>
> The story was also published in one of the monthly bike mags, which is where
> I read about the Viper lunching some internal parts. The story published in
> the car mag neglected to mention it...
>
> BTW, the FZR1000 was not the best tool for the task at hand. A Honda NSR500
> would have made things much more interesting. 200HP from 30ci and 286Lb dry
> weight. (First GP bike to break 200mph in competition) Only one drawback,
> you can't buy one, but you can lease one for $1,000,000 a year...
>
Well that would be a little unfair comparing a $60K vehicle (Viper) to a
$1,000,000 a year vehicle, the reason they chose the 2 vehicles they did
were because both were under $100K and both were production vehicles (Not
custom made, etc..)
> gk
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Gary E. Klim - Somewhere in central Connecticut garyklim@snet.net
> http://pages.cthome.net/garyklim/ gklim@harman.com
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Aaron Hefner <gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: Thursday, February 26, 1998 7:23 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: Re:fast neons -Reply
>
>
> >You sure about that? I read the entire story and remember nothing about a
> >blown engine or tranny....
> >
> >Bruce
> >
> >>
> >> If I remember correctly, the Viper blew either the engine or tranny.
> >>
> >> gk
>
>
>
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