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#11 Unread post by klohiq »

It wasn't on speed channel and it's not exactly relevant...

but anyone see kane do that stoppie at over 130mph? it was on the discovery channel last week or the week before...
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#12 Unread post by badfish89 »

the zx1400 is just crazy though! i mean 186mph in fifth gear. Can u imagine that thing in 6th! :shock:
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#13 Unread post by Carbonfiberjunky »

[/quote]Neither, because in the war to become displacement king they are both way behind Triumph's Rocket III. And in the end building a bike with 1300cc's vs. 1400cc's is irrelivent because A)Unless you hit a drag strip you're never going to get to use all that power to it's full potential and B) since neither bike can go above 186 mph all you've got is a quick accelerating bad handling drag bike with a low top end[/quote] Last I checked 186 mph wasn't that slow..and this can be bypassed easy enough by changing gearing.And as far having more power than you can use...I'd say that goes for most any sport bike your riding on the street. My R6S has 123 hp stock and with the few mods I've done probably in the low 130's. where the hell am I going to use that? not to say I don't dip into it every now and then. Also my neighbor has a zx14...little nos bottle on the side 177 hp, 207 with nitrous. I'm pretty sure it'll do more than 186...isn't that what long bridges are for anyway?
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