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Re: [ST] Road & Track: 0 to 100mph to 0
- Subject: Re: [ST] Road & Track: 0 to 100mph to 0
- From: Rich Weyand <rfwlists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:21:00 -0600
At 11:18 PM 2/11/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>Road & Track did a piece in '95 pitting several exotic cars against a
>Kawasaki ZX9R which really sparked my interest since I owned one before I
>realised the sun rises in the East, from right over Hinckley. At the time
>the ZX9R was a 535lb bike with about 115hp at the back wheel, which ran in
>the low to mid 10's in the right hands (not mine). Great brakes for its day,
>but not as good as the STs and not nearly as good as my Speed 4 (due to lack
>of weight), or any of the current crop of sub-400lb litre bikes from Japan.
They redid this test last year with new cars, but re-used the ZX9R results from 1994. The Kawi was 11.5, with only the Ferrari Enzo coming in real close at 11.7. The Viper came in at 13.9, with a lot of exotics in the 13.5-15 category. The MB E55 came in at 15.
But you have to be really good to get those numbers on a bike! Any asshole can throw a brick at the gas pedal and make 0-100-0 in 15 with an E55.
Here's the R&T re-do:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=663&page_number=11
Rich Weyand
1999 Sprint ST "NOT RED"
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