I wanna....RACE!

[blowerbike]

[/QUOTE]Have you installed a pipe and re jetted the bike yet?[/QUOTE]

so then he would have 32 HP.
i wouldn't spend a nickle on it.
take it to the track and practice on tune and test night.
move on to a larger bike at a later date.

 

[Kris V]

Like I said before I have the perfect bike for you...

 

[Kris V]

Its for sale,great beginner bike and runs on pump gas. Every thing is done all you have to do is get some riding gear and twist the throttle.

 

[Guest]

I love my 450, it's awesome fun in the twisties as it's so easy to throw around... but I wouldn't even think of dragging it.

I know zero about drag racing but I would assume you need a reasonable amount of torque to get off the line plus some good power to get you down the track fast enough.

My 450 is stock except for a custom pipe, K&N pods, jetting changes, shortened carb slide springs, and enlarged vacuum ports in the slides.

As you can see by the dyno chart below it's still only good for 32hp and 22ft/lbs of torque... not what I would consider suitable as a drag bike... and yes it was obscenely rich at 5K RPM when I had this done, have leaned it out some since...

I'd seriously be taking Kris V up on his offer if I was keen on this...

 

[Guest]

Have you installed a pipe and re jetted the bike yet?[/QUOTE]

so then he would have 32 HP.
i wouldn't spend a nickle on it.
take it to the track and practice on tune and test night.
move on to a larger bike at a later date.[/QUOTE]

I would agree with that 100% but he seems hell bent on doing something to that 450.

Guff
Just change the handle bars and put a strap on the frontend
and have some fun.



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[William P. Guff]

like i said before i have the perfect bike for you...

Nice bike! If I had the money Id buy it. How fast does it do the 1/4 again?

 

[Kris V]

It will do 9's in the 140 to 150mph range and it is self starting. No start cart required! A very user friendly bike that you can operate by yourself.

 

[William P. Guff]

It will do 9's in the 140 to 150mph range and it is self starting. No start cart required! A very user friendly bike that you can operate by yourself.

Cool bike. If I am ever financially able to do so, and the bike is still for sale, ill contact you to buy it. Sure does sound like the perfect bike for me.

 

[Kris V]

Don`t worry nobody has expressed any interest in this web site so I will have it for a while. Don`t do anything to your bike and take to the track and make some passes and get the feel for the track and how everything works.

 

[rapidray]

Don`t do anything to your bike and take to the track and make some passes and get the feel for the track and how everything works.

This is EXACTLY my advice also. Get used to racing, you can WIN races on your 450 as it is!, & then step up to an already built, ready to run, bike once you have the funds. Buying a good, already built bike is ALMOST always cheaper than building one. If you know how to build one sometimes you can build cheaper but usually not. Keep us informed, keep asking questions, & get to a grudge night or test & tune as soon as you can to start getting experience. Just so you know, the most efficient way to launch your 450 will be by slipping the clutch instead of just throwing the lever. This will be a little hard on clutch plates at first but you will get used to it & get better with practice, practice, PRACTICE!!! Most of all, HAVE FUN! Ray.

 

[Guest]

As you can see by my dyno chart, the sweet spot on the 450's is above 5.5 - 6K RPM... I reckon it'd take off pretty quick if you kept it there while slipping the clutch

Ray, you're tempting me to try that now...

 

[trippivot]

the dyno chart tells me you need a chain and sprockets.

 

[blowerbike]

the dyno chart tells me you need a chain and sprockets.

because of the dirty graph?

 

[William P. Guff]

This is EXACTLY my advice also. Get used to racing, you can WIN races on your 450 as it is!

OK sounds good to me. Ill try launching at high RPMs. And ill try to provide footage of it when I can. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

the dyno chart tells me you need a chain and sprockets.

because of the dirty graph?

Yeah you got me curious now... the chain and sprockets are around 20,000km's and look in good condition to my eye.

Unless you're referring to gearing? Stock sizes on there now.

Some time after that dyno run I discovered the chain was a bit slack and it has been adjusted.

 

[Kris V]

Just remember this...when bracket racing (which is what your gonna do) you don`t have to be fast just consistent!!!! If you get the same time every race NOBODY can beat that.

 

[850 Combat]

I think your 450 will be faster with a Gene Romero 3 than a Dale Earnhardt 3.

 

[William P. Guff]

The intimiator

The intimiator

I think your 450 will be faster with a Gene Romero 3 than a Dale Earnhardt 3.

I decided to get the Earnhardt 3 after one night riding the bike. Id get to a stoplight and everybody would start acting all scared of me. Id get behind someone and they'd pull over or make an obviously early turn out of sheer discomfort. I said to myself "Why is everyone acting all intimidated and scared?"

Then I thought to myself "Im the intimidator?" And then......."yea IM THE INTIMIDATOR!!""

So after that night I decided to go on e bay and get a Dale Earnhart #3 to commemorate the occasion. One of the first stickers I put on the bike.

After that I went around beating people off of stop light starts. Didn't matter who they were or what they were driving my GS 450 was just too fast off the line on the streets.