My rear tire is TRASH, for starters. This will be rectified very soon. It spins first and second, and will start to grab and wheelie in 3rd. Might as well do 3rd gear starts.
Drag racing a 250F, It gets me out of the hole every time. By a solid 2 bikes. But by the time the wheel spinning/wheelie-ing stops near the top of third, 4th and 5th I rip by that 250F like its standing still. But against a 450, I dont think I'll be able to recover from that kind of fall-behind.
I've rode 450's, and I still cant get over how powerful this motor is. It easily outpulls any 450 I've ever rode on, provided you get traction and keep the front end down.....maybe fill the tire with cement?
On a side note, I raced a guy for a lap that was riding a KTM 550 pinger. He was raving over how he's had all the big bore pingers, and the KTM is absolutely the fastest thing ever. But by the time we were done, he only had me by 4 bike lengths, and I'm still fiddling with the suspension. (previous owner was WAY heavier than me, I like a soft suspension, not a damn pogo stick).
Point is, this bike kicks ass. Wish I had done one up a year ago. The thing SUCKS to kick, but she starts easy if you get good kicks in. so the jetting seems to be good.
And props to Bob for getting this place going, and to him and all the awesome members here for getting such a huge amount of good information, without having to sift through all the bullshit about people clocking their bikes at 120MPH by their cop buddy....
power to weight
