Bently
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posted December 02, 2009 07:33 PM
I will say IMO if your talking same level. drag racing is way cheaper. to me a street bike with a pipe and maybe some extensions hardly ever brakes anything. and a rear tir last me 200 runs as well as the clutch. in road racing even at the beginner leavel you go thru way more tires. you need tire warmers and then a generator. etc etc. i can do 10 test and tunes for the price of one track day.
  
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3Boysand3Bikes
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posted December 02, 2009 09:16 PM
Track days are not really for the 14... Unless the track is long and straight with loong curves.. i mean it is fun but not really worth it. Like 12 said it isn't fun to putz along the track while the 600's are slammin the esses. Sure you can do it... but it is like drag racing against a top fuel racer. It loses the fun. There are track bikes for that. I can't see tearing up a 14 on the track. BUT I do say to each his own and I am sure people love it. THose are just MY reasons. And cost, as already stated. I can't imagine dumping my bike at a track where it is not insured etc...
I don't drag anymore because you always have to gain a tenth etc.. never fast enough. It is addictive and then after you spend the money to go fast, you have to buy a 'street' bike. The family would not go for that. We have some nice roads that you can push it on but I don't go crazy. My choice. I like the 200 mile trips where the 14 really is nice. A few twisties, some open road... Pass some Harleys, open up a few gears... enjoy the wind.
Again, I am not selling this to anyone... I am just giving my uses. I enjoy all of the mods and successes that all of you have. I think it is great and I like hearing the stories. Just giving my input. (I know, I am a fuddy duddy!!) haha... however my chicken strips are reasonable and I do enjoy that feeling when the bike walks up in 2nd gear at 70mph so I do get my money's worth. It is a bike that does it all well. A lot of 2 up riding also. Very comfortable.
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kaw now
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posted December 03, 2009 12:22 AM
Good points to ponder. I think about this on a road ride combo of curves and straights and I think what could be more of a rush than this. A drag race, done it some when I was younger is good and I like it. Racing on a track road course is fun and a challenge did some track days. To me now a two to five hour or so ride is awesome. Going mile after mile as fast as the road allows hanging through the curves and feeling the power of the bike watching the road rush up on you until you have to really brake a lot to slow for the curve in the road. You can use a full tank of gas doing this without droning along on a main road sometimes. I am amazed that the bike doesn't blow up after so many runs to redline mile after mile. What could be more fun on the bike? And like said real racing is quite expensive and makes the bike limited in use.
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Bawls
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posted December 03, 2009 05:27 AM
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eklipse636
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posted December 03, 2009 06:03 AM
Reckon that guy got that pic framed??
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Bawls
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posted December 03, 2009 06:08 AM
Lol, let's hope not... fail!
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kawasakijockey
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posted December 03, 2009 06:46 AM
Roadracing trackdays were costing me $500 a day and I would do 3 a month average. Dragracing cost $30 a day. What I find funny is I am a tightwad about spending money on upgrades for dragracing and I would spend whatever to roadrace. It more than likely could be that I know I won't be dragging much longer and dont want to sink a lot of money into it.
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Sticks_n_Stones
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posted December 03, 2009 07:07 AM
 Edited By: Sticks_n_Stones on 3 Dec 2009 15:08
Think of the zx14 in car terms and its much easier to explain: The 14 is the car version of the Mercedes Benz CL65 AMG: 604hp monster that is one of the top ten fastest mass produced cars EVER for sale in North America yet it's a big old Mercedes topping the scales at over 4,500lbs. Did I also mention that with a pro at the wheel it can tear up a road course on par with ALOT of dedicated sports cars - and even top some exotics? At least until the tires melt off or spontaneously burst into flames from the white hot brake rotors after a dozen or so laps of abuse... Not a car pretty much anyone would take or expect to see at your local road racing course- but at a drag strip it wouldn't draw more than a second glance. Luxurious and comfortable, 10 speaker 600 watt stereo to massage the ears while the heated seats use there built in massager to please the backside while you cruise down the freeway at 100mph without any road noise entereing your cabin... until that pesky 911 Turbo tries to pass you. "Ba-by 911"
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1badzx12r
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posted December 03, 2009 08:45 AM
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Dragracing cost $30 a day. What I find funny is I am a tightwad about spending money on upgrades for dragracing .
so you don't enter into none of the events .. you know 30.00 for street ET ..AND 30.00 for 9.00 index .. THEN maybe buy backs 1/2 price of event enter .. and test and tune 20.00 cost ..of course you stand a chance at winning money at the drag strip ..and a trophy on a road course
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kawasakijockey
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posted December 03, 2009 08:53 AM
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Dragracing cost $30 a day. What I find funny is I am a tightwad about spending money on upgrades for dragracing .
so you don't enter into none of the events .. you know 30.00 for street ET ..AND 30.00 for 9.00 index .. THEN maybe buy backs 1/2 price of event enter .. and test and tune 20.00 cost ..of course you stand a chance at winning money at the drag strip ..and a trophy on a road course
Yep, same thing my buddies tell me...
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bigdtd
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posted December 03, 2009 09:41 AM
you can do it all on a 14. I love to get out into some open country and roooollllll it on!
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted December 03, 2009 11:38 AM
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That's worst than a lowside for sure 
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted December 03, 2009 11:43 AM
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Roadracing trackdays were costing me $500 a day and I would do 3 a month average.
Dragracing cost $30 a day. What I find funny is I am a tightwad about spending money on upgrades for dragracing and I would spend whatever to roadrace.
It more than likely could be that I know I won't be dragging much longer and dont want to sink a lot of money into it.
Geez $500 a trackday ,I think you burned yourself out of spending money now that you really don't need to spend on the strip lol!
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted December 03, 2009 11:46 AM
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Think of the zx14 in car terms and its much easier to explain: The 14 is the car version of the Mercedes Benz CL65 AMG: 604hp monster that is one of the top ten fastest mass produced cars EVER for sale in North America yet it's a big old Mercedes topping the scales at over 4,500lbs. Did I also mention that with a pro at the wheel it can tear up a road course on par with ALOT of dedicated sports cars - and even top some exotics? At least until the tires melt off or spontaneously burst into flames from the white hot brake rotors after a dozen or so laps of abuse... Not a car pretty much anyone would take or expect to see at your local road racing course- but at a drag strip it wouldn't draw more than a second glance. Luxurious and comfortable, 10 speaker 600 watt stereo to massage the ears while the heated seats use there built in massager to please the backside while you cruise down the freeway at 100mph without any road noise entereing your cabin... until that pesky 911 Turbo tries to pass you. "Ba-by 911"
I agree! 
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tnt
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posted December 03, 2009 06:20 PM
The guy on the orange bike is a pretty good stunter ,if you flip your screen over !
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smokehouse4444
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posted December 03, 2009 06:25 PM
I refused to stretch my 14 until I got the twisty bike that I wanted. I've got to say, though, even with it at 63", it takes the curves pretty well. The 14 can do just about anything for me. I ride occasionally to work with it; I two-up with my wife; I ride the country roads lazily and enjoy the view, and sometimes not so lazily; and I take it to the drag strip. I have a fantastic loop of twisties right out my neighborhood, so spirited twisty country road riding is just a whim away when I want to increase the lean angle on the 999. I've been known to at least go the speed limit. When I say "road racing", I'm primarily talking about very spirited twisty riding such as Sticks does, not so much paying for a track day all the time. I haven't won the lottery just yet 
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smokehouse4444
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posted December 03, 2009 06:29 PM
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The guy on the orange bike is a pretty good stunter ,if you flip your screen over !
Maybe the guy bounced right on around and kept going like those Evel Kneivel toys we had as kids.
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Bawls
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posted December 03, 2009 06:44 PM
evel kawho? old bastards lol :P
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smokehouse4444
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posted December 03, 2009 06:56 PM
That ain't right 
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