Superbikes spotted in India

Scorcher · 13th February 2010, 13:57

Couple of pics of by friends ex-R1.

Sorry for Bad Pic Quality. Got from a friend !

straight6 · 16th February 2010, 05:47

Official Busa's from the ride. The red/black is the 1st '10 in Bombay. Had just 130 kms on it.

garrett_t16 · 16th February 2010, 19:44

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Originally Posted by straight6

Official Busa's from the ride. The red/black is the 1st '10 in Bombay. Had just 130 kms on it.

that is again kamat's right ?

YC.BALENO.CHD · 21st February 2010, 20:38

Saw these old bikes at a superbike service center today.
CB400
ZX9R

Superbikes spotted in India-img_0064.jpg

manson · 21st February 2010, 23:06

YC, more pictures of that Ninja please!

manson.

masterblader · 22nd February 2010, 05:34

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Originally Posted by YC.BALENO.CHD

Saw these old bikes at a superbike service center today.
CB400
ZX9R

Attachment 292581

Bike in the middle is a 94/95 blade on the heel plate its marked 919 which was introduced in 96 denoting its restricted. If it has 918cc markings on the r/side of cylinder block this will be the full power model.

straight6 · 22nd February 2010, 05:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterblader

Bike in the middle is a 94/95 blade on the heel plate its marked 919 which was introduced in 96 denoting its restricted. If it has 918cc markings on the r/side of cylinder block this will be the full power model.

Restricted to how much power?

huwaeiguy · 22nd February 2010, 13:56

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Originally Posted by manishasrani

thanks !
here is one more pic of that bike which i edited !
btw that is huwaeiguy's (bhpain) r1.

super manish. That was the next day after i got my bike. cant forget that day man. Thanks making me remember it. Its really a good feeling!

Rotorhead · 22nd February 2010, 14:16

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Originally Posted by X-Machine

No idea if they've been posted here before. Got an email from a friend.

here is the thread on the can-am, not sure if this is the same one though.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/super-...-page-2-a.html

masterblader · 22nd February 2010, 16:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by straight6

Restricted to how much power?

The 918cc Fireblade from 1996-1999 was a UK spec with an average of
118 bhp. The 919cc was for mainland Europe where power is restricted to just
100 bhp.The sad side is the current blades are pumping out 165-170 yet the French and German counterparts are still on the 100bhp output. Wot a waste of modern tech.

manson · 22nd February 2010, 16:41

How did they resrict power back in the Carb era? Currently I'm presuming they use the ECU for the same (?), which I'm told can be gotten rid off by some fancy hardware, true?

manson.

masterblader · 22nd February 2010, 17:27

All carb models had Capacitor Discharge Ignitions (CDI). The early carb bikes had disc restrictors in either the exhaust or inlet manifold. From 1996 stricter laws came into force where the manufacturers had to change camshafts, exhausts, carbs and the CDI unit. The current wave of super fast bikes are restricted by the ECU to 186mph or 299kph this enforcement was by the Motor Industry's governing body in which a speed restriction was made on the car world to 155mph. When the bike world went into full manfacturing battle mode with the Busa bragging over 200mph followed up by Kawasaki's ZX12R which was allegedly a faster machine. The Governing body then stepped in and told all the worlds bike manufacturers to come up with a voluntary speed restricted figure or they will get screwed up like the 4 wheelers.The 186 was then agreed. To overcome the restricton we had to change to a HRC ECU unit on the 09 blade which unleashed all the power with a full race exhaust to compliment the already installed fuel/air mapping. On other bikes there are some trick software which infact is more gimmickry than functional.

YC.BALENO.CHD · 22nd February 2010, 20:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by manson

YC, more pictures of that Ninja please!

manson.

Sure Sir !! here it is !

Superbikes spotted in India-img_0068.jpg

manson · 22nd February 2010, 22:52

The zx9's were the last crop of the 'big' liter class bikes, and how someday I'd want to bring home one of these or the 98-99 smiley Ninja.
YC, what registration plates is this Ninja running? Looks reasonbly well kept (?) besides the thrashed 'Z' on the left hand side fairing. Any inputs on this one?

manson.

YC.BALENO.CHD · 23rd February 2010, 12:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by manson

The zx9's were the last crop of the 'big' liter class bikes, and how someday I'd want to bring home one of these or the 98-99 smiley Ninja.
YC, what registration plates is this Ninja running? Looks reasonbly well kept (?) besides the thrashed 'Z' on the left hand side fairing. Any inputs on this one?

manson.

It has PB plates, and no it is not well kept, the other side if the fairing is not present, the forks are mis-aligned, front visor(as you can seee) is missing, tank is mis-aligned, it is basically accidental and was waiting for a repair job.

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22nd February 2010, 16:41	#1916
manson Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 3,959 Thanked: 4,283 Times View My Garage	How did they resrict power back in the Carb era? Currently I'm presuming they use the ECU for the same (?), which I'm told can be gotten rid off by some fancy hardware, true? manson.
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22nd February 2010, 17:27	#1917
masterblader BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: London Posts: 47 Thanked: 6 Times	All carb models had Capacitor Discharge Ignitions (CDI). The early carb bikes had disc restrictors in either the exhaust or inlet manifold. From 1996 stricter laws came into force where the manufacturers had to change camshafts, exhausts, carbs and the CDI unit. The current wave of super fast bikes are restricted by the ECU to 186mph or 299kph this enforcement was by the Motor Industry's governing body in which a speed restriction was made on the car world to 155mph. When the bike world went into full manfacturing battle mode with the Busa bragging over 200mph followed up by Kawasaki's ZX12R which was allegedly a faster machine. The Governing body then stepped in and told all the worlds bike manufacturers to come up with a voluntary speed restricted figure or they will get screwed up like the 4 wheelers.The 186 was then agreed. To overcome the restricton we had to change to a HRC ECU unit on the 09 blade which unleashed all the power with a full race exhaust to compliment the already installed fuel/air mapping. On other bikes there are some trick software which infact is more gimmickry than functional.
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22nd February 2010, 22:52	#1919
manson Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 3,959 Thanked: 4,283 Times View My Garage	The zx9's were the last crop of the 'big' liter class bikes, and how someday I'd want to bring home one of these or the 98-99 smiley Ninja. YC, what registration plates is this Ninja running? Looks reasonbly well kept (?) besides the thrashed 'Z' on the left hand side fairing. Any inputs on this one? manson.
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