How is this XB12R doing this?

[Gloomshadow]

there is a street dragger in Mexico that beats all kinds of bikes in drag runs. In this video he is dusting off a GSXR750, he has another one where he beats the pants off of a R6. I talked to him and he says hes pretty much stock, but still runs in the 10s.. how is he doing this? I figure the guy must only weigh 130 lbs or something.. he doesnt even realy seem to be "getting down" on his bike that hard either.. any ideas guys?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd7QHJW0iEk

 

[oh9bolt]

Google deanH8 Buell. That is the person in those vids. That bike is getting a turbo last I heard.

 

[sparky300]

Torque baby...torque. Horsepower is the RESULT of torque, so while those I4's are busy spooling up to 14 grand, the Buell is already making use of the low-end grunt that a twin produces. He's just exploiting the short-race advantage the Buell has.

 

[Gloomshadow]

that yielded very little info and the bike given was a 9R.. the guy I spoke to claimed it was a mostly stock 12R and from what I remember I thought these drags were taking place in Mexico (or at least some of them were in Mexico)

 

[Gloomshadow]

but the 1/4 mile times should be a bit better for the I4s then the XB.. think those runs were less than 1/4 mi?

 

[oh9bolt]

Your skills are fail.


The fourth link in my google search was a complete build thread of his bike. If you read about the bike instead of read pics all the info about it is there...

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And me too

What makes you think it is happening in Mexico?

 

[Gloomshadow]

ok I got two different racers confused, one guy in Mexico was kicking ass too. I was talking to him. I never spoke to this guy here.. so this bike is a 9 converted to 12 , bored out throttel body, headers and exhast with a 1125 front end and a EBR clutch? Must be that extra power to the ground that is causing him to do so well.

The other guy (I will try to find his videos agian) was just using a fairly stock 12R and was also whipping ass.. I figured he was a real light pilot.. mabye 125-130lb guy ,, Im 140, a 12R is pretty fast with me on it.. thinking about going to a 1lb race battery to save that 9lbs of weight.

 

[oh9bolt]

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[Crimson04]

When he upgraded the front caliper in the second link oh9bolt listed, how do you find the larger one? I have a 08

 

[Gloomshadow]

so hes using that $125 EBR cabonite clutch pack? and jutst that got an extra 10 hp or so to the ground?? Damn! If I read that right, thats a hellava bargain for 125..

 

[oh9bolt]

When he upgraded the front caliper in the second link oh9bolt listed, how do you find the larger one? I have a 08

This is the only one they sell now.

Click me

 

[Gloomshadow]

That guy in Mexico, his videos seem to be gone.. that was about 5 months ago .. he was kicking ass too. He was taking bikes I didnt think he could take at the time.. if memory serves, I think one of them was a Ninja 636

 

[Crimson04]

I was actually talking about the zt2l caliper but I see asb has it. I will keep a eye on ebay.

 

[oh9bolt]

I cant read some times...

Look for them on ebay also they pop up from time to time.