... most of this power is useless at the track compared to
a more skilled rider on a today's plain 1k bike.
To put it in perspective, on the straight, a H2R rider may gain 1-2 seconds.
However, in turns, where a fine touch is required, H2R may be a handful - for
the same turn of the throttle, the power change will be more abrupt for H2R.
And speaking of corner exits... TC is God you have to pray to in every turn.
It is impossible that Kawasaki intended this bike for land speed racing (LSR),
which is probably the only venue where this bike would be an out-performer.
Drag racing is certainly a possibility, since the road is straight,
and the "runoff" is ample for the speeds.
I may be one of the few folks on this forum that has
"world record" experience on a Yamaha TZ750.
When the TZ750 was first delivered, it boasted a
full 90 RWHP. In 1974, this amount of power was so high
that Yamaha USA required a written resume of a rider's
experience BEFORE they would consider selling him a bike.
In 1990, my TZ750 (still in 700cc trim became the first
(and still only) TZ Yamaha bike to break 200 MPH,
which it did three (3) times.
I never dyno'd the bike in 700cc trim, but when in
600cc trim, the bike showed 147.9 RWHP at the
Daytona brute horsepower shoot-out.
Peaky ?
50 HP @ 6,000 rpm
70 HP @ 8,000 RPM
147 HP @ 10,000 RPM
My experience with turbo bikes
(My first was a Harley in 1976)
is that the feeling is the same,
just magnified.
After running 242MPH at the Maxton Mile,
riding Rich Yancy's famous #8 BUD BUSA,
we examined the data.
With 400 RWHP, the front wheel was
not touching the ground for the last 1/8 mile.
