From: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com (R. Craig Dodson)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: 0-60-0, cage vs. bike (was: More gasohol)
Date: 1 Oct 92 16:05:13 GMT
Reply-To: cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com

> 
> 
> >>So? It's a cage.  Bring the Viper, and the Cobra, and your life
> >>savings to _my_ house.  Englishtown Raceway is only 12 minutes away.
> >>I'll be the guy on the FJ1200. 
> 
> >	Are you kidding?  My life savings won't even buy me a new bike,
> >let alone a Cobra or a Viper.  However, we can settle this in true DoD
> >fashion: Calling the Keeper of the Stats!  Calling the Keeper of the Stats!
> 
> >	What's the 1/4mile time, 0-60, 0-100, and 0-60-0 times of the
> >FJ1200 and the Shelby 427 Cobra?
> 
> >	I seem to recall 0-60-0 in the low 6 second range, possibly less.
> 
> I can't help with 0-60-0 times because none of the bike magazines use
> that as a test. And braking results are posted in feet, not seconds, so
> I'm no help there either, but here's acceleration stats for a variety of
> bikes. Remember that the last time I did this, it killed the discussion,
> so I cannot be held responsible for what happens to this discussion if
> you read what follows.
> 
> 
> Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning!
> 
> 			***FACTS*** follow!
> 
> Ok, now you're going to have to kill me. Here's the roll-on data from
> several issues of "Cycle", including the May 1991 comparison of the
> ZX-11, CBR1000, FJ1200 and Katana 1100. Some of the data, and the format
> is from Chuck Roger's "Performance Database From Hell". Sorted on top
> gear roll on.
> 
> MODEL        Make Weight 1/4mile_t@v  0-60 45-70(3) 45-70(4) 45-70(5)
> --------     ---- ------ ------------ ---- -------- -------- --------
> FJ1200(89)   Yam  588.0w 11.03@123.67 2.95 2.4 @201 3.0 @254 3.7 @312
> VMX12N(85)   Yam  618.5w 10.99@124.04 N/A  2.24@189 3.12@265 3.76@319
> FJ1200(86)   Yam  579.0w 10.78@127.07 2.8  2.88@232 3.28@273 3.92@326
> VMX12 (88)   Yam  624.0w 10.98@124.20 2.95 2.15@183 3.25@274 3.95@373
> Kat1100(91)  Suz  599.5w 10.91@124.29 2.90 2.55@215 3.25@275 4.15@350
> VMX12N(85)   Yam  618.5w 10.99@124.04 2.88 2.48@209 3.36@285 4.16@350
> FJ1200(91)   Yam  596.5w 11.10@119.31 2.95 2.60@219 3.35@284 4.30@362
> FJ1100(84)   Yam  571.0w 11.07@124.79 3.04 2.88@247 3.68@327 4.48@392
> ZX11 *(90)   Kaw  575.5w 10.52@131.82 2.65 2.9 @244 3.8 @320 4.6 @390
> R100GS(88)   BMW  491.0w 13.26@ 95.85 4.25 3.5 @300 4.2 @357 4.6 @392 
> CBR1000*(91) Hon  600.0w 10.75@125.58 2.75 3.05@257 3.95@335 4.90@410
> ZX-11 *(91)  Kaw  587.5w 10.51@132.21 2.65 3.40@286 4.25@358 5.10@430
> ZX10 *(88)   Kaw  578.0w 10.71@128.62 2.65 3.1 @264 4.2 @352 5.1 @428
> 
> Where 0-60 is in seconds and 45-70 is in seconds@feet, in the top 3
> gears (* means gears 4-6 on a 6 speed tranny, not 3-5 on a 5 speed).

From my Road&Track archives . . .

Actually from memory - these stats always stuck in my mind for some reason.

1966 427 Cobra

0-60 - 3.8 sec
1/4 mile - 11.8 sec @ 121 mph

It is my guess that in a drag race, the bikes have it due to greater
"launchability". However, in a highway roll-on it would indeed be
a close race. Getting someone to race a 427 Cobra - now worth BIG $$$ - 
against a bike is not likely though. 

Craig Dodson (Stratus Computer)
cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com
DOD # 810
1992 FJ1200A
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