Where to try your ZX14 top speed

[AllanB]

For screens try www.godiva.co.nz first, phone 0800 245 325 - a NZ company based in Hamilton - excellent quality and well priced plus different colours are available.

A double bubble for the ZX14 is $165.

If you order from them ensure you get a can of Plexus spray - its brilliant stuff for screens and plastics.

[NZsarge]

For screens try www.godiva.co.nz first, phone 0800 245 325 - a NZ company based in Hamilton - excellent quality and well priced plus different colours are available.

A double bubble for the ZX14 is $165.

If you order from them ensure you get a can of Plexus spray - its brilliant stuff for screens and plastics.

Nice, checked the site but they don't have a pic of the screens but they do have an option of double bubble or sport tourer screen for the 14 which is nice.

[Gremlin]

Ramarama motorway straight....

Brilliant place for meeting plod tho. Rode whole night in country, not a single radar hit, and I had 2 on the ramarama straights when returning home.

Drag races, or pukie back straight are your best bets. The superbikes are going over 300 on the back straight, so if you have the balls, skills etc, you should have no problems getting at least close to 300 (the 600s manage indicated 260-270).

Better than a single lane back country road too, they are extremely bumpy in the higher speeds.

[Blackbird]

Cliffhanger sprints: http://www.cliffhanger.org.nz/sprints/sprints.htm. 293 km/hr by a ZX14 earlier this year.

[Kirill357]

Cliffhanger sprints: http://www.cliffhanger.org.nz/sprints/sprints.htm. 293 km/hr by a ZX14 earlier this year.

Thanks mate, I will probably give it a go

[bucket boy]

Cliffhanger sprints: http://www.cliffhanger.org.nz/sprints/sprints.htm. 293 km/hr by a ZX14 earlier this year.

I got my one to 283 in standard form with cans and 16oo ks on clock speedo reading 310 ks

[MaxB]

Glad to see you are taking it off the streets for your top speed runs. Meremere drags for example have days where ther public can show up and do a run.

One of my mates is back on the road after a very big ticket. He had his 'special place' for high speed work but he gave a local farmer shit over a trivial matter so the old fella dobbed him in to the cops. He had to get a lawyer to get the charge down form dangerous driving but still got a big fine and a long walk.

[Mikkel]

If you're feeling lucky 90 mile beach could provide the oldschool landspeed record atmosphere - a cocktail of adrenaline, salty spray, sand and fatal danger.

Otherwise, there's an entire South Island available if you are willing to brave the Straight.

[eratic]

theres a pretty decent straight out towards tora in the wairarapa. Got the car to max out along there probally 2km + long, its slightly downhill aswell so you can see everything comming for miles

[EJK]

DING DONG

*Question Alert, Question Alert!*


I saw a guy on a very very very very very nice 14 the other day. He departed but couldn't see, however I heard he accelerated from 0 to somewhere speed of up to Mid rev range, 3rd gear.

The question is, what speed did he reach?

Note: I heard the 14s can do around 160kph on first gear.

[Gremlin]

Note: I heard the 14s can do around 160kph on first gear.

Is that all? Someone want to confirm? I would expect it to be more like 190-200ish? The thous will do 180-190...

[madandy]

180-190km/h in first? On factory gearing? Really?

[bsasuper]

From my block I can see the motorway by the service stop (south), early just after light on some sunday mornings, biker on what I make out to be a GSXR750 does a top speed run.There is little to no traffic at that time.Biker rides south, takes exit,back on MW north.Now I can hear biker ,then for a few seconds see biker, then hear biker slow and exit MW.I assume biker does a ride past to check for the plod first.

[AlBundy]

Is that all? Someone want to confirm? I would expect it to be more like 190-200ish? The thous will do 180-190...

What thou does that in 1st? With STD gearing?

160 maybe...

[Gremlin]

180-190km/h in first? On factory gearing? Really?

not sure about the busa/zx14, but I know a mates k6 gsxr thou would do about 185 (indicated) in first, so thats why I would imagine the bigger bikes would be a bit higher.

All the big bikes have tall first gears, the aim is to stop you looping it (it can go from impressive wheelie to impressive fuck up very quickly in first)

What thou does that in 1st?

160 maybe...

My 2004 zx10 would see 160+ in first (indicated), it only goes higher for the newer bikes.