Weak 2nd gear? Only if you ABUSE the thing, if you shift cleanly you'll be fine, I've had 25-30 V65's in the last 5 years and had ONE bike with a bad 2nd gear. I've probably but half a million miles on V65's in my lifetime and never had a 2nd gear issue. That's just BS. Oh, reliability? How about when your starter clutch goes out? Happens all the time. When it happens on a V65, I can fix it in 30 minutes. On a big ZL? Time to pull the engine and split the cases! Now THATS reliability?????
How many V65's have you had son? How many VMAX's? How many big ZL's? I speak from experience, the experience that comes from having MULTIPLE big litre muscle bikes and riding them for years. Let's hear about your "experience", and no, tricycles and big wheels don't count.Actually it's 1/100th of a second, but yeah, the "seat of the pants" may be full of ****
Agreed. If Paul can pull off another mid 11 second run, it will be virtually imposible to beat. I beleive that matches Dale walkers best. Thats flying!!
Is Pauls bike stock? I thought that's what we were discussing? My V65 is bone stock, and I'll be HAPPY with a 12 second run! That's what I'm shooting for, anything better than that is gravy! I also agree, a better rider on a lesser bike can beat a lesser rider on a better bike, that's a given. That being said, I know how to ride, I'm confident in my abilities, just a big "overweight". I plan on fixing that by summer!
I love em' too, and personally, I think they are a little bit faster than the Maggies, but problem is, they don't sell for SQUAT! I mean to tell you, you can find a nice example for a grand nowadays, where a big Magna will be 3 times that much. If I can get them REALLY cheap, I still get them and restore em', I've probably done half a dozen in the last couple of years. The instrument clusters on them are about half the bikes value, they typically bring 4-500 bucks on eBay! Sportier riding position, but people don't like the looks. Even on the V65 forum they are treated as the ugly step sister!!!!!!!
Amen brother thats why I bought the ZL. In real world drags, especially the motorway on ramp (freeway to you guys?) no one has ever beaten me up to 100km/h (60mph). In 3 second races I am pretty sure the ZL900 cleans up everything. I had a new Suzuki GSX-R1000 take me on the other day, rolling on on expressway he would pull away from me. At the end of the expressway is a set of lights...and i waited. I got the primo launch, and there he was stuck about 10 meters behind me not gaining until i let off around top legal speed. Without a doubt if we had gone on I expect he would have easily speed past - but for a 23 year old bike, the fact I fear no bike launching off at traffic lights is pretty amazing. I am unlikely to ever race someone for a 1/4 mile, especially on the roads, so the ZL rules in the real world. Just the right amount of power to weight so you can get the power into the back rubber with just a little bit of front wheel skipping off the ground.