
Originally Posted by
A4A4A4
I'm not too familiar with bikes, but wouldn't it make a pretty significant difference that he had a passenger on the back?
A 550WHP Z06 with cams,headers,and full exhaust,Ferrari512 Testarosa,Lambos,E92M3's etc. 2up with luggage and my bike is hauling ass away at 160MPH+. The weight and drag of a passenger is deff noticable in terms of acceleration,but ur talking 60-120 taking something like 4 seconds instead of 3. One of my bike tops out 179GPS, it'll still pull to 171 2 up and thats about the 2 up drag limited speed, just takes a bit longer and it's only really slows accelerating after shifting outta 4th at 150 or so. Thats for a slow,outdated,sport tourer. My buddy has hit over 170 on my speedo healed speedo with me on the back of my own GSXR1K and the bike was still pulling all be it a tad slower then if he were alone. I can still get a knee down 2 up with my usual back seater. One of the instructors for TPM I forget his name hauls around the track faster 2up then almost anyone else on their own an impressive sight if you've never seen a guy pass u under braking 2up then takeoff through the turn dragging his knee and practically his elbow.
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