What up guys, I had an interesting encounter the other day and was didn't expect it to be so close.
Alright so I came across a 600CC Ninja, not sure what year it was (looked pretty new) but I got his attention with a few revs while he was a few cars back. Of course him being a bike and all it didn't take long for him to get up to me. He gunned it by me and when I caught back up to him we slowed to about 45MPH. There were no honks or anything but as soon as he gunned it I did the same. Since he got the jump he had a tiny bit of a head start on me, maybe half a car. I started in 3rd gear and we went until about 85MPH and it was pretty much an even pull all the way from 45 to 85.
I was expecting him to blow me away or at least just beat me. Based off of my numbers (see sig) what would you guys expect? Did he just suck at driving or what?
I have 3.73 gears too BTW.
But either way it was an awesome race and super exciting!

 

I'm surprised at the outcome too. I thought those things could pull high 10's to low 11's or something like that.

 

They are fast, but with you sitting on 400whp, all it would take for the 600 to not pull as hard as he normally would, is a bad/newb driver.

 

Ive heard they aren't that great in pulls though. Any truth to this?

 

those bikes trap 125mph+ some of the newer 600cc bikes are knocking on 130mph trap.

Im guessing your not close to that........... at all....


the rider on the bike was probably a retard.

 

My guess.....he probably thought he would roll you in a stupid high gear. My friends have messed around before (trying to beat me while doing wheelies and such). When they give it there all its no contest but sometimes when they screw around I do much better than even I think I should. The common screwup for them is starting off in a really high gear thinking I'm so much slower it won't matter.

 

Definately started in the wrong gear. Newer 600's are pretty beastly. Doesn't really matter which brand either. They're all pretty comparable. Here's a good video of how slow they aren't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Y5zzxG4uE

 

lol, that video makes my wanna buy another sport bike.

 

Yeah. I wanted to buy my cousin's GSXR1000 last summer, but figured it'd be a bit much for me. And I think I was right, because a 600 would probably be too much for me. I'd end up killing myself on one. lol

 

Exactly what I say lol, with that said, once I have a plan I'll most definitely buy a 600. I'll try not to kill myself lol