Re: Denizens of Doom! Jon gets around Non Dak

From: Chris lang (langcj@clarkson.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 07 1999 - 18:37:04 EDT


Hey Jon just curious any idea what the 1400 intruder tops out at? I had a
91 750 Intruder and it would accelerate fast but it would top out at 110...

Chris Lang

----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Denizens of Doom! Jon gets around Non Dak

>
>
> On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Todd Flummer wrote:
>
> > Yeah I sold mine bike this spring. 96 CBR 900rr - streched, lowered,
carbs,
> > NOS, aftermarket wheels. Ran 6.00 at 115 mph. in the 1/8 th. Weighed
436
> > pounds and made 186 hp. The truck almost puts me to sleep in the 1/8 th
> > now. I have plans to buy another next spring.
>
>
> I take it you never ran it in the 1/4? I'm planning on running the
> Intruder, but one of the things that bugs me a little bit is the top
> end speed. Especially when you're talking about something like your
> bike that you described above. You would have been screamin' if you
> went the full 1/4! Its one thing to cross the traps at 130mph in a
> car, but on a bike... Hmmm... Gives me the heebie-jeebies! :-)
> Hey, speaking of fast bikes, (this is one of those "friend of a friend
> type deals", but pretty cool if its true) a friend of mine knows of a
> bike, I think its a CBR900RR that has been turbocharged (and I think has a
> shot of nitrous too). Its been dynoed at 220hp, and apparently, the
> guy likes to slide it through the corners while doing a wheelie. THAT
> gives me the heebie-jeebies. ;-)
>
> -Jon-
>
> .--- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu ----------------------------------------.
> | Jon Steiger * AOPA, DoD, EAA, MP Race Team, NMA, SPA, USUA * RP-SEL |
> | '96 Dodge Dakota V8, '96 Suzuki Intruder 1400, '96 Kolb FireFly 447 |
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>
>



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