no longer the quickest !

TINMAN

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What's the fasted? Currently the Suzuki Hayabusa (GSXR1300) holds this prize. The stock Machine can manage a whopping 196 Mph, closely followed by Kawasaki's ZX12R at 194 Mph and Honda's CBR1100XX Blackbird.
What's the Biggest? You might have thought that the Honda Goldwing, with it's 1800 cc V6 Engine, is the biggest production bike on the market. However, in late 2003 Triumph launched the Rocket III. This bike features a massive 2.3 litre, 3 cylinder motor with piston sizes similar to the Dodge Viper sports car. The bike is relatively lightweight at 320kgs (lighter than the Electra-glide and the Goldwing), which means it can easily out drag any other bike off the lights including the Hayabusa. The fattest of cruisers typically lugs a 1500 cc motor, while almost all Harley’s have engines well over 1.2 litres. There are of course some limited edition bikes such as the Boss Hoss, which features a V8 Chevy engine. Despite a complete lack of fairing, it can manage over 160mph (but probably not for very long, without refuelling)..

http://www.motorcycle-training.f2s.com/guide.html
 
whats the top end on the triumph? and will it pull as much pu$$y as a busa can?



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What's the fasted?  Currently the Suzuki Hayabusa (GSXR1300) holds this prize.  The stock Machine can manage a whopping 196 Mph, closely followed by Kawasaki's ZX12R at 194 Mph and Honda's CBR1100XX Blackbird.
What's the Biggest? You might have thought that the Honda Goldwing, with it's  1800 cc V6 Engine, is the biggest production bike on the market.  However, in late 2003 Triumph launched the Rocket III.  This bike features a massive 2.3 litre, 3 cylinder motor with piston sizes similar to the Dodge Viper sports car.  The bike is relatively lightweight at 320kgs (lighter than the Electra-glide and the Goldwing), which means it can easily out drag any other bike off the lights including the Hayabusa.  The fattest of cruisers typically lugs a 1500 cc motor, while almost all Harley’s have engines well over 1.2 litres.  There are of course some limited edition bikes such as the Boss Hoss, which features a V8 Chevy engine.  Despite a complete lack of fairing, it can manage over 160mph (but probably not for very long, without refuelling)..

http://www.motorcycle-training.f2s.com/guide.html
Fasted? Mmmm!

That depends on what you mean.

Your own post says 196 mph for the Hayabusa and over 160 mph for the Triumph.

So the fastest is the Hayabusa.

Which do you think will be able to go around corners faster?
(Explain how you came to that conclusion.)

Steve
 
whats the top end on the triumph? and will it pull as much pu$$y as a busa can?
Two part question...Forget the 1st I'm with the 2nd!!!
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Uh No Read the post man, <table style=filter:glow(color=red)>TINMAN said "Quickest"  </table> not the fastest.  Basically Triumph are saying that their Rocket will beat the Busa across the street, maybe to 60 MPH but we'll see.  Again Not the Fastest, they are saying it is the quickest...  I am not convinced yet, but I am looking forward to seeing some real hard performance numbers from the press...

Would be pretty funny in the real world watching some Gullible twit trying to "Outperform" a Busa or any sportbike on any given piece of twisty road...



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Just like the 04 R1/ZX-10/CBR1000RR was suppose to have more Power than the BUSA and smoke the BUSA! Right!

I don't care what it has for a motor, it's to HEAVY and even if it has the POWER, they won't be able to get it to the ground.
 
The Triumph is expected to be the quickest from 0-60, not in the 1/4mile which is how "quickest" is usually measured. No doubt the Triumph should have massive acceleration in the low end but it will peter out long before it reaches the end of a drag strip and the Busa will beat it (at least that is popular opinion in the biz). And it's weight and lack of aerodynamics will keep it far from top end braggin' rights.

As for the fastest, that is not debated really, the Busa still has the highest top end.
 
doesnt the new vulcan have a 2000+ cc motor available for it.. i thought they advertised it as the largest displacement motor for a cruiser..
 
directly from Triumphs site:
Rocket III
Performance (Measured to DIN 70020)
· Maximum Power 142PS (140bhp) at 5,750 rpm
· Maximum Torque 200Nm (147ft.lbf) at 2,500 rpm
· Weight (Dry) 320kg (704lbs)


hayabusa:
Dry Weight: 217kg (478 lbs.) 218kg (480 lbs.) CA. model
Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
Power : 158.0hp @ 9750 rpm
Torque : 98.4lb @ 7000 rpm


it may have the busa beat in the torque dept., but at more than 200lbs heavier?

whachu think would happen at the light!
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Hey guys all I was saying was that acording to the article the triumph would be quicker on the drag. Not fastest or round corners.

Funny though how some of you start to talk about twisties etc when some competition appears, isn't that what the r1 boys say about busa's ?
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