Italy or Japan?

[jmillheiser]

She also pretty much kicked everyone elses "O Ring" that day. Had the fastest ET of the day, fastest cage could only manage a 9.14 that day. The next fastest bike was in the mid 9s.

Real cool part is she rode it there and back home, and this bike even had a streched swingarm.

There is something to be said about a hot girl in racing leathers

[Ninja Geoff]

She also pretty much kicked everyone elses "O Ring" that day. Had the fastest ET of the day, fastest cage could only manage a 9.14 that day. The next fastest bike was in the mid 9s.

Real cool part is she rode it there and back home, and this bike even had a streched swingarm.

There is something to be said about a hot girl in racing leathers

9.14 is friggan FAST for a cage. BIG money has to be spent to get that kinda time on 4 wheels.

[jmillheiser]

the cage that ran a 9.14 was a RX-7 drag car with about 850hp.

That was nothing compared to the bandimere trip I took in june. No not top fuelers (but would love to see that). went to go see the summit sport compact series.

Fastest run of the day was a 6.73 @ 210mph from a pro RWD car running about 1600hp out of a Honda V6. That is some scary power output for a 3000cc engine

6 second runs dont look that fast on TV but in person its a totally different story. when the pro RWD cars rev up at the line the ground practically shakes when they hit the rev limiter. And the sound is deafening. I could only imagine how intense a 7000hp top fueler is in peson (would love to go see the power ade series but cant afford tickets)

[bikeguy joe]

How about a 12.5 second quarter mile on a Sportster while riding backwards? It's been done.

The fastest quarter on a bike so far is 243.59 mph. He ran a 218 mph EIGHT MILE! The engine is a one off Kaw based four cylinder. It's got about a thousand HP.
http://www.larrymcbride.com/

BTW- The 330 mph Top Fuel Dragsters are awsome to watch in person.

T.V. is not a good medium for dragsters, or any racing for that matter!

[Ninja Geoff]

How about a 12.5 second quarter mile on a Sportster while riding backwards? It's been done.

The fastest quarter on a bike so far is 243.59 mph. He ran a 218 mph EIGHT MILE! The engine is a one off Kaw based four cylinder. It's got about a thousand HP.
http://www.larrymcbride.com/

BTW- The 330 mph Top Fuel Dragsters are awsome to watch in person.

T.V. is not a good medium for dragsters, or any racing for that matter!

That's friggan awsome! 4 gallons of gas a run, dayumn.

[bikeguy joe]

Yeah, he'd probably go even faster if he didn't have to carry such a large set of nuts with him!

[2006schoolbusyellow250R]

Having served a tour of duty in Japan while in the USAF, I must say...JAPAN. ALL. THE. WAY.

The motorcycle culture there is HUGE...way bigger than here in the US...and, for the money, Japanese make the best. Way better than some lame duck (pun intended) Ducati or MV Agusta that costs a kidney transplant and requires you have a live-in mechanic to keep the engine turning and the electrical system working.

To put it more susccintly: "Japanese sportbikes [GSXRs, ZXs, CBRs, YZFs] are like Italian bikes [Ducatis, MV Agustas], but engineered by men who actually graduated college."

An $11,000 ZX10 or R1 would demolish that lame $50,000 MV f4 Taburini pouser bike in any measurable scale, be it performance, reliability, and, most important for those of us who do not live in Hollyweird...VALUE!!!

Um, yeah, sorry. lol

Anyway, the Japanese love their bikes...you can take that to the bank.

[Ninja Geoff]

Having served a tour of duty in Japan while in the USAF, I must say...JAPAN. ALL. THE. WAY.

The motorcycle culture there is HUGE...way bigger than here in the US...and, for the money, Japanese make the best. Way better than some lame duck (pun intended) Ducati or MV Agusta that costs a kidney transplant and requires you have a live-in mechanic to keep the engine turning and the electrical system working.

To put it more susccintly: "Japanese sportbikes [GSXRs, ZXs, CBRs, YZFs] are like Italian bikes [Ducatis, MV Agustas], but engineered by men who actually graduated college."

An $11,000 ZX10 or R1 would demolish that lame $50,000 MV f4 Taburini pouser bike in any measurable scale, be it performance, reliability, and, most important for those of us who do not live in Hollyweird...VALUE!!!

Um, yeah, sorry. lol

Anyway, the Japanese love their bikes...you can take that to the bank.

I'd still take an MV Agusta over a ZX10 any day. I'd also take a R1 over a ZX10. Though i'd still rather have a MV Agusta.

PS - About your sig, I'd rather have a HD over a yellow 250R. Also, the HD would hold it's value a hella lot better than your kawa. Hey does it have the little flames down the side? Like what they do to little kids toys to make them seem "cool" so they can pretend to be a grown up with their little toy motorcycle with flames.

[TechTMW]

I chose Italy.

OK, so I'm a little biased.

Sometimes "value" is not the most important thing in the world. For example, someone who buys an old clunker japanese bike and throws $500 in it to fix it up probably isn't in it for the "value."

Because the bike itself probably isn't worth $500

It's all about the ride dude. Spending $11k for a new Japanese rocket isn't exactly Frugal. Might as well get what you really want and not worry about "Value." Now if you want a new Japanese bike, and that's what gets your marbles rollin, then have at it. No need to justify your descision to us

[bikeguy joe]

Got to say, I just read a review on the Ducati Multistada, and they were saying how they had to add a new seat and a bunch of other stuff to "make it really ridable". Same goes for one of the new Beemers...If I spent that much on a bike, I'd expect a seat that was good for more than "50 miles".

Of course maybe it's a bunch of primadonnas reviewing the bikes?

I'll stick with the "riceburners" myself!

Don't even get me started on the 30+ thousand builda bikes! (won't turn very well, shudder at parking lot speed, need "fancy clutch work" to keep from stalling while pulling away) and are admittedly for people who want to be seen and heard, not take a nice 300 mile ride.

I'll buy a 'Busa, a big dual purpose, pay the insurance on 'em both for a year or two, and pocket the other half.....