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posted April 13, 2008 10:03 PM
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Worlds Fastest ZX-14 @ 223.01 mph?
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358.9 km/h = 223.01 mp/h
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Anxious wait for speedy motorcyclist
5:00AM Wednesday April 09, 2008
By Ben Kuttner
A New Zealand man is about to find out whether he has the world's fastest Kawasaki.
Every two years on Lake Gairdner, a vast Australian salt flat, teams of motorcycle enthusiasts gather to challenge and defend the land speed record for production motorbikes.
This month, Whangarei coach builder John Howe will learn whether he has officially broken the record for production motorcycles on his Kawasaki ZX14, by clocking 358.9km/h on January 27 - beating the previous record by 1.8km/h.
The motorcycles competing have to be street legal, which means they can be improved only with standard production parts.
The record is unofficial until a Swiss company, commissioned to carry out the time-keeping, sends Howe his certificates this month.
Bikes on the two-way run take 5-6km to achieve full speed before reaching the 1.6km stretch where the Swiss time recorders have their equipment at the ready.
The machines then need a further 3km to slow down and stop.
This is the third time Howe and his team - a group of motorcycle mechanics from Wellington - have had a crack at the speed record.
They spent 22 hours in testing to perfect the bike for conditions in Australia, matching air density and humidity.
"One man couldn't do this - a good team with excellent back-up makes it all happen," Howe said. Another tip is timing the run for early morning, because the intake of a Kawasaki functions best in cold, dense air.
Howe was up against seven teams from the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand,
On the perfectly flat Lake Gairdner, about the size of Lake Taupo but without the water, it was all over very quickly - the race took a year to plan, but just 10 minutes of waiting, then 10 minutes of full throttle.
"Waiting was the anxious period," Mr Howe said.
"But during the run there's no fear, just doing the job. No traffic officers to ruin your day."
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acapone72
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posted April 13, 2008 10:10 PM
thats fast i am shootin for maxton ecta monster mile you only get 1 mile to get to top speed like a long drag race guys are runnin 220s on all motor
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posted April 14, 2008 04:07 AM
Edited By: 1badzx12r on 14 Apr 2008 05:08
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guys are runnin 220s on all motor
on a standing mile...i don't know who told you that lie
unless its 200 km/h
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posted April 14, 2008 06:27 AM
All motor and turbo and if the rider is heavy, throw some nitrous in for good measure.
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posted April 14, 2008 06:29 AM
yo go to you tube and put in maxton look for compulation or better yet go to ecta land speed racing site and check the records my guy sal from ace performance does just that regularly did you hear that go check it out if you have any trouble finding it let me know and ill show you the way
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posted April 14, 2008 07:01 AM
Edited By: 1badzx12r on 14 Apr 2008 08:07
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my guy sal from ace performance does just that regularly
well whats attached to that ALL motor bike ...cuz ain't NO all motor bike gonna run 220 mph in a standing mile ...
even the bad azz turbo zx14 with 600hp only ran a 230mph standing mile...go look that up hot shot and take Sal with you...
EVEN 600HP BUSA 'S ONLY BEST IS 240 SOMETHING
YOU CAN READ IT DOES say world FASTEST ZX14
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posted April 14, 2008 07:38 AM
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yo go to you tube and put in maxton look for compulation or better yet go to ecta land speed racing site and check the records my guy sal from ace performance does just that regularly did you hear that go check it out if you have any trouble finding it let me know and ill show you the way
That's why they call it dope... Because when you've had too much you say silly things and do silly things. Please put the crack pipe down and step away from the keyboard. If it's all motor, he's got one hell of a stroker built. Must be a ZX17
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posted April 14, 2008 07:43 AM
Edited By: shane661 on 14 Apr 2008 08:55
Dave O has run 220+ in the Mile, all motor, on his stroker Busa. And I believe Sal has been timed at 218+ mph, all motor, on a Busa that he built/tuned. So, I suppose that with enough work a 14 might be able to as well.
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KawaBonzai
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posted April 14, 2008 08:03 AM
Yo !
Please keep one thing in mind ... the bike in that article has no mods like a strocker kit or turbo ...
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The motorcycles competing have to be street legal, which means they can be improved only with standard production parts.
If I'm not mistaken Chad Millholland did a 200.924 mph pass at the Texas Mile ECTA 2006 event on a Brocks prep'd ZX-14. If anyone knows how to do an "all motor" run, it would be Brock.
Dunno about 07 or 08 ZX14's, but I can not imagine 220's on a stock ZX14.
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posted April 14, 2008 08:26 AM
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Yo !
Please keep one thing in mind ... the bike in that article has no mods like a strocker kit or turbo ...
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The motorcycles competing have to be street legal, which means they can be improved only with standard production parts.
If I'm not mistaken Chad Millholland did a 200.924 mph pass at the Texas Mile ECTA 2006 event on a Brocks prep'd ZX-14. If anyone knows how to do an "all motor" run, it would be Brock.
Dunno about 07 or 08 ZX14's, but I can not imagine 220's on a stock ZX14.
... Bonzai
Brock's bike with Chad is the only all motor zx14 that i know of that did 200mph at Maxton...
Brocks sold a chitt load of 200mph kits and i don't think not 1 of them person's that purchased it did 200mph..
yes i understand that was a street legal bike running on a salt flat and it was not a standing mile ...
Bikes on the two-way run take 5-6km to achieve full speed before reaching the 1.6km stretch where the Swiss time recorders have their equipment at the ready.
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posted April 14, 2008 08:30 AM
Edited By: 1badzx12r on 14 Apr 2008 09:31
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Dave O has run 220+ in the Mile, all motor, on his stroker Busa. And I believe Sal has been timed at 218+ mph, all motor, on a Busa that he built/tuned. So, I suppose that with enough work a 14 might be able to as well.
Shane
i won't debate that part of built ...kinda like the Vance & Hines Vrods ...not a freaking part on them is harley but they carry the name VROD
I GUESS THEY CAN BE CALLED ALL MOTOR TOOOOOOOO....
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posted April 14, 2008 03:15 PM
OMG thats rolling!
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posted April 14, 2008 04:16 PM
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Yo !
Please keep one thing in mind ... the bike in that article has no mods like a strocker kit or turbo ...
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The motorcycles competing have to be street legal, which means they can be improved only with standard production parts.
... Bonzai
No stock engine ZX-14 will go anywhere near 220...but maybe there was a 40 mph tailwind? lol
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posted April 14, 2008 08:51 PM
Edited By: flyboy on 14 Apr 2008 22:15
The news release speaking of Mr. Howe's record breaking run speaks of using standard production parts so I can only assume he's speaking of a standard production ZX-14 motorcycle-
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posted April 14, 2008 08:52 PM
Edited By: flyboy on 14 Apr 2008 21:53
I sorry to disappoint Mr. Howe but I own the record for the fastest production bike in the World, fastest production Kawasaki bike in the world .... what have you. It was set at Bonneville, 2006 achieveing a speed of 189.041 mph which was an AMA record which still stands today. And that was was an altitude of 6,700 feet. At sea level this speed would be faster due to density altitude.
Now the next question is what is a production bike? A production bike to purists of land speed records... is a "production bike" with an unopened engine running on gasoline. It must also look like it came off the showroom floor with the stock exhaust pipes. The record runs must also be two ways down a track, one way and then a return run the other way within 4 hours. This way wind can not be a factor as the two speeds are averaged. If Mr. Howe could tell us more about his "record runs" I would like to be enlighted.
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posted April 15, 2008 05:20 AM
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I sorry to disappoint Mr. Howe but I own the record for the fastest production bike in the World, fastest production Kawasaki bike in the world .... what have you. It was set at Bonneville, 2006 achieveing a speed of 189.041 mph which was an AMA record which still stands today.
don't hate cuz he busted your record ...by a whooping 34 mph ...
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posted April 15, 2008 07:48 PM
holy moly of coarse no stock any thing goes that fast i meant no spray no turbo would be all motor great job on the new zealand thing and both ways at bonnaville useable streetable practicle i bet the newzealand guy might of used a gear ratio to where he used a lot of that nice long track or whatever what i said is a fact some guys can run that fast in the mile and of coarse with built bikes
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posted April 15, 2008 08:42 PM
I cant picture a ZX 14 going that fast with those big OEM exhust cans . Must have cut them off
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posted April 15, 2008 10:33 PM
Edited By: KawaBonzai on 15 Apr 2008 23:34
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holy moly of coarse no stock any thing goes that fast i meant no spray no turbo would be all motor great job on the new zealand thing and both ways at bonnaville useable streetable practicle i bet the newzealand guy might of used a gear ratio to where he used a lot of that nice long track or whatever what i said is a fact some guys can run that fast in the mile and of coarse with built bikes
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posted April 15, 2008 10:43 PM
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posted April 16, 2008 12:13 AM
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posted April 16, 2008 01:12 AM
Edited By: Nukedog on 16 Apr 2008 02:16
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guys are runnin 220s on all motor
on a standing mile...i don't know who told you that lie
unless its 200 km/h
Dave Owen went 220 on his 1507 Busa. Article was on Dragbike.com
Tiger Racing went 228 on a N2O Busa and is working on a 240mph(they hope) nitrous bike right now for maxton.
You sure are up to date....LOL
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posted April 16, 2008 04:06 AM
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guys are runnin 220s on all motor
on a standing mile...i don't know who told you that lie
unless its 200 km/h
Dave Owen went 220 on his 1507 Busa. Article was on Dragbike.com
Tiger Racing went 228 on a N2O Busa and is working on a 240mph(they hope) nitrous bike right now for maxton.
You sure are up to date....LOL
yes i'm up to date..
you do see ALL MOTOR part
that means no addatives like spray or turbo
and 1507 built from a 1299cc stocker ...would that really be called ALL MOTORED
You guys will beleive any crap that hits ya'll in the face
MAYBE i'll teach a 40lb monkey to ride a zx14 and really set some records on a standing mile ...
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posted April 16, 2008 04:46 AM
Edited By: tg1820 on 16 Apr 2008 05:47
223.1 should make it the fastest non-Turbo ZX-14 in the world? Maybe not, I couldn't find the times for the March 08 Texas mile. It doesn't appear they are on the site yet. There was at least one non-Turbo that thought they could run over 220 w/out a turbo going to that event. But I think it was the wind or something that held it back? Either way 223.1 is moving!
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posted April 16, 2008 05:36 PM
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my guy sal from ace performance does just that regularly
well whats attached to that ALL motor bike ...cuz ain't NO all motor bike gonna run 220 mph in a standing mile ...
even the bad azz turbo zx14 with 600hp only ran a 230mph standing mile...go look that up hot shot and take Sal with you...
EVEN 600HP BUSA 'S ONLY BEST IS 240 SOMETHING
YOU CAN READ IT DOES say world FASTEST ZX14
http://www.mrturbo.com/customer_gallery/kawasaki/kevin-mullner/kevin_mullner.html
I happen to work with Sal at ACE PERFORMANCE. I work on that 1507cc Naturally Aspirated Hayabusa you're talking about.
It went 220mph on the rev limiter in 6th before the lights at Maxton last October. The bike decelerated due to being on the limiter and trapped at 218+mph.
Again, this is ALL MOTOR. No nitrous, No turbo..... Just good ol' fashion MUSCLE.
There are only two bikes in existance that can run 220mph "All MOTOR" in the standing mile
Sal Spatafora's 1507cc Busa
Dave Owen's 1507cc Busa
Both bikes put out about 235-240rwhp ....
BTW, the term, "ALL MOTOR" is just another way of saying "Naturally Aspirated" as in NO POWER ADDER.. Displacement is irrelevant, the fact remains that it's still "ALL MOTOR".
Oh, these engines have stock cases, stock cylinders, stock crank, stock head, stock cams,etc.... they've just been modified. You make it sound like these are one of a kind specially manufactured MotoGP engines, lol.
You can send Sal @ Ace Performance or Dave @ Lee's Performance your stock Busa engine and they can build you an engine just like theirs.
As for the "600hp Busa's".... if you knew anything about land speed racing, you'd know that you can't use that much power without overpowering the track. Most of these 240+mph Turbo Busa's are running 20-25psi and making approx. 425-480rwhp. If you ran 600+rwhp you'd just spin all the way down the track and actually go SLOWER.
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