Well I figured this thread is worth a revive. I headed out to Rock Falls for a fun run today. Weather was beautiful up here in WI. It was sunny and about 75 degrees, pretty low humidity.
The bike: 2009 fz6, K&N air filter, Akrapovic slip-ons, no other tuning, -1t front sprocket, a set of half worn out pilot road 3's, a 20,000 mile old chain that I forgot to oil before leaving home, complete with centerstand still attached. No adjustment to tire air pressure. Just a run it as you rode it there kind of day.
My dad and his friends brought their cars. So we had a C5 corvette, new ZL1 Camaro, '07 Mustang GT, 2012 Cobra GT 500, '69 Camaro with a 502 big block. I showed up on the fizz, one friend on a Buell 1125R and another on an '09 r6.
With all those toys around, it was bound to be a good day!!
It was my first time out to strip and i had some learning to do, Reaction times were terrible, but I feel like I did a pretty good job launching the bike. I red lighted my first run.. before Just as stage lights came on.. oops! Then I also red lighted my last run of the day.. which is when I lost out of the first round of the bracket races.
I also learned that I could out-launch my buddy on the Buell 1125R. Infact I usually got him all the way out to the 1/8 mile mark. I think that comes down to the rider though.
My best ended up like this:
R/T: .267
60' 2.027
330 5.088
1/8 7.673 @94.36
1/4 11.944 @112.37
Other 1/4 times were:
12.051 @113.14
12.129 @111.32
12.221 @109.94
Other times:
1125R best run was 11.348 @ 128.03
R6 best was 11.300
Friend in the Shelby Mustang was down to 11.7s and he won the bracket race. ZL1 was close to the same times.
Dad in his C5 Corvette ran 13.48
Also (not with my group) was an early like 2009 or 2010 BMW S1000RR, pretty much stock. had the front forks strapped down is about all.
He ran something like 9.74 @ 149something mph.. Talk about FAST!!
