Originally Posted by Homeslice (Post 372810)

now try one with a regular swingarm, lol

Originally Posted by Riceaholic (Post 372828)

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

Originally Posted by HokieDNA01 (Post 372888)

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

Originally Posted by Homeslice (Post 372965)

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.

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps (Post 372886)

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

Originally Posted by Homeslice (Post 372810)

now try one with a regular swingarm, lol

Originally Posted by Riceaholic (Post 372828)

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

Originally Posted by Homeslice (Post 372965)

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.

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps (Post 372973)

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.

Originally Posted by Dnyce (Post 373016)

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!

Originally Posted by Riceaholic (Post 373020)

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:

Originally Posted by Dnyce (Post 373016)

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.

Originally Posted by RACER X (Post 373077)

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

Originally Posted by RACER X (Post 373077)

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

Originally Posted by KSGregman (Post 373043)

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?

Originally Posted by Dnyce (Post 373362)

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