s1000rr @ 8.49

[RACER X]

YouTube- BMW S1000RR Ryan 8 49 158MPH MOV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxcBK0IuC0o)

[Homeslice]

now try one with a regular swingarm, lol

[Riceaholic]

What kind of fucking retard would slam and stretch that bike anyway? The commentary made me want to break someone's jaw...

[Tmall]

His bike's speed just then is faster than the top speed of mine... :lol

[pauldun170]

now try one with a regular swingarm, lol

:lol:

[Amber Lamps]

What kind of fucking retard would slam and stretch that bike anyway? The commentary made me want to break someone's jaw...

What's the difference between slamming that bike and a 'Busa or ZX-14?

[HokieDNA01]

I dont see any problem with stretched swing arms on actual drag bikes. It serves a valid purpose.

[Amber Lamps]

I dont see any problem with stretched swing arms on actual drag bikes. It serves a valid purpose.


This. Virtually no vehicle is manufactured with drag racing in mind. They all had to be modified in one way or another...

Wait I know... the bike is already too "iconic" to be modified. :lol:

[Homeslice]

Well if you're going to modify a bike for drag, why wouldn't you start with a Busa or ZX14? They are cheaper, more stable, more torquey, and have more mods available.

[Amber Lamps]

Well if you're going to modify a bike for drag, why wouldn't you start with a Busa or ZX14? They are cheaper, more stable, more torquey, and have more mods available.

Hey when the "Busa first came out somebody had to be the first to mod it for drag racing... Besides, I believe that the BMW has more ponies than the ZX-14 or the 'Busa.

[Riceaholic]

What's the difference between slamming that bike and a 'Busa or ZX-14?

The same thing would be me putting a sand paddle on my GSXR, taking it to Glamis and jumping it 300 feet down a sand dune.

[Dnyce]

now try one with a regular swingarm, lol

9.57 @ 156 according to sportrider, and another unrelated mag had similar numbers, quickest in the comparo of all the '10 bikes (used a 09 for suzi)
great times for a stock bike.

What kind of fucking retard would slam and stretch that bike anyway? The commentary made me want to break someone's jaw...

id expect more from a high life drinker and gsxr rider.....
and i didnt hear any commentary other than what the bike ran. what i miss?

Well if you're going to modify a bike for drag, why wouldn't you start with a Busa or ZX14? They are cheaper, more stable, more torquey, and have more mods available.

drag racing is just as much about the latest and greatest, lightest and fastest, as any other racing. the busa, and to a certain extent the 14, have more mods available because its a better starting platform than anything else out....til now maybe.

the busa will still be king in certain classes bcuz of its already bigger displacement(doubt u can bore the beemer out too much) but there are a lot of dragbike classes where the lighter weight of the 1000's are better platforms than the busa or 14.

Hey when the "Busa first came out somebody had to be the first to mod it for drag racing... Besides, I believe that the BMW has more ponies than the ZX-14 or the 'Busa.

yep


now if someone put some yamaha bodywork on the beemer, you would have one helluva moneymaker for street racing. sleeper!

[Riceaholic]

9.57 @ 156 according to sportrider, and another unrelated mag had similar numbers, quickest in the comparo of all the '10 bikes (used a 09 for suzi)
great times for a stock bike.



id expect more from a high life drinker and gsxr rider.....
and i didnt hear any commentary other than what the bike ran. what i miss?



drag racing is just as much about the latest and greatest, lightest and fastest, as any other racing. the busa, and to a certain extent the 14, have more mods available because its a better starting platform than anything else out....til now maybe.

the busa will still be king in certain classes bcuz of its already bigger displacement(doubt u can bore the beemer out too much) but there are a lot of dragbike classes where the lighter weight of the 1000's are better platforms than the busa or 14.



yep


now if someone put some yamaha bodywork on the beemer, you would have one helluva moneymaker for street racing. sleeper!


I'm not knocking drag racing. I've ridden a couple 300+ hp turbo Busa's that had me laughing out loud. I guess where I miss the point is taking a bike like the BMW and limiting it to only going fast in a straight line...

And for the record I may have had a few too many High Life's when I posted that and was having trouble making my brain work...:lol:

[Dnyce]

I'm not knocking drag racing. I've ridden a couple 300+ hp turbo Busa's that had me laughing out loud. I guess where I miss the point is taking a bike like the BMW and limiting it to only going fast in a straight line...

And for the record I may have had a few too many High Life's when I posted that and was having trouble making my brain work...:lol:

cuz its good at it apparently

but i cant knock you for enjoying the high life lol

[Homeslice]

9.57 @ 156 according to sportrider, and another unrelated mag had similar numbers, quickest in the comparo of all the '10 bikes (used a 09 for suzi)
great times for a stock bike.


Doesn't every liter bike break into the 9's though?

I was just saying, from that down to 8.49 is a very substantial improvement, one that would never have happened without that swingarm.

[KSGregman]

I get it...it has an advanced and powerful motor...but to take such an agile bike...tailor made for the track...and turn it into a drag bike...seems like such a waste.

I mean...what else are you really gonna do with a Busa or ZX-14?

[RACER X]

do you guys say the same thing about stretched dropped GSXR1000's?

[tached1000rr]

badass, love the way it sounds through the gears.

Nothing excites me like a nice set of curves, but I'll always have love for the dragstrip.

[KSGregman]

do you guys say the same thing about stretched dropped GSXR1000's?

Yes.

[Riceaholic]

do you guys say the same thing about stretched dropped GSXR1000's?

Yes.

[Dnyce]

I get it...it has an advanced and powerful motor...but to take such an agile bike...tailor made for the track...and turn it into a drag bike...seems like such a waste.

I mean...what else are you really gonna do with a Busa or ZX-14?

sleepered rides the hell outta his busa, its a sport tourer technically i guess.

lol but really, based on this logic

"but to take such an agile bike...tailor made for the track...and turn it into a drag bike...seems like such a waste."

that would mean nearly every streetbike bike at the dragstrip is a waste. bikes are made for a purpose, and that purpose is the owners enjoyment. so, i'd say if the guy at the track is enjoying his bike, whether it be a trackday or a dragstrip, then its not a waste. imo

[z06boy]

To each their own...if you've got the $$ to do it and want to be different go for it.

Having said this...sure it does seem kind of funny or "out there" to do this with the new BMW but it doesn't bother me.

[KSGregman]

bikes are made for a purpose, and that purpose is the owners enjoyment. so, i'd say if the guy at the track is enjoying his bike, whether it be a trackday or a dragstrip, then its not a waste. imo

Fair point!