could 1 of you florida boys explain this 9/10.....what is it what is the purpose
thanks in advance
j
thanks in advance
j
I'm in centralflorida and I don't know what they meant. It must be a south florida thang. :heyyou:blackbeast said:could 1 of you florida boys explain this 9/10.....what is it what is the purpose
thanks in advance
j
I'll take this one...blackbeast said:could 1 of you florida boys explain this 9/10.....what is it what is the purpose
thanks in advance
j
What the purpose of racing 9/10 of a mile?miykl said:I'll take this one...
basically a drag race to 9/10th of a mile.
see... not so hard. :badteeth:
ahhhh come on old timer. you read all the threads, just answer the question.Big Daddy said:i'll move this so the guys that actually do 9/10th's can explain.
BD
:+1: :mrgreen: :helmet:GuitarPlyr said:why not race for 1 mile? :dontknow:
yeah...I would think the same but at the drag strip(1/4mile) from a stop my speed healer says I reach over 150mph just after shut down, on the street for only a few seconds from 4th at 70 or 80mph or so to 5th and a little on 6th gear I get to 168mph(geared 16/40) to a 1/4 mile or so later.....just seems like a lot of room to reach top speed...but what do I know...I live in a city, not much room out here to test.:headshake: .:badteeth:bonz said:Just a guess but if you are "tuned" right and all that, it shouldn't take you any longer than 9/10th's of a mile to reach your top speed, kinda like who can top out the quickest? Remember just a guess?
your right.. my bike untuned did 186mph at 7/10ths.. however the guy doing 190mph would pass me up by 9/10ths.. follow?? so you need to regear to 190+... also once you hit 190+ mph its not as easy to get each mph.. aerodynamics play a big factor and thats what makes the 06 faster at this game..bonz said:Just a guess but if you are "tuned" right and all that, it shouldn't take you any longer than 9/10th's of a mile to reach your top speed, kinda like who can top out the quickest? Remember just a guess?
not that it was complicated mikyl I just wanted all the info...a 2nd gear roll on to top speed (sunday morning 3127) that's self explanatory. I wanted to know if they were raceing from a stop or a roll and why..thanks deezhulmiykl said:I'll take this one...
basically a drag race to 9/10th of a mile.
see... not so hard. :badteeth:
THE ICE MAN said:We used to race at a spot where the crowd waited at the finish line because
its better to see the bikes come by at top speed and see who won, and by how much, you know when you race someone you cannot see behind you
and the loser will say I was right there within 1-2 bike lenghts when he really was 5-6 lenghts back, well there is non of that when the crowd is right there to give the end results.
Why 9/10's ??
Down this long deserted road we had no marker's exept this mph sign
that just happen to be 9/10's away from the finish line now this was done at night from 1:00 A.M.- 3:30 A.M. in the morning, your head light and sometimes when there was a full moon out that was your only way to see where you where going at 160-180 mph, because this place was pitch black nothing around, I never ran unless they had 5-6 races before me to scare the animals of the night away!!
We had another spot were we raced also wich just happened to have a marker in the road at 9/10's also, everyone geared there bike for this distance, so when we go to different spots it has still carried over to our original distance the 9/10's its almost perfect when the bike reaches top speed not too long or too short !!
1/4 mile is too short there is less of a thrill factor, I like to see what they will do with the ram air into full effect and aerodynamics of the bike really come into play.
IHMO their 9/10 is more of a race than the good ol 3127 runs due to no defined finish, no offical start. Leaves lots of room for, "you jumped me." "you shut down." and all the other excuses. But then the BS'n and chest beat'n at the stop and Hooters was a big part of the fun.blackbeast said:not that it was complicated mikyl I just wanted all the info...a 2nd gear roll on to top speed (sunday morning 3127) that's self explanatory. I wanted to know if they were raceing from a stop or a roll and why..thanks deezhul
i totally agree that is a better race but we don't have that here as you know and these fellas don't seem to like change unfortunatelymiykl said:IHMO their 9/10 is more of a race than the good ol 3127 runs due to no defined finish, no offical start. Leaves lots of room for, "you jumped me." "you shut down." and all the other excuses. But then the BS'n and chest beat'n at the stop and Hooters was a big part of the fun.
you could not have been around back then?? how old are you??GSX said:Krome Avenue at the tower. Now that brings back some old memories. Back in 1990, George was going through there at 186mph on his air cooled GSXR 1340.