Suzuki Hayabusa

[strom]

he he

http://www.frontendtech.com/video/ot...t%20320KmH.wmv

LP

[heckertb]

That was great, played it a dozen times.

[Shuriken]

I didn't even follow your link. I've got several "high speed" Busa movies already burned onto CD. Nasty fast, nasty power. I'll maybe try an FZ1 to get the hang of Zip Splat. The Busa is the baddest out there. Too much for me.

Ben

[sksxs1100]

HOLY S@*T.... i hope that was a modified bike... if it was stock... never would i ride it...

[strom]

Originally posted by sksxs1100
HOLY S@*T.... i hope that was a modified bike... if it was stock... never would i ride it...

He he, instead you and me are ridin a 130MPH bike that stops like a train.

LP

[MartyA]

Hey 66, was that you on ANOTHER dealer test ride??

[TheDjost]

It doesn't look authentic

This clip is very good, if you don't take into account a couple of things that seem not so logical.

I know that suzuki has a speed limiter on these bikes to keep with the "speed race truce" that the big 4 called a couple years back. I also know that some guys are doing things to the busa to make it faster. For example a team working with turbos and MAJOR mods are getting past 200, but not by much (a couple of mph's, maybe 4-5).

And this guy with a non-turbo(you would hear a turbo spooling) goes easily up to, and past, 220? This alone smells bull****.

I'll have to do the math tomorrow, but the road also seems to go by wwwaaaay too slow.

The speedo sensor is taken out of the transmission, not the front wheel, so it he put a larger rear sproket or a smaller rear wheel, then he could get the blazing acceleration and fake the top speed quite easily.


Like I said, i'll try to sort this out tomorrow with some math, but for now I'll just thow in a line to get your opinion on this.



-Justin

[Shuriken]

I *did* wonder the same thing, since everything I've read seems to indicate that the superbikes are governor limited to 184mph. Having lower gears would explain the nasty wheelie in gears 1-4.

I also heard that the way around that kind of limiter in the Busa is with a mod chip that confuses the bike computer as to which gear it is actually in. Supposedly if you can trick the bike into thinking it's in 5th gear (when it's actually in 6th) you can get the full revs out of the transmission. Keep in mind these are only things I've dug up on the interenet.

I read a "shootout" article a year ago or something about trying to get the ZX-11 and Busa to 200mph. They were trying to get there with only a different pipe. It was an interesting article.

Even more interesting was the article I read only weeks ago about how drag affects top speed. This fellow took a stock Hayabusa and made it much stronger with mods, lowered it, lengthened it, and designed a bunch of aerodynamic plastics. The article stated he had no problem reaching 230+ mph.

At 75mph on the XS, the seating is so upright that you get belted right under the neck with severe wind. It seems it's not so much about horsepower as it is about reducing drag. If that's the case, the XS, especially standards, have no hope.

Ben

[Jeff]

Hey.... 130+ on a Standard is just fine by me...... especially if I use it as a daily driver. Besides... unless you are going to race it.... who needs something that fast anyway?

[sixtysix]

I have seen that video before and it's from a guy at http://www.superkaos.com/ he tells you that the bike is geared (different sprockets) and does not try to pass it off as something it is not. Anyway as for speed limiting, the 99 Busa is not restricted, the other years are limited to 186, BUT if you buy a power commander you can by-pass the factory limitations.

The stock 'Busa still kicks.......even if it only goes 186. (300KPH)

[beechfront]

HERE IS ANOTHER

It's a 22 MB file.


Suzuki Hayabusa - Modded turbo bike.wmv

[Mad Mike]

Hi guys. I've been lucky enough to own a bus for a few years now, so I hope you don't mind if I toss in a few pennies.

As sixty says, that vid is the real deal. I'm about %99 sure the bike had a turbo on it at the time of that video. A stock busa is pushing 150-160 at the rear tire with some turbos easily doubling+ that depending on the turbo, how much it's turned up, etc... With that kind of HP and the busas aerodynamics, turbo'd busas are clearing 200 mph by much more than a few mph.

There are guys in Florida that claim to run stock(ish) busas just over 200 all the time. Racing the 9/10 (don't ask me why they don't do the full mile ) is pretty popular out there with the big bore crowd

Although it was more than just a streeter with a turbo, John Noonan recently did 246 at Bonneville on a stretched/lowered 1650 turbo bus. They had it on Discovery (I think) and it was a blast to watch.

The "original" 99 copper busa did a certified 194 to become the fastest production motorcycle in the world. Most agree that the bike was first restricted in 01 to the mid 180's. The way to get around that is with a product called a TRE. It does essentially what ae7f said. It's a $75 part. No need to spend big bucks on a PCIII.

[beechfront]

I'm just not sure about that first one. At the end of the clip when the speedometer reads 100 mph - it seems like he's going about 60.

[Mad Mike]

Originally posted by beechfront
I'm just not sure about that first one. At the end of the clip when the speedometer reads 100 mph - it seems like he's going about 60.

I dunno what to tell you. I've taped my bike at over 100 and it looks much slower. It's very hard to show a sense of speed on a straight. Heck, even when he's redlined in 6th it doesn't look like he's over 150 IMHO. But, even on a stocker, logic of the gears and tach say he's AT LEAST 40mph over that.

Also, without trying to sound like an a$$, 100 feels like about 60 on a busa.

Kevin has been posting on busa boards since he first got the bike and did the turbo. He's ridden with a lot of guys. If he was full of it, I think someone with big bore speed knowledge would have called him on it loooong ago.

If it makes you feel better, most new bikes read %6 - %7 over true speed. That would put him at 93 instead of 100 if he doesn't have a yellow box on it.