Guys,
The mag’s results were measured with a high tech GPS, with magazine guys riding, at a high altitude with results uncorrected ... not a drag strip, so you can’t compare them to the numbers most guys quote. For their testing, they were accurate and consistent between the bikes in the test.
First off, I LOVE my BUSA's! My personal grudge Busa makes 278 rear wheel horsepower on nuts (no nitrous or turbo) and weigh’s 386 lbs. wet. It will slap the taste out of the mouth of damn near ANYTHING... So let’s try to keep this in perspective. I also own two ZX-14’s, so you can see that I don’t give a rat’s ass about the spelling on the gas tank. If it’s fast, I want to race it. Period.
My new BMW's make just over 200 hp at the rear wheel on good gas (VP MR12 etc.) with a bone stock engine and my pipe and mapping. They weigh 100 lbs. less than a Busa (the stock gas tank is aluminum for gawds sake!), it’s just math, that’s hard to compete with set up like most guys ride. When you add the dynamic traction control, it just simply isn’t fair any longer if you like to corner and your last name isn’t Mladin or Rossi. Dream all you want, 95% of guys can’t actually use 70% of the handling of today’s sportbikes.
If you are a straight line fan, my stock wheelbase S 1000 RR has run a best of 8.91@158MPH in the blistering heat and my 64†long bike has run 8.47@163MPH both at the hands of an incredibly talented jockey named Jeremy Teasley from Orient Ohio. Google Brock Davidson BMW or search my Facebook page and you can see the results of our resting throughout this season, I even managed to attract BMW’s attention we went so fast
. Just wait until I get these bikes to a good track at sea level, stupid fast will be an understatement.
Also, I have beaten the Sh*t out of these bikes on the track and dyno all year… I haven’t figured out how break one. My standard model (no traction control or quick shift) was $13,800 retail and I got it for $14,200 out the door. There really isn’t any reason to discount bikes which are selling out so quickly.
Bottom line: if you like superb technology and craftsmanship built into a small bike that handle’s great and is damn near crash-proof (especially in sport mode) while also being ridiculously fast… you need to look into the new BMW. If you like big, heavy muscle bikes that don’t stop or turn well—but are comfortable and have gobs of torque, the 14’s and Busa’s are probably still going to be a better bike for you.
My 2 cent’s, hope it helps.
Brock
Brock's Performance Products
PS/FYI: **ALL** modern motorcycles and cars are self regulated by the manufacturers to 300 KPH/186 MPH via a gentleman’s agreement, after the release of the 1999 Hayabusa, so NO MOTORCYCLE produce SINCE 2000 has gone faster than 194 MPH off of the showroom floor - unless the speed restriction has been removed or altered via an aftermarket device. You can read more about my ZX-14’s and Busa’s breaking 200 MPH in the real world at the Maxton Mile here:
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