Do 1/4 mile times mean anything these days?

[Sensei]

Gutted to have a 600 doing just about the same time's as a 1000cc twin
I see why none of the ones here don't have a hope against my 1000
SENSEI

[Two Smoker]

I read in a recent UK biker mag that the 636 (interested cos that's what I get to ride ) did the quarter in 11.4 @ 128.somethingorother. This was the bike mag doing it, so don't know if there's room for improvement. The ZX10 was early 10s and somewhere around 140mph.. I'll have to get the mag and read it properly. Also said they got 160mph (~270kph) from the 636 and 180mph (~300kph) from the 10.. not bad goin..

anyhoo, to me, I would have thought lowering the front and stiffening the back would help on a drag, but saying that, I don't think the bike is going to give you much warning before you see too much sky, then upside down earth..

This is generally because some bike magazine test riders arent as ballsy as other ones.... For instance Superbike Magazine generally gets the best times.... But they also write the most bikes off hehehe

[wkid_one]

Depends on whose figures you read - check my link below

ZX-10R ('04) 9.92 @ 147.4 1st
CBR1000RR ('04) 10.16 @ 142.1
999 ('03) 10.29 @ 133.65
GSX-R1000 ('04) 9.96 @ 144.7 3rd
YZF-R1 ('04) 9.93 @ 147.4 2nd

[Sensei]

Have done 10.2 on my 93 GSXR1100 R with a flying of 172 mph
How's about some of you other's on here Time's ???
SENSEI

[Jantar]

There was a time in the distant past when standing quarter times did have real meaning. A bike with a time of 15 seconds was obviously quicker off the mark than one with a time of 18 seconds. Bikes could be compared directly, and even a mediocre rider would have trouble NOT getting a good time if he was on a better bike. However once times started getting consistantly below 13 seconds, and rider ability meant more than the bike's power to weight ratio, then times became almost meaningless.

There is also the consideration that 20 to 30 years ago you could use full throttle on a road bike on many occassions. With most modern bikes it would be much rarer to ever require maximum power on a public road.

[bluninja]

There is also the consideration that 20 to 30 years ago you could use full throttle on a road bike on many occassions. With most modern bikes it would be much rarer to ever require maximum power on a public road.

Hey riding a CG125 requires full throttle on nearly all occasions. Laid on the tank with the choke full on I could almost get up to 70 mph (115kmh).

[avgas]

Have done 10.2 on my 93 GSXR1100 R with a flying of 172 mph
How's about some of you other's on here Time's ???
SENSEI

By the time i was finished with the motor on the RG150 it did 12.8, but that motor blew up (and then gridnded itself into a fine powder) after another 5,000k's so it wasnt worth it.
Never got to do the GB, but i reckon would have been good for about 15.
The RG was the only bike i have had for more than 4 years, so all the other bikes i was/am still 'getting the swing of'.
ZXR is a funny bike - accellerates the same in 6th as it does on 1st, so i have to catchup with the gear changes. Dont really want to make the gears any taller either as the speedo allready maxes out way too early.
if i can click gears fast enough on the ZXR i reckon i can easity get in the 12ish mark, but i cant - cos im still not confident enough.

[Slingshot]

I did an 11.57 sec 1/4 mile on my CBR...I was pretty happy with that.

Have a look at this link..it gives the 1/4 mile results for the sprints held late last year.

http://www.cdd.co.nz/sprint/sprint.htm

There are quite a few KBers on there.

[Dodgyiti]

Thanks for the Sport Rider link to quater times, very interesting.
I do know the quoted quater times for my bikes past and present, it sometimes makes it easy to explain to car nut mates when they ask how grunty my new bike is.
All I need to say is something like " Low 10's " and they understand better and can relate, also the HP to weight figures help, especially if it is 1 to 1
Heh heh heh

[DEATH_INC.]

Some of the guys @ gixxer.com have run under 10's on fairly stock 600's for a few years now,and I didn't believe them either but they showed time slips and even video's to prove it......
The best i've ever managed was 10.57 on the 12 on a normally slippery meremere,the turbo got 10.7 with wheelspin in every gear and clutch slip when the tyre didn't The gixx got 11.05 best...