bansheeqc Posted September 16, 2009 Report Posted September 16, 2009 In my area, a guy claim is banshee have 120 horsepower at the wheel. A week ago, at the truck pull show in my area, the guy race his banshee vs 2007 gsx-r 1000 The track have 887 feet GSX-R ET: 9.002 MPH: 101.71 BANSHEE ET: 9.739 MPH: 86.72 I think with this time, noway this guy have 120hp What do you think? Quote
bada450r Posted September 17, 2009 Report Posted September 17, 2009 In my area, a guy claim is banshee have 120 horsepower at the wheel. A week ago, at the truck pull show in my area, the guy race his banshee vs 2007 gsx-r 1000 The track have 887 feet GSX-R ET: 9.002 MPH: 101.71 BANSHEE ET: 9.739 MPH: 86.72 I think with this time, noway this guy have 120hp What do you think? horse power is great i cant disagree there but is just one of the many factors when it comes to racing Quote
MikeB Posted September 17, 2009 Report Posted September 17, 2009 I think he was blowing smoke up ur ass on that one .. But it is capable to get the much out of them .. Either one of them times dont look good Quote
dajogejr Posted September 17, 2009 Report Posted September 17, 2009 I think that is probably about right...a bit off on MPH and ET...but not by much. And it's possible it wasn't geared right either. 887 feet is an ODD distance to race on pavement. Normally it's 660 feet (1/8mile) or 1320 feet (1/4 mile) Maybe it's the Metric System...LOL. I know this... My bike is in the 120HP range. I'd say give or take 7 HP either way. I have a very, very common motor around here, and the guys that have dyno'd their bikes here are from 115 to 130, depending on where you go, etc. Bikes similar in build to mine in 660 feet run mid 6's at or around 100 MPH and mid 10's in the 1/4 at or around 120ish MPH. Again, that's a rough estimate based on my friends that have run the pavement. I never have on my current bike. Considering 887 feet is about 100 feet short of being inbetween an 1/8 and a 1/4 mil strip, as is that time...(albeit a little on the slow and high ET side) it's in the ball park. Maybe he wasn't geared right and ran out of gear early, maybe his tires spun like hell and he wasn't getting full bit for a good ET or MPH.... It's not that far off, but does seem a bit slow. Quote
dajogejr Posted September 17, 2009 Report Posted September 17, 2009 (Sorry...edit not working again correctly) This post goes along with my posting on the king of drag motors found right above or below this post. All that HP in the world doesn't equate to squat on the track if you're not setup correctly. If a bike isn't getting power to the ground, or is running out of gear....your ET and MPH will suffer accordingly. Quote
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