dket
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posted May 14, 2004 07:30 AM
Bike night in Kuwait
Our night is Wednesday nights at midnight till 4 or 5am . We go way out south by the oil refinerys . We have a 4 lane road that has huge parking lot lights down the center . One direction goes to Saudi Arabia and the other to the Persian Gulf . Road is straight and over 50 kilometers in length . We are also at sea level so the air is great , minus the summer heat . About 50-100 bikes show up for heads up racing . We even have some really bad ass cars that want to play . Race length is over 850 meters long .
The Kuwaiti's race for like 400-900 Kuwait Dinar . That is $1,300 to $3,000 U.S. Dollars folks . These guys even go into the city and hit the cash machines and come back with some mobster bank rolls .
Here it is , personally seen it in well over 100 races . The fastest stock production bike on planet Earth is the Kawasaki ZX10R . Do I need to repeat that ? We have 8 ZX10R's that everyone wants a piece of .
The seconds fastest stock production bike is the ZX12R . Number 3 is the big fat ass Busa . Around 80% of the time the 12R beats the Busa depending on the rider . Busa and 12R even switch riders , still 12R all the way . Fourth fastest is the GSXR1000 . Fifth is the CBR1000 , R1 and CBR954 .
A stock ZX10R will pull a "heavily modded" Busa , GSXR1000 or ZX12R like 1-5 bike lengths depending on the riders . I am talking full racing exhaust , Power Commander 3R's , BMC or K&N air filters , radical gearing mods and timing advancers . Everything modded except going deep inside the motor or stretching the bike out .
One guy has a heavily modded GSXR1000 with all parts mentioned above . He got beat 4 times from a brand new , fresh off the dealer showroom ZX10R with NO break-in . He was so pissed that he even pulled off his racing Akrapovik Evo2 can and ran it like that . Sucker still got stomped . I would even say that the GSZR1000 rider was a semi-pro drag racer . Very good shifts and launches . He never misses a beat . The GSXR rider was even the better rider on those runs by far . Now I can't wait again for Wednesday night to get here . I can provide digital movies if anyone thinks I am a liar . But I have no idea how to post them due to the size .
  
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posted May 14, 2004 07:40 AM
Sounds sweet.
Y'all best be real careful out there - easy targets in that environment.
Don't think it always happens ta someone else (that's what a buddy of mine thought who works for ABB Turbo).
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marco383
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posted May 14, 2004 09:23 AM
And we thought that us Americans had all the fun. Good news about the 10R's dominance; I was getting worried after all the posts bitching about what a dog it was.
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supraman95mb
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posted May 14, 2004 09:26 AM
Please get some pics and mostly definately some videos.
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salsa1
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posted May 14, 2004 09:50 AM
 Edited By: salsa1 on 14 May 2004 11:08
Definitively encouraging DKET ;I was never dissapointed but great to hear. A clinical (excuuuse me) Definition of happines is the ratio of what is expected to what you get.
I got what I expected and more.
Hey ;DKET 850 meters ia a lot more than a 1/4 mile who came up with that? Just curious ;house rules?
Have a great weekend; I know I will; have been traveling out of town plus had cold spell here in South Dakota last three days ;not been able to ride my ZX-10R as much ;well that will change now..... Yehaw!! hehe.
Have a great weekend all!
Have fun;be safe.
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roym3
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posted May 14, 2004 02:06 PM
I have a 10 with 1100 miles/oil change.Seems to run good.No dyno runs.
I raced a mapped 12,full Muzzy,PCIII,and got beat at all speeds.
It seems light 5-10hp to beat/equal the 12.
My old 12[sold to a friend runs good stock.I am trying to get a race with him.
I will post results.
 
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RadCow
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posted May 14, 2004 03:53 PM
dket - You've dyno'd your bike and, 'serviced' the stock exhaust.
Can I ask what upshift RPM you are finding most effective??
roym3 - What about you?
My first real, 'speed blast' - I was shifting way too late (13k indicated)...
Have'nt gone back to quantify tests at lesser upshift RPM yet..
Thanks
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deathpulse
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posted May 14, 2004 06:21 PM
GREAT FUN DKET!!! Try to get some pix - I'd love to see the area with bikes all going nuts  .
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roym3
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posted May 15, 2004 05:43 AM
Rad,
First I am going to check my tach accuracy again this weekend,weather permitting.
One article said the rev limiter kicked in at 13700.
I have not checked this out yet either.
Max power is 11500-12500,depending on which article/exhaust system test data you are reading.
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DKET
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posted May 15, 2004 07:05 AM
IMO
I set the shift light for 12250 rpm . No need to go to or over redline . If you do you get way out of the torque/power curve .
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roym3
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posted May 15, 2004 08:25 PM
Trivia,
Almost embarrassed to post this.
Thought/hoped the 10 was going to have 10-15 more hp.Bought 37 tooth rear for lots of big end riding.aaaaaaaaaaoh well;put it on anyway.
Amazing.Bike was awesome from day 1,but noisey,buzzy,almost nervous,compared to my 12 at least.
Now it is quieter,smoother,I swear it even shifts better.Much more comfortable/rideable.Not a lot of clutch required in town/red lites;seems the same as stock.I don't know if it will roll on better,or pull 6th,even after I pipe and map it[I promise it did this for my 12,and it did improve roll ons/rideability.Not as dramatic a difference as the 10 though.But even my friends wouldn't do the fix].
Not for the strip,I know.
FYI.
And I know its not supposed to be a gold wing.But I do like 37/17 better than stock.
I will try to get some roll on comparos to post,in case anybody is interested.
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arnab
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posted May 16, 2004 12:54 AM
hmm nice drag racing shit going on, dont know whether they have anything like this in Dubai......
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DKET
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posted May 16, 2004 07:30 AM
arnab , you in Dubai ? We have a satellite terminal there . I am thinking of going to work there . Just ask around at the bike shops and the local bikers . I bet they have something similar .
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DKET
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posted May 16, 2004 10:39 AM
arnab , you in Dubai ? We have a satellite terminal there . I am thinking of going to work there . Just ask around at the bike shops and the local bikers . I bet they have something similar .
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beansbaxter
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posted May 16, 2004 12:34 PM
Had I known about that strip, I would have drove my Humvee over back when I was over there...a late night recon mission haha
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dket
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posted May 18, 2004 06:37 AM
If you ever come back beansbaxter , the roads are south of Camp Arifjan . Same road as Arifjan but maybe 10 minutes more south .
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beansbaxter
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posted May 18, 2004 08:03 AM
Oh no...that was my second time in the Middle East, and I dont think I'll ever be back again.
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