The Dive Watch Connection

For some reason, this 1/4-mile drag race day clip cracked me up; especially the attitudes of each rider pre-launch; pretty much exactly what you’d expect to see stereotyping guys who buy both types of bikes.

Victory highball bobber with apes and a loud pipe one one side, and a stretched Suzuki GSXR on the other. When your kid asks what the diff is between torque and HP, this will do it: the start and finish tells the story better than any dissertation:






https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SeaxyhMSvFA

GSXR guy can’t ride for shit. That bike is easily in the low 10s or high 9s with a competent rider.

CGSshorty wrote:GSXR guy can’t ride for shit. That bike is easily in the low 10s or high 9s with a competent rider.

Funny video and yes, good way of demonstrating HP v TQ.
We don't know the elevation of the track, weight of the rider(s) or track temp. I can tell you that at elevation, an 11 sec qtr mile on a gsxr isn't bad. I've read that we lose as much 30+% horsepower in CO, and my M3 tends to agree.

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Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:30 am

GSXR guy can’t ride for shit. That bike is easily in the low 10s or high 9s with a competent rider.

Conversely, biker dude wearing jeans, shades and an open face lid on a track day did alright: 12.6-sec 105+ runs on any 670-700lb iron pig v-twin is respectable. He pretty much wrung whatever his bike was capable of doing out of that wrist twist.

streetracer101 wrote:

CGSshorty wrote:GSXR guy can’t ride for shit. That bike is easily in the low 10s or high 9s with a competent rider.

Funny video and yes, good way of demonstrating HP v TQ.
We don't know the elevation of the track, weight of the rider(s) or track temp. I can tell you that at elevation, an 11 sec qtr mile on a gsxr isn't bad. I've read that we lose as much 30+% horsepower in CO, and my M3 tends to agree.

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Very true. I’ve never lived more than about two feet above seal level, so I forget about that.
Even still, his launch was awful.

CGSshorty wrote:

streetracer101 wrote:

CGSshorty wrote:GSXR guy can’t ride for shit. That bike is easily in the low 10s or high 9s with a competent rider.

Funny video and yes, good way of demonstrating HP v TQ.
We don't know the elevation of the track, weight of the rider(s) or track temp. I can tell you that at elevation, an 11 sec qtr mile on a gsxr isn't bad. I've read that we lose as much 30+% horsepower in CO, and my M3 tends to agree.

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Very true. I’ve never lived more than about two feet above seal level, so I forget about that.
Even still, his launch was awful.

The launch is made worse following the burnout session. That was silly.
Either way, superbikes aren't made to drag race. They're made for going fast around corners. Folks who stretch them are silly.

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I agree with pretty much everything said. Gsxr rider can't ride for shit, elevation can play a roll, but in this instance would effect both riders. Which means again the gsxr guy sucks. Also I don't think any track here in Colorado would let you on without a full suit and full face helmet.

Side note: Rob, I just realized I missed your last trip out here. Sorry man. It totally slipped my mind. Let me know when you're out again.

Erratic101 wrote:I agree with pretty much everything said. Gsxr rider can't ride for shit, elevation can play a roll, but in this instance would effect both riders. Which means again the gsxr guy sucks. Also I don't think any track here in Colorado would let you on without a full suit and full face helmet.

Side note: Rob, I just realized I missed your last trip out here. Sorry man. It totally slipped my mind. Let me know when you're out again.

Np. I was pretty busy. Next time bud.

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Dude that Suzuki left the Bucket like a kid on a trike!! LoL. That video showed zero comparison of tq vs hp lol. That chopper had neither !

Shorty is right that driver on the gsxr was brutal.

This is better

https://youtu.be/G-DzDQRM6Bw

I’m 270 lbs and I could have milked a 10.2 out of that bike.