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rene wrote:dout it would be that powerfull more like 80 odd. But the amount of money they'd have to put into developing it wouldent be worth it (in there minds) when they have 600's that are selling perfectly well

I agree - lets put this in percentage terms.

The first ZXR400s have ca 60hp (as do the latest), a 600cc sports bike of that age have ca 100hp. A new 600 has in the region of 120hp - which is an increase of 20%
So if you add the same percentage increase to a 60hp ZXR400 engine, you get 72hp.

I dont understand why they would bother developing a new 400, the weight savings are not significant over a 600cc bike (just look at the difference between a modern 600 and 1000cc bike.

/Caz

indeed but i disagree with you on the acceleration the R1 will out accelerate the porche no problem i think it might take the bends better to ( depending on the bend thoe) have you seen the size of these new R1's there tiny things, and getting smaller by the year. the only car i would never race on any bike would be a veyron, that car is the top dog. can someone lend me 1 million £ please!

The R1 wont keep up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYagvVQcowQ

it gets killed by both the Porche and the Veyron

Take into consideration the size of the bike an all thats decent weight gains but i dont know much about this lot however 72 brake wouldnt be bad. i think they would be popular for ppl who have just passed there DAS an that pretty similar to now. plus the insurance is way less

way cool vid dont give concrete ev on the porche thoe cos it was behind the R1 at the start. but that veyron smashed it completely. how fast must that be. that is an awsome car. made the R1 look like a Pushbike

the Veyron is stuiped fast, as in very very very fast. I was on my why home after a quick ride with mates when i saw this

first go at a pic



second



bloody hard pulling your phone out and taking pics while riding along with gloves on

any way had a quick drag down a duel carageway and it made me look like it left the bike in nutral and was just reving it, just pulled away effortlessly

WOW!!! look at that car! thats like....wow.....i mean wow!! okay im gonna shut up now before i embarress myself

dont you just think the bloke driving its a c**t lol wish it was me driving it. theres only so many in the country so defo worth a pic. i bet it sounds awsome up close as well

i thought it would sound grate as well but it attualy sounded naf and wisper quitet, couldent hear it at all over my bike

if he changed the system over tho i bet it would sound like a rite beast. bloke was alright it was his kid pulling funny faces at me i didnt like lol

i think it responds to how you put your foot down dont it or somet an tells you how many bhp your usin all the modern technology is on em. i think the spoiler comes up an down dependin on the brakes dont it or somet. did he flaw it when you was on the duel caridgeway

i dont no if he did or didnt but it pulled away f'in quick not at any point did i have any pull on at all, by the time i was at 170 he was a dot in the distance

so he probly didnt use the full power of the vehicle then. the way it smashes that R1 in the vid its unreal aint it. i wish i could see one in real life. closest i got was a lambo

the most depressing thing I've had cause to compare acceleration with was a Merc ML420 (?) - great big SUV thingy. they are terrifyingly quick for something that big.

round bassetts pole island from the A453 to the A38 south. Didn't really try to get away first, but pulled off fairly quickly, and was amazed he was still with me on the exit of the roundabout (at which point I backed off a bit rather than try to ride round the outside of him). From that point (~40mph) up to 120 odd I was basically just keeping up with him.

straight race from a standstill the bike would take it, but on an awkward take off (round a roundabout) I was amazed how much 4wd, massive tyres and a ridiculously large engine can compensate for a ridiculously unwieldy vehicle.