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Old 04-04-2011, 09:08 PM
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As I was going to get on 146 off Fairmont today a crotch rocket behind me starts revving it at me and I see him smiling in my rearview. So the thought goes through my head "Ahh **** it, I'm gonna loose but lets see how bad" so I am getting on the on ramp and sure enough he flyswatter by looking at me. I stomp the gas and the race is on. He gets caught behind some traffic as I'm catching up. He shoots out in front of me and I'm going about 100 at this point but he's in front and I had to let off the gas a little cause I'm steadily gaining on him.

Finally traffic clears and we are side by side. His bike is whining and I'm topping out at 5th. I shift into 6th and he can't keep up. I'm like holy **** are you serious. As my speedo is maxed out at 150 and about a car length between us he slows down A's do I. He comes up next to me gives me a friendly wave I do the same and he Burns off. Must have been a small bike. I realize that his top end was lacking where the long legs of 6th gear stretch but even around 80 I was gaining on him.
Old 04-04-2011, 09:25 PM
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What all mods do you have? I've always slowed down going from topped out in 5th to 6th gear.
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youd be amazed on what changing sprockets can do. My own trashed parking lot bike would top out at about 80, then again I had a sprocket the size of a dinner plate on my rear end.

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No details on bike I've been looking to see if I see him again on my way to work with no luck. I bought mine as is and met the origional owner off here even though I got the car from a lot. He told me it has just basic bolt ons ie. Kooks LT, slp lm, lid. It pulls like a sob though. More mods to come
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He hit a cutoff more than likely.
Old 04-04-2011, 11:34 PM
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Yeah probably. From 80 on I was steadily pulling up on him then passed him around 120. Honestly it surprised me. I didn't figure I had a chance
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This thread wreaks of 16 year old high school bullshit...
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No its not I'm gonnq get my dad to buy me something even faster and prove it. Maybe then I can get that cheerleader I stalk everyday but she doesn't even notice me even though I sit in the back of every class with her. And the bike was a 1300 busa and my car does 1/4 mile in like. .5 sec now what lol
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for whatever reason the bike couldn't hang the f-body pulled him. end of story!!!!!!
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Either way I'm figuring he just didn't have enough get up and in a higher gear or hit a governor
Old 04-04-2011, 11:59 PM
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a lot of 600's fall flat on the top end... my car at 392whp can pull an older 600 on the top.

they only have around 120hp more or less. Not talking new bikes.
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Time for some more mods and to get a few liter bike kills. Playing with 600s is like racing a moped!
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Man that was me on my ninja 250. Don't hate. the bike runs 17s
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Must have been an old *** bike, my old f4i with full exhaust and a power commander would walk fbodys all day long with bolt ons and a decent cam. If they had more than that they would pull me up top once I got into fifth but I was on stock sprockets too, I can ride pretty good and only weigh 160.
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yeah that was a either a old *** 600 or a slow as ***** bike or the shittiest rider ever or a combo of the above, a bolt on car will have no chance against a modern 600, how fast did you race to to need to shift into 6th cause a bolton car doenst top out 5th very quickly?
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heck I beat a 250 the other day in the v lol. New 600's would walk the f-body unless he didn't know what he was doing. If it was old then yeah you could stand a chance.... all depends. but if it was a 250 you for sure walked him lol

Funny thing with the 250 is I was driving home in the z, and he wanted to race, so I destroyed him, and then ran into him again on the fry road to mexico and walked him again in the sedan, you'd think he would learn LOL
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They are called sportbikes, not "crotch rockets". Im pretty sure the motorcycle driver let off way early. Probably a good thing since you stated he came up on traffic.

Also, no need to say "1300 Busa" because they all are 1300's in stock form.
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Originally Posted by Quick
They are called sportbikes, not "crotch rockets". Im pretty sure the motorcycle driver let off way early. Probably a good thing since you stated he came up on traffic.

Also, no need to say "1300 Busa" because they all are 1300's in stock form.
nuh uhhh, they're called two wheeled motor vehicles
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walked a bike yesterday
did you run out of gas or something?
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Originally Posted by Quick
They are called sportbikes, not "crotch rockets". Im pretty sure the motorcycle driver let off way early. Probably a good thing since you stated he came up on traffic.

Also, no need to say "1300 Busa" because they all are 1300's in stock form.
Yeah I guess you didn't get the sarcasm lol.
And we didn't really get on it til we were clear of traffic, open highway. And I was just at 150 when we let off



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