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Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: Juanfer on June 04, 2004, 07:14:58 AM
Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: on June 04, 2004, 07:17:43 AM
16's hey... pretty good, and shows that the GS has staying power - 94 model matching it with the 2003.

1/4 mile is great fun when its off the street and in a safe environment....

thanks for the post, love reading the numbers...

stay safe  :thumb:
Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: Juanfer on June 04, 2004, 07:23:00 AM
Yeah...I wonder what numbers would it do in a lower altitude...at the sea level power increases notoriously.
Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: GRU on June 04, 2004, 08:12:56 AM
sorry but i have to say, 16 sec 1/4 mile is sad for a motorcycle.......(no i'm not saying the GS sucks  :nono: )

well 16 sec is what normal cars run and bikes should be in the 13's and lower....i'm sure that a stock GS can run mid 14's if riden propertly
Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: Juanfer on June 04, 2004, 08:34:43 AM
Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: octane on June 04, 2004, 09:12:08 AM
Quote from: GRUsorry but i have to say, 16 sec 1/4 mile is sad for a motorcycle.......(no i'm not saying the GS sucks  :nono: )

well 16 sec is what normal cars run and bikes should be in the 13's and lower....i'm sure that a stock GS can run mid 14's if riden propertly

The air is thin at 8500 ft. above sea level dude! Cut the guy some slack!!
Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: GRU on June 04, 2004, 09:22:32 AM
once again people get a wrong idea of what i was trying to say....i didn't say anything about Juanfer beeing a bad rider, it looked like the gs was running 17's because i got used to small bikes going 13's and 14's....sport bikes 11's and 10's but at the time i wrote the message i didn't know that all other cars were slower then his GS....if the wrx ran slower than his GS that's awsome, but i didn't know the air up there is so thin to make a engine run with a lot less power
Title: I lose...
Post by: The Buddha on June 04, 2004, 09:27:47 AM
On my GS I lose to cars often, the semi sporty sedans with decent V6's all wipe the floor with me... once I lost to a new OvloV... that plain hurt, as did the little chineese girl in there driving it and laughing at me... then I see that its a pretty quick car, and it will outrun a Mitsu eclipse... so I didn't feel so bad. But still ... OTOH, I outrun people with my eli's all the time, corvettes and hot rodded harley clones... they are the best to humiliate.
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: Juanfer on June 04, 2004, 09:49:37 AM
Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: Blueknyt on June 04, 2004, 10:13:46 AM
Dont count todays ovlov's as the weak ones of 10 years ago. not when OOOOO <-- the quint rings of Eruo(audi) are backing the design
Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: jiggersplat on June 04, 2004, 10:15:07 AM
Title: Re: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: goggleman on June 04, 2004, 11:18:35 AM
Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: octane on June 04, 2004, 11:30:40 AM
http://www.greatlakesdragaway.com/correctionfactors.html

Corrected for sea level your best time is about a 14.978 - not bad for a first timer on a stock bike.  :mrgreen:
Title: Racing the 1/4 mile
Post by: octane on June 04, 2004, 11:34:19 AM
...and now for the gratuitous one thousandth post.