My first 1/4 mile

I went to the track yesterday and it was almost vacant because it was windy and it looked like it was going to rain. I decided I would go ahead and make a run for the first time. My best run (out of 3) was 10.947 seconds at 132.39 mph. My friend to the left of me ,also on a 1000RR, ran a 10.552 at 136.9mph.

I guess I did okay since it was my first time doing this sort of thing, but I was wondering what you thought. Do you remember your first time at the track? What kind of times are you posting now?

Very cool dude....

my 1st night was a 11.2 @ 130ish.. .
nice job
 

1st time 15.3 . stalled lol, shhhh dont tell anyone haha

Nice... I was thinking about going to the strip and seeing what I can do. I use to go all the time and drag my cars, but I have yet to take the bike. Since it is a far ride to get the the strip! Atleast I now know what I am expecting and shooting for!

im shooting for mid-low 10's next time i go out.. i know the bike is capable.. but this is my 1st bike ever... and i babied it taking off pretty good... i dam sure dont wanna bike im paying 200 a month on sitting in the garage wrecked... .

I agree! I will admit - I was nervous! I know it is only a straight line, but after the race my hand was shaking like i just rode my first wheelie. Unfortunately, it is an hour away and its all interstate; none-the-less, I cant wait to go agan!

My first day at the track i got mine down to 10.4 139mph and 1.7 60 ft.  My bike is slammed to the ground with a custom lowering link that i made and an air shifter.  I was actually really disappointed with the performance.  I was hoping that  i would be able to hang with the gixr 1000 but no luck. They are running high 9's stock.

One thing I have figured out is that the time is greatly dependant on the rider. A friend of mine has an 06 1KRR with a yosh pipe and a power commander (no other mods) and he has ran a 9.98 1/4 mile. I personally would be very happy with a 10.4

sry guys but i was wondering how u do the 1/4 mile thing  do u do it only on first gear or u can shift up gears .. ?

You would have to shift, the bike wouldn't do the quarter in first gear unless you stayed under 70 miles an hour. Launch hard without doing a wheelie or a burn out, shift to second as quick as you can, when you reach your maximum power curve (usually not your redline), look at your time and hope for the best. You have to practice a little to get your launch to go smoothly.  Oh, and stay tucked in as much as possible.

I thought you launched in second?

hi guys,
my first trip was on a 600 rr 1st run high 11s at 119.00 second run i thought well i will just dump the clutch at around 6 grand see what happens what a ride took me it felt like forever to get the front end down and barley made it back on the bike ran middle 11s at 120.056 or something like that. we were just time trialing in and my friend was on a 1k suzuki had al the tie downs for the front end open pipe my god when he left it really did scare the crap out of me hadent never experenced that before. have not tried it on my 1krr to scared it would have to be tieded down in the front before i done that a flip over would be insane i no on the open road and i no i will get a lot of slack but just remember i am talking a straight road with no drive ways no intersections and a 11/2 mile stretch no on coming traffic 17 seconds is all i want i have seen 172 and that is enough for me. and you guys that own these bikes and havent twisted the throttle eather havent had them long enough or are just plain not telling the truth yes practice good sence no where  you are before you try this.we all have that special place to go dont we.just dont go alone 

.Im going to the track tonight ill let ya know.

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You would have to shift, the bike wouldn't do the quarter in first gear unless you stayed under 70 miles an hour. Launch hard without doing a wheelie or a burn out, shift to second as quick as you can, when you reach your maximum power curve (usually not your redline), look at your time and hope for the best. You have to practice a little to get your launch to go smoothly.  Oh, and stay tucked in as much as possible.

shift 2 second as fast as u can? what kind of advice is that- i shifted at redline- so peak power is where next gear hits-10.007 @141- i do agree on the launch as hard as you can w/o wheel spin or wheelian, i'v drageed all my sport bikes since 87-only faster way is poer shifting w/o clutch-phil

Openclasspro,
You misunderstood shifting to second as quick as u can. I meant making the shift in a quick manner, in less than a tenth of a second. As far as going to redline, I don't agree. Unless your bike keeps making power to the redline, your wasting time by not shifting at your peak powerband. Some bikes have overrev, and others drop in power before the redline. In our bikes case (CBR1000RR) it drops in power before the redline, thus making shifting at redline a waste of precious tenths of seconds. You are suppose to keep the bike in the powerband when racing or dragging, not out of it, and than fall into it after you shift up. 
I have tried it both ways, my times are better by keeping in the powerband.
 
If you made modifications to your bike so it keeps power into the redline, than I understand you taking it to the redline before you shift. If your dyno shows you a drop in power before redline, your wasting precious tenths.
 
JMO

+1 stay in your powerband......redline means nothing....U could rev to 15,000rpm(if ur engine allowed it)..but unless ur engine is in its peak power band, it would mean nothing