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New 1/4 Mile Personal Best For The Bike! 10.29!
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The bike is my fathjer in-laws, its a 74 Z1 900, totally mint, redone in 73 colors. It's got an 1105 kit, 10.5:1, head done by Fast by Gast, sidewinder pipe, trans done, clutch done, crank done, 36mm flat slide mikunis, 5.5" slick, 2 step, air shifter wheelie bars.
Bike is still in total street trim including chrome fenders, signals, center stand, kick starter, everything is on there.
Last year, my personal best was a 10.35 at 124mph, father in laws was a 10.63 at 121mph.
This year we added the carbs and 2 step and a fresh slick.
His best this year has been a 10.29 this past weekend at 127mph.
I havent run her yet this year, im running next weekend. He wants me to go for a 9.999 and im not sure if i can do it!?!?! I hear that 19-9 second jump is damn hard to make on a 5.5" slick.
He's gonna strip it down of the signals, fenders, centerstand, lights, anything he can. I've already got 60lbs less on him, he's 220, im 160.
SO do you guys think its possible? Lets hear your opinions!
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Woops just re read the post. If he ran 10.29 and has that much weight on you, you should be there. If you get a perfect run you could be at 9.90. Good luck!
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as far as altitude we are located in the praries in canada, winnipeg manitoba.
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Where do you race- Gimli?
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i guess if all goes just right i should be able to break into the nines but i guess i'll see!!
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We took off the signals, front fender, gauges, kick starteer, horn, grab bar, rear fender, rear pegs, headlight, brake light, we weighed it all and we took off 25.2lbs. We still need to pull the centerstand, thats gotta be a few lbs as well.
so with about 30lbs shaved off the bike and my 60lbs less weight then the father in law, i really hope we can hit the 9's!!!!!!! he also went an bought a couple gallons of 110 octane fuel to run, so our only issue to worry bout now will be traction!
also, should we throw a fresh slick on or keep the one thats on now? the one thats on now has 2 seasons on it, not worn yet but getting there.
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hello, i own a 1982 kz1000 j model with a 4into1 header and factory air box...
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does it still look like a bike?:laugh: problem with taking all the stuff off the front of bike is the smaller stuff like a headlight and gauges would tend to brake up the wind a little now its basically hitting you full bore which is not really aerodynamic.front fender would also help direct the wind away from the big ol chunk of motor behind it also im no nasa engine,just some personal experiance for what its worth.:laugh:Well we're prepped for the next weekend, we've stripped down the bike a bit and weighed the parts.
We took off the signals, front fender, gauges, kick starteer, horn, grab bar, rear fender, rear pegs, headlight, brake light, we weighed it all and we took off 25.2lbs. We still need to pull the centerstand, thats gotta be a few lbs as well.
so with about 30lbs shaved off the bike and my 60lbs less weight then the father in law, i really hope we can hit the 9's!!!!!!! he also went an bought a couple gallons of 110 octane fuel to run, so our only issue to worry bout now will be traction!
also, should we throw a fresh slick on or keep the one thats on now? the one thats on now has 2 seasons on it, not worn yet but getting there.
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we made a final weigh with all the odds and ends off and we saved 38.4lbs!
the heaviest piece was the seat weighing in at 10lbs, we replaced that with a thin aluminum base with a thin foam padding( gotta have sum comfort haha)
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Somwhere I read for drag racing you want the front end strapped(so it doesn't rebound), and the back end soft on the "bump"(so it can squat).
You have any pictures of this, or video of your runs? Would love to hear it scream down the 1/4 mile(0.402 kilometers), and I bet I'm not the only one.
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Well the 9's are definantly there, i was only able to make 3 passes though today due to a lost brake resevoir cap.
I had one a t home but was too far to go get it to make the day worth it.
So tomorow i will spend the whole day on the bike and hopefully get her running her best times yet!
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