 04 sans
dampner is f**kin fun

I think they refer to what you enjoy as masochism

**R1** · 14th August 2006, 12:44

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Info lifted from another forum, sorry but I don't know the posters source.

how often do you get the exact same time around a track? and u got that info from a suzuki forum didnt you?

**Lou Girardin** · 14th August 2006, 12:57

Originally Posted by DEATH_INC.

Try the same roll on from 150 mph.....

That'd be interesting.

**Cajun** · 14th August 2006, 21:24

taken from latest superbike mag, of zx14 vs busa, vs k1200s

enjoy

**sAsLEX** · 14th August 2006, 21:37

Originally Posted by Cajun

taken from latest superbike mag, of zx14 vs busa, vs k1200s

enjoy

interesting the 1/4s are exactly the same

**sAsLEX** · 15th August 2006, 00:01

New one test ride a bit boring to be honest

Click to see Video

Some old school drags on the old 14

Click to see Video

**Lou Girardin** · 15th August 2006, 11:41

It looks like the 14 only comes into it's own at high speed.
There's only a few tenths difference where we normally ride.
The next 'Busa will kill it. (If they keep the low down grunt)

**sAsLEX** · 15th August 2006, 11:53

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

It looks like the 14 only comes into it's own at high speed.

Which is suprising considering the aero's of the Busa which are some of the best in the business.

**Cajun** · 15th August 2006, 12:00

yeah the write up in latest esp of superbike of the above test as given the winner of the 14, of them, they said it was a hard choice, it wasn't like the 14 stomped the other two,

I am acutally very dispointed in reading that the 14 takes longer to stop at same speeds compared to the busa, i mean busa as 6 pot capliers, with the 14 with radial mounted mc, as well as calapers as well as some wavy discs

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