Kevin
Your in Iran ? WOW !! What the hell are you doing there ?Military ? That is a
along way from home ? Where do you call Home ? As far as the tips go . Tell me more
about your experience's racing your max. I could help you better if you tell me
more about your experience. I did give the basic's in this email to Dale. They
apply to drag racing and not necessarily off the strip. If your looking to practice
then I would recommend you start with a 3 grand launch and get the feel of it. The
key is feathering the clutch so that the weight shifts to your back tire but you
don't want to break the tire free. In a perfect world your front tire is about an
inch off of the ground and your back tire doesn't slip. I used to put a stripe of
shoe polish on my back tire and then have someone videotape my launch. It is alot
easier to see if your spinning your tire. I also deflate my rear tire to around
15-20 lbs of air pressure. You need to set your shocks to their stiffest setting.
That will give you less flex in your bike. The vmax is only quick out of the hole
all the other talk about the max being stoplight to stoplight the quickest is a
bunch of hooey. Todays bikes are frigging quick and fast. The max's strength to
todays standards is only in the first 60 feet. Most stoplights are way longer than
60 feet. :) The thing about the vmax that keeps it so special is the looks/sound
and design of the v4 of the max. I went to the track yesterday and watched a
Hayabusa run 10.4 at 130 at this altitude. It was stock. A vmax up here (5800 feet)
runs around a 12.2 at 112MpH. A ZX-11 runs 11.8 at 125 an r1 runs 11.2's at 127. I
think the vmax is closer to the competition at sea level. So My opinion is a little
jaded with the hi altitude.... You get your 60 ft times in the 1.7's and you are
doing what the max can do the best. Good luck and make sure there is plenty of
space in front of you.
Take Care Phil
Oh yea, don't look at your tach. It is too far out of your eyesight for it to be
effective. That is why alot of guys mod their bikes with different ones. LISTEN to
your engine it will tell you when to shift.
"Kevin C. Piekarski" wrote:
> Phil,
>
> I was just reading this reply to Dale regarding dragging. I too have a
> 2000 MAX and haven't had a chance to get to a strip yet as I live in
> Bahrain. But, I have plenty of room to practice starts and what not without
> the timing. I weigh 175 and have stock everything. Please give me some
> tips. I am also afraid to pick up the front tire as I don't want to flip
> the bike. I know it is heavy, but that power is awesome. This is my first
> VMAX and have only had a Virago 700 and a TDM850 in the past. Any info is
> good info. Thanks,
>
> Kevin
> VMOA1155
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 8:36 PM
> To: V-MAX TECH LIST
> Subject: Re: Headers?
>
> Hey Dale,
>
> So it sounds like you are running a little slow with your trap speeds. I
> would expect a Higher MPH at the end of the 1/4. Even with a low HP
> ~105hp stock max you should be getting real close to 120MPH at your
> weight. So I would suspect that your bike needs a tune up or something ?
> Don't know for sure but you might want to have it checked out.
>
> About the drag racing. I am not a pro. But I have never seen anyone beat
> me on a stock vmax at this altitude. I'm not trying to sound arrogant
> but this is what i have observed with my max racing. I have around 200
> passes in on my max and it takes alot of practice. But the key to drag
> racing the vmax is the holeshot. If you hit the holeshot correctly you
> will be quick with your max.. I would speculate that if you could hit a
> perfect holeshot you could run a hi 10.90 on your max. I went to sea
> level once and ran a 1.63 0-60ft time. Your 1.83 is equivalent to what I
> am running at this altitude (5800) feet. So I would tell you that your
> RPM's are way too low for dragging the vmax. Here are a couple of
> pointers.
>
> 1. Heat your tire up. The only way to get that small of a tire to stick
> is to burn a little rubber off right before you race it.
>
> 2. Don't worry about redlighting. It takes practice to not worry about
> that.
>
> 3. Ignore who your racing against.. No matter what you do someone is
> always alongside of you redlighting or drownding out your sound of your
> max or doing something distracting.
>
> 4. The launch ..
> pull to the light and take your RPMS to around 5k let out on the clutch
> slowly (this is called feathering the clutch) You do not want your tire
> to slip.
> I don't look at the tach I listen to the engine. This takes time
> getting used to but the vmax tach is too far out of view.
> Take every gear to at least 10K rpm.
> After you get used to 5k launches try going up with the launch RPM. I
> am around 7-8 grand at this altitude. You should be able to get 6-7
> grand.
>
> You do want your front tire off of the ground about an inch. I would
> also stiffen the shocks and lower the front forks as much as you can
> and turn your shift pattern around so that you can press down to shift.
>
> Hope this helps... Kick some crotch rocket butt...
>
> Take Care Phil
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > My name Dale and I'm in Austin TX. My 60 ft time was 1.8377. I'm not quite
> > 300 lbs. I come in at 185 to 190 lbs. I launched around 3000 rpms. During
> my
> > best time, there wasn't any wheel spin. Some of my slower times were 12.01
> > with 2.0472 60 ft. This is when I dumped the clutch around 4000 rpms and
> got
> > wheel spin. I did not heat the tire up. I've heard different stories about
> > street tires on the strip and one had said to stay out of the water box.
> The
> > only time I noticed any lose of traction was at higher rpm's and the
> snapping
> > of the clutch as opposed to just a fast release. True this was my first
> time
> > at the strip ever, but out of 8 runs, the best time was 11.68 @112.85.
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